Hinduism Flashcards by Salty Dog

What is Brahman

Supreme cosmic force, everything is connected all the time and in everyone

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What is maya

Illusion or ignorance

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Ahimsa

The principle of non violence and that if you harm one living thing you harm all things

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What is atman

The Brahman inside of you (your soul)

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What is samsara

The cycle of rebirth

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What is moksha

Escape form samsara

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What is dharma

Ones personal code of ethics to follow their caste and perform good deeds

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What is karma

Cause and effect

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What is puja

Worshipping a deity or deities in a home or temple

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What is a murti

The image of a deity

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What is a mandir

A scared place like a temple

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What is a havan

An offering ritual involving fire

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What is a guru

A dispelled of darkness/maya

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What is a mantra

A repeated sound word or phrase

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What is varna

The belief that lighter skin is more power in hinduism

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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

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What is the highest caste

Brahmin which are priests and spiritual leaders

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What is the second caste

Kshatria “shochura” which are kings and soliders

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What is the third caste

Vaishya which are merchants

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What is the fourth caste

Sudra which are servants of others and higher classes

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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

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What is the Hindu triad

The trimurti: life death and rebirth, creator, destroyer, and preserver, Brahma, shiva, and Vishnu

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What is an avatar

A deity who has descended into the world in earthly form

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What is iconography

The use of symbols and associations to describe a deity

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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