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What is shruti?

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Sacred text coming from the divine

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What is smriti?

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Sacred text that is not divine

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What are the four vedas?

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Rigveda,Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda,

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What is the rigveda?

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1000+ hymns to praise God

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What is the yajurveda?

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guides priests in sermons

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What is the samaveda?

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chants and rituals for sacrifice

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What is the atharvaveda?

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chants, spells, incantations to be used in everyday life.

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What is Brahman?

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The one unchanging, eternal being that is the cause of all existence. Each side of Brahman is expressed through a different deity

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What are the two smriti?

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Ramayana and Mahabarata

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What is the Ramayana?

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Tells the story of Prince Rama who must save his kidnapped wife. Teaches Hindu life lessons

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What is the Mahabharata?

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100, 000 verses that tell the clash between two families. Teaches that greed is poor

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What are Upanishads?

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shruti text formed from the vedas that recounts the beliefs of Aryan peoples through stories and riddles. focuses on people’s relationships to cosmos

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Dharma

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A way of righteous living; power upholding the universe and society

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Karma

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Sum of people’s actions in this and previous states of existence that decides their fate

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Moksha

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Release from cycle of rebirth, interlinked with karma

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Atman

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Individual self / soul. The goal of Hinduism is to realise the unity of Atman and Brahman, and that self is not separate from ultimate reality

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Samsara

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Process of reincarnation

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