Highest Caste Flashcards
Highest caste
Brahmin
Evil enchantress/demoness who tried to kill prahlid
Holika
Ethical duty
Dharma
Vishnu’s 8th incarnation
Krishna
High God; fairly inconspicuous in modern times
Brahma
Holy men
Sannyasin
Paths
Margas
Veil of ignorance
Maya
(Devotional) path emphasized in the bhagavad-Gita
Bhakti
Cycle of re-death
Samsara
Basis for caste system comes from this ancient text
Law of Manu
Babas, yogis, Brahmins
Exemplars
Story where Krishna hells Arjuna figure out his duty, hinduisms most popular text
Bhagavadgita
One of Hinduism’s earliest texts
Vigveda
Vishnu, shiva, mohadevi
Trimurti
(Meditating & study) path
Jnana
Daily prayer
Puja
Epic story of Rama and his defeat of ravana and return to his kingdoom
Ramayaha
Moral law of cause and effect
Uarma
The Vedic soul
Atman
Doctrinal
Laws of manu
Caste
Duty
Narrative
330 million gods and goddesses
Vedas, upanishadas
Ramayana
Rule and ideals of dharma
Karma also a moral cause/effect
Ethical
Devotional-marga puja
Pilgrimage
Meditation
Temple worship
Ritual
Sacred cows
Shrines temples
Rivers(Ganges)
Material
Ganges
Rivers
Moksha, OM festival
Moksha
Holy men
Institutional
Outside of casts
Untouchables
More rural= more traditional
Handlers(garbage collectors) bc not cleansed
Natural law
People are not born equal
One has to fulfill dharma or bad Kama
If don’t follow dharma = chaos
Female stage
Girlhood
Householder
Widowhood
Reality-truth
Brahman is absolute true
Within human is atman
Veil of ignorance is maya
Castes
People not created equal
Entails the division of labor and spiritual purity
Extremely complex
Margas
Karma-righteous action-Vedas
Jnana-wisdom
Bhakti- selfless devotion love
Male stage
Student
Householder
Forest dweller
Holy man
Four aims
Kama
Artha
Dharma
Moksha
Artha
Accumulation of wealth
