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Final- Hindu Flashcards

1
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Endless cycle of reincarnations

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Samsara

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2
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Ethical duties based on caste, gender and stage in life

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Dharma

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3
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Acts of devotion to a particular god or goddess

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Puja

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4
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The goal in Hinduism, that is, release from the cycle of reincarnations

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Moksha

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5
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Moral law of cause and effect, determines level of reincarnation, explains source of evil

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Karma

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6
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The ultimate unknowable impersonal only being, the essence of everything and in fact is everything

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Brahman

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7
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The highest caste in the caste system

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Brahmin

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8
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The cosmology of Hinduism that there is only one reality

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Monism

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9
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Cosmic illusion, does not exist, includes you and me as well as the physical universe

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Maya

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10
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The part that got separated from the “one and only” like a drop of water that gets separated from the ocean, develops an ego and believed it exists as a separate being thus preventing moksha

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Atman

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11
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Goal of pleasure within the bounds of ethical duties and karma

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Kama

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12
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Goal of material success within the bounds of ethical duties and karma

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Artha

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13
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Wandering ascetic after one has passed the other stages of life

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Sannyasin

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14
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The highest level of the path of knowledge in which one becomes that which is known, the experience of the realization that the soul is Brahman, and that atman is Brahman, that Brahman is atman, practicing yoga helps achieve this

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Samadhi

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15
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What most likely will result in moksha

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Samadhi

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16
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Priests

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Brahmin

17
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Warriors and princes, rulers

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Kshatriya

18
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No caste, outcaste, untouchables, comparable to dogs, also called harijans, “god’s people” by matama Gandhi

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Dalit

19
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Merchants, businessmen, artisans, farmers, skilled laborers

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Vaishya

20
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Servants, unskilled laborers

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Shudra

21
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They collect dead animals, garbage, clean latrines, and cremate the dead

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Dalit

22
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They most likely will experience moksha when they die

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Brahmin

23
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In Hinduism what dies

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Ego and body

24
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In Hinduism what is reincarnated

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Soul

25
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What determines the level of reincarnation

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Karmic record

26
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Connection between the soul and Brahman

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I am a caretaker of a soul, which is really not me but is Brahman

27
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Why would a person be born a Dalit

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The karmic record of a previous person which is attached to the reincarnated soul

28
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Why would a person be born a vaishya

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The karmic record of a previous person which is attached to the reincarnated soul

29
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What is the goal of Hinduism

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Get rid of self ego so that which is called “I” can be released from samsara and go to heaven

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