| Note | Description | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [[notes/Āśrama.md\|Āśrama]] | Four traditional stages of life in Hindu philosophy, each 25-year-long. | | [[notes/Buddhist temporal cosmology.md\|Buddhist temporal cosmology]] | The Buddhist concept of cyclic time and vast cosmic epochs in which universes arise and dissolve. | | [[notes/Eschatology.md\|Eschatology]] | The part of theology and philosophy concerned with the end of the world or ultimate destiny of humanity. | | [[notes/Kierkegaard’s leap of faith.md\|Kierkegaard’s leap of faith]] | The act of believing in something without rational proof, embracing paradox and uncertainty. | | [[notes/Omega Point.md\|Omega Point]] | A hypothesis that evolution is leading to a final point of maximum complexity and consciousness. | | [[notes/Orphism.md\|Orphism]] | An ancient Greek religious movement focusing on the soul’s purification and the afterlife. | | [[notes/Pascal's wager.md\|Pascal's wager]] | A life-defining gamble regarding the belief in the existence of God. | | [[notes/Pythagoreanism.md\|Pythagoreanism]] | The philosophical and religious teachings of Pythagoras, emphasising mathematics, harmony and the transmigration of souls. | | [[notes/Tetractys.md\|Tetractys]] | A triangular figure with rows of one, two, three and four points symbolising harmony and the cosmos in Pythagoreanism. | | [[notes/Varna.md\|Varna]] | Hinduism's fourfold classification of society into functional divisions. | | [[notes/Varnāśrama Dharma.md\|Varnāśrama Dharma]] | Hinduism's integrated system of social order. |