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Hinduism Flashcards

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ahimsa

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In Sanskrit, literally, “non injury” It is the principle that a person should do no harm

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Artha

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literally means “success.” Material success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life

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Aryans

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a group of people who emigrated from the west into the upper Indus Valley and the nearby territory around 1500 BCE

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Ascetic

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a general term for a person who denies themselves some of the necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter, for the sake of spiritual advancement

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Atman

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The eternal self, which the Upanishads identify with Brahman; the eteran self for soul of an individual that is reincarnated from one body to the next and is ultimately identified with Atman

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Avatar

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a manifestation of a god in an earthly form, usually that of a human or animal

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Brahman

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The power behind and within the cosmos that makes it function and live. Can also be seen as the Ultimate Reality

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Caste

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the western term for varna. Castes provide the major divisions of Hindu society

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Dharma

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means virtue. In particular, it refers to the duties of a person’s caste

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Kama

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pleasure, one of the four encouraged goals of life in Hinduism

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Karma

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The Sanskrit term meaning “action” It refers to a concept in which the results of one’s actions accumulate over one’s life

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Maya

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the true nature of the cosmos we can see

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Moksha

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Liberation or release from the cycle of the human condition

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Samsara

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The cycle of death and rebirth in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Reincarnation

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Twice-Born

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the upper three castes whose males go through a “re-birth” ceremony when they come-of-age at around 12.

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Bhagavad-Gita

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“The song of the Blessed Lord” a short section of the epic poem Mahabharata in which the god Krishna teaches the great warrior Arjuna about bhakti marga and other ways to God; Hinduism’s most popular sacred text

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Bhakti Marga

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“The path of devotion” The most popular of the three Hindu paths to salvation, emphasizing loving devotion to one’s chosen god or goddess

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brahmin

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The highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests

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jnana marga

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“the path of knowledge” One of three Hindu paths to salvation, emphasizing knowing the true nature of reality through learning and meditation

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karma marga

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“the path of works” One of three Hindu paths to salvation, emphasizing performing right actions according to dharma

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kshatriya

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The second of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of warriors and administrators

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Rig Veda

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A collection of 1017 Sanskrit hymns composed of about 1500 BC or earlier; Hinduism’s oldest sacred text

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samadhi

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A trancelike state in which self-consciousness is lost, and the mind is absorbed into the ultimate reality; the culmination of the eight steps of Yoga

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Sankhya

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A system of Hindu philosophy and one approach within jnana marga, “the path of knowledge,” asserting that reality conprises two distinct categories: matter and eternal selves.

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sannyasin

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A wandering ascetic who has advanced to the fourth and highest stage of life

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sati

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the traditional practice of burning a widow on her husband’s funeral pyre; outlawed in 1829, though it still occurs rarely

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shudra

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The lowest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of servants and laborers

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Upanishads

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“sitting near a teacher” A collection of over two hundred texts composed between 900 and 200 BC that provide philosophical commentary on the Vedas

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vaishya

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The third of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of producers, such as farmers, merchants and artisans

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Vedanta

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A system of Hindu philosophy and one approach within jnana marga holding that all reality is essentially Brahman; most notable advocate is the medieval Hindu philosopher Shankara.

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Yoga

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A system of Hindu philosophy and one approach within jnana marga seeking to free the eternal self from the bondage of personhood, culminating in the experience of samadhi; physical and psychological techniques for spiritual advancement.

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