first test

Question 1

what does brahmin caste system consist of?

Answer 1

priests

Question 2

difference between Brahmin and brahmin?

Answer 2

Brahmin is God while brahmin is social class

Question 3

what does Kshatriya caste system consist of?

Answer 3

warriors and administrators

Question 4

what does Vaishya caste system consist of?

Answer 4

made u of producers such as farmers, merchants, and artisans similar to middle class

Question 5

what does Shudra caste system consist of?

Answer 5

composed of servants and laborers

Question 6

What is Karma?

Answer 6

moral law of cause and effect, holds people responsible for their actions

Question 7

What is the Dharma?

Answer 7

ethical duty based on the divine order of reality

Question 8

What are upanishards?

Answer 8

ancient philosophical text form basis of hindu doctrines

Question 9

What is the Jnana Marga?

Answer 9

“the path of knowledge”

Question 10

What is the Bhakti Marga?

Answer 10

“the path of devotion”

Question 11

What is the Bhagavad Gita?

Answer 11

Hinduism’s sacred text

Question 12

What is Atman?

Answer 12

eternal self or soul of an individual that is reincarnate

Question 13

What is artha?

Answer 13

material success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life

Question 14

What is Monism?

Answer 14

doctrine that reality is ultimately made up of only on essence

Question 15

What is Braiunan?

Answer 15

eternal essence of reality and source of the universe

Question 16

since karma is all about moral responsibility, what does Karma determine?

Answer 16

the life form which the atman is born

Question 17

What is dharma similar to?

Answer 17

the west’s term religion

Question 18

What is drama as it pertains to life?

Answer 18

it is the complete rule of life

Question 19

How is a person’s particular dharma determined?

Answer 19

by gender, caste, and stage of life

Question 20

what does Jnana Marga require?

Answer 20

the follower to devote a great deal of time to learning and meditation

Question 21

what do the jnana marga demands render more to?

Answer 21

brahmin class

Question 22

What is Samsara?

Answer 22

“wheel of rebirth”

Question 23

according to Samsara what happens after death?

Answer 23

the individual is reincarnated from one life-form to another

Question 24

What are the forms of reincarnation?

Answer 24

human, animal, according to some texts even plants

Question 25

How long does an individuals samsara keeps happening?

Answer 25

until moksha is achieved

Question 26

What are the four stages of life?

Answer 26

student, householder, forest dweller, wandering ascetic

Question 27

what is the student stage of life?

Answer 27

stage lasts until marriage, intensive study of the vedas and other sacred literature, this stage lasts until marriage

Question 28

what does the hindu society four stages involve,

Answer 28

males typically who belong to the vaishya, kshatryia, and brahmin classes

Question 29

what is the second stage householder do, whose involved?

Answer 29

the wordily pursuits of getting a career and raising a family are central. women are involved along ith their husbands

Question 30

what marks the beginning of the third stage

Answer 30

the first grandchild

Question 31

what happens in the third rage?

Answer 31

a man may ask his wife to accompany him in the third stage, this stage allows him to retreat from wordily bonds (sometimes by literally dwelling in the forest) in order to engage fully in a spiritual quest

Question 32

what is the court stage

Answer 32

that of the wandering ascetic, this is when the people are ready to return to society, but remain attached from the normal attractions and distractions of social life. couples that go in together sometimes come out and separate

Question 33

Brahma? the god

Answer 33

the creator

Question 34

Shiva? the god

Answer 34

the destroyer

Question 35

Rama? the god

Answer 35

reincarnation of vishnu, so highly regarded many hindus revere him as the supreme deity

Question 36

Ganesh? the god

Answer 36

remover of obstacles

Question 37

Vishnu? the god

Answer 37

one of the creators of the universe

Question 38

who are the big three creators of the universe?

Answer 38

Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu

Question 39

What are the three paths of life?

Answer 39

Karma Marga, Jnana Marga, Bhakti Marga

Question 40

What is Karma Marga?

Answer 40

living with accordance with dharma or ethical duty. basically behaving and carrying out good duties in society, be unselfish

Question 41

What does Jnana Marga emphasize?

Answer 41

attaining knowledge over ignorance

Question 42

What is Bhakti Marga about?

Answer 42

directing spiritual energy outward, in worshipping the deity. this moves its adherents closer to liberation

Question 43

what is Bhakti Marga most suitable for?

Answer 43

those whom emotional attachment comes naturally?

Question 44

What is Brahman

Answer 44

The ground of existence and the source of the universe