Hinduism Flashcards
What is Brahman
Supreme cosmic force, everything is connected all the time and in everyone
What is maya
Illusion or ignorance
Ahimsa
The principle of non violence and that if you harm one living thing you harm all things
What is atman
The Brahman inside of you (your soul)
What is samsara
The cycle of rebirth
What is moksha
Escape form samsara
What is dharma
Ones personal code of ethics to follow their caste and perform good deeds
What is karma
Cause and effect
What is puja
Worshipping a deity or deities in a home or temple
What is a murti
The image of a deity
What is a mandir
A scared place like a temple
What is a havan
An offering ritual involving fire
What is a guru
A dispelled of darkness/maya
What is a mantra
A repeated sound word or phrase
What is varna
The belief that lighter skin is more power in hinduism
What is a caste and how many are there
( Jati )4 Social groups that u are born into and can’t change and it determines your job, friends etc
What is the highest caste
Brahmin which are priests and spiritual leaders
What is the second caste
Kshatria “shochura” which are kings and soliders
What is the third caste
Vaishya which are merchants
What is the fourth caste
Sudra which are servants of others and higher classes
What’s is Dalit
A fifth caste that known as “untouchables” which are filthy jobs such as sewers etc. people can’t touch untouchables so they walk around making noise to alert others
What is the Hindu triad
The trimurti: life death and rebirth, creator, destroyer, and preserver, Brahma, shiva, and Vishnu
What is an avatar
A deity who has descended into the world in earthly form
What is iconography
The use of symbols and associations to describe a deity
Name some other deities
Ganesha, Durga, kali, Parvati
Describe the iconography of a deity
Rosary beads show meditation and the circle is like samsara, water pot shows interconnectedness in Brahman, lotus flower shows prosperity, living a life deattached from maya. And vedas
Who colonized Hindu traditions
Aryans who wrote the vedas
What are the vedas
Oldest scriptures means knowledge gets passed down
What are revealed scriptures and what are traditional
From the deities / about the deities
What are the upanishads
A time period after Vedic that interpret the Vedas and created Hinduism as we know it todsy
What is ramayan
DIWALI TO CELEBRATE PRINCE RAMA WHO IS AN INCARNATION OF VISHNU
What is the Bahamas Gita
Known as the song of the blessed one it is a convo between rishra and arjuna
What are the 4 goals
Kama(sensual pleasure) artha(material success, dharma and moksha
What is path of knowledge yoga
Jnana yoga
What is devotion yoga
Skaki yoga
What is path of good works yoga
Karma yoga
What does aum represent
The ultimate reality, 3 syllables, space and time
What does the lotus represent
Living an unattached life and purity
What are the laws of manu
A scripture that governs virtues and living the 4 goals
What is a mysticism
An experience with direct communication with divine reality believed to occur between states of conciousness
What is the first stage of life
Student (0-20) focus on religious education
What is the second stage of life
Householder(20-50) duty is to family and invome
What is the third stage of life
Retired once children are ready focus back to spirtialness
What is the fourth and final stage of life
Ascetic someone who abstains form all physical pursuits and becomes sanyasin for religious holiness to the maximum
How is a baby named
12 days after it’s born it is separated from its mother and named based on caste syllables and deity of devotion for that family
What is sacred thread
When a kid gets a 7/12 they are introduced into the first stage of life by a guru and a thread is worn based on caste syllables
What happens at death
Body is moved from home to cremation ground, burned, then spread in gange or water
What happens at marriage
Arranged because parents know you best and can get someone in your caste too
What is dowry
Valuables that are offered to the males family from the females family at a wedding
When were the aryans colonizing
Vedic period
Why is the cow so important
It lives a selfless and harmless slide giving much more then it takes
What is the temple hinds worship at and list steps to puja
Mandir, take off shoes, ring a bell, light a lamp, and burn incense, then murti is washed and red paste is placed on murti plus worshipers
What does mahatma mean
Great-soul
What is yoga
A dislike that leads to liberation
What is namaste
Translates to “I bow to you” A Sanskrit greeting of high regard and respect using the whole body
What does Hindu mean
River
What is Sanskrit
The father tongue to ancient india
What is polytheism
Many gods exist and can be worshipped
What is monotheism
One god
What is monism
The belief that reality is all unified and connected to one being
Panenthism vtrs pantheism
Everything is in god VRs god is in everything
What is the Ganges river
Super scared river in India moksha is achieved if you die in it, it clears sins when u wash in it and each water drop is connected throughout the world
What is the svasti
Symbol meaning blessings or happiness, symbolizes goodluck and prosperity
