Chapter Two Hinduism

Question 0

lower desires

Answer 0

pleasure, success, duty

Question 1

What do Hindu’s believe about desire? What should people do with desire?

Answer 1

Basic desires will not satisfy people

Question 2

Asceticism

Answer 2

renounce worldly things to find spiritual things

Question 3

What do Hindus say people want?

Answer 3

SAT
CHIT
ANANDA

Question 4

SAT

Answer 4

being

Question 5

CHIT

Answer 5

Knowlege

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ANANDA

Answer 6

Bliss

Question 7

Atman

Answer 7

reincarnated part of a person.

Question 8

What part of a person accumulates good and bad karma?

Answer 8

Atman

Question 9

Brahman

Answer 9

the divine; supreme being. Impersonal god

Question 10

Yoga

Answer 10

practicing your faith, your path to God.

Question 11

How does yoga get to moksha?

Answer 11

by shrinking your ego

Question 12

What are the four types of yoga?

Answer 12

Jnana
Bhakti
Karma
Raja

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Jnana Yoga

Answer 13

Knowlege.

Question 14

How does Jnana yoga help you reach Moksha

Answer 14

helps you realize the difference between your outer self and inner self

Question 15

Who is jnana yoga for?

Answer 15

it is for intellectuals; scholars

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Bhakti yoga

Answer 16

Love and devotion

Question 17

How does Bhakti yoga help you reach moksha

Answer 17

you fall in love with a god

Question 18

Karma yoga

Answer 18

work and action

Question 19

How does Karma yoga help you reach moksha

Answer 19

you don’t have concern for the fruits of your labor; you reach moksha in a detached way

Question 20

Raja yoga

Answer 20

8 steps; chakras

Question 21

How does raja yoga help you reach moksha?

Answer 21

psycho physical exercises unite mind and body through meditation

Question 22

Stages of life

Answer 22

Student
House Holder
Forest Dweller
Renouncer

Question 23

Dharma

Answer 23

The way the world works; how we should act as humans; duty

Question 24

Varna

Answer 24

Social Casts

1. Brahmin
2. Kshatriya
3. Vaisha
4. SHudra
5. Dalit (untouchables)

Question 25

sansara

Answer 25

cycle of reincarnation

Question 26

karma

Answer 26

what you do will come back to you at some point; you are responsiblefor everything that happens to you

Question 27

Ghandi

Answer 27

fought with non-violence for human rights

Question 28

Satyagraha

Answer 28

when Atman-Brahman and truth all come together

Question 29

Brahman

Answer 29

super god

Question 30

vishnu

Answer 30

sustainer god

Question 31

shiva

Answer 31

destroyer

Question 32

brahma

Answer 32

creator god

Question 33

ganesha

Answer 33

protector god ; son of shiva

Question 34

avatar

Answer 34

incarnation of a God

ex; Jesus

Question 35

vedas

Answer 35

oldest text in hinduism; more poetic

Question 36

upanishads

Answer 36

“sitting next to the teacher”; philosophical text

Question 37

Mahabarata

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about the Great War; main speaker is Krishna; main fighter is

Question 38

Bhavada Gita

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“Song of God” a shorter text in the Mahabarata containing a verse when Krishna explains three yogas

Question 39

Bhavagada purarana

Answer 39

focuses on the process bhakti devotion; contains stories about krishna

Question 40

what are the three types of hinduism

Answer 40

vaishnavism
shivism
shaktism

Question 41

ganges

Answer 41

a sacred river of Hinduism

Question 42

ashrams

Answer 42

a place of religious retreat for Hindus

Question 43

puja

Answer 43

act of showing reverence to a God

Question 44

Sanskrit

Answer 44

ancient Indian language classic Hindu scriptures are written in

Question 45

Indus Valley

Answer 45

hinduism’s roots

Question 46

Aryons

Answer 46

ancient civilization where hinduism could’ve originated