hinduism

Question 1

atman

Answer 1

ones true self or soul

Question 2

moshka

Answer 2

salvation enlightenment or liberation from rebirth

Question 3

samsara

Answer 3

the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

Question 4

the vedas

Answer 4

the hindu text of sacred truth revealed from an absolute power

Question 5

the hindu triumvirate

Answer 5

the three main gods, brahma, vishnu and shiva

Question 6

brahma

Answer 6

the creator of the universe

Question 7

vishnu

Answer 7

the preserver of the universe

Question 8

shiva

Answer 8

the destroyer of the universe

Question 9

hinduism views the world as an _______

Answer 9

an illusion

Question 10

hindu

Answer 10

now means indian but used to be a geographical term

Question 11

brahman

Answer 11

an eternal absolete reality beyond the multiplicity of forms

Question 12

rig veda

Answer 12

earliest and most revered among the holy scripture (1028 hymns)

Question 13

upanishads

Answer 13

later collections of scriptureas added to the vedas

Question 14

karma

Answer 14

“action” the unibversal principle of action

Question 15

maya

Answer 15

hindu belif that the world is an illusion

Question 16

4 most important things

Answer 16

karma, maya, dharma, artha

Question 17

dharma

Answer 17

pursuing virtuas duty and fulfilling ones duty in life

Question 18

artha

Answer 18

pursing and aquaring succes and welth

Question 19

kama

Answer 19

pursing pleasure in all of its forms (sexual) as long as its tempered with dharma

Question 20

the caste system has how many castes

Answer 20

5

Question 21

true or false

it is good to think of hinduism as an umbrella to other religions

Answer 21

true

Question 22

true or false

there is no record of who founded hinduism

Answer 22

true

Question 23

true or false

the vedas are the key text of hinduism

Answer 23

true