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Hinduism Flashcards

1
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What is Brahman

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

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What is maya

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Illusion or ignorance

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Ahimsa

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

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What is atman

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The Brahman inside of you (your soul)

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What is samsara

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The cycle of rebirth

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What is moksha

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Escape form samsara

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What is dharma

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

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What is karma

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Cause and effect

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What is puja

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Worshipping a deity or deities in a home or temple

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What is a murti

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The image of a deity

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What is a mandir

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A scared place like a temple

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What is a havan

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An offering ritual involving fire

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13
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What is a guru

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A dispelled of darkness/maya

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What is a mantra

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A repeated sound word or phrase

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15
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What is varna

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The belief that lighter skin is more power in hinduism

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What is a caste and how many are there

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( 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

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Brahmin which are priests and spiritual leaders

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What is the second caste

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Kshatria “shochura” which are kings and soliders

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What is the third caste

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Vaishya which are merchants

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What is the fourth caste

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Sudra which are servants of others and higher classes

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What’s is Dalit

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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

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

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23
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What is an avatar

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A deity who has descended into the world in earthly form

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What is iconography

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The use of symbols and associations to describe a deity

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25
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Name some other deities

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Ganesha, Durga, kali, Parvati

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Describe the iconography of a deity

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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

27
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Who colonized Hindu traditions

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Aryans who wrote the vedas

28
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What are the vedas

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Oldest scriptures means knowledge gets passed down

29
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What are revealed scriptures and what are traditional

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From the deities / about the deities

30
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What are the upanishads

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A time period after Vedic that interpret the Vedas and created Hinduism as we know it todsy

31
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What is ramayan

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DIWALI TO CELEBRATE PRINCE RAMA WHO IS AN INCARNATION OF VISHNU

32
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What is the Bahamas Gita

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Known as the song of the blessed one it is a convo between rishra and arjuna

33
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What are the 4 goals

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Kama(sensual pleasure) artha(material success, dharma and moksha

34
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What is path of knowledge yoga

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Jnana yoga

35
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What is devotion yoga

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Skaki yoga

36
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What is path of good works yoga

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Karma yoga

37
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What does auk represent

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The ultimate reality, 3 syllables, space and time

38
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What does the lotus represent

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Living an unattached life and purity

39
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What are the laws of manu

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A scripture that governs virtues and living the 4 goals

40
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What is a mysticism

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An experience with direct communication with divine reality believed to occur between states of conciousness

41
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What is the first stage of life

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Student (0-20) focus on religious education

42
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What is the second stage of life

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Householder(20-50) duty is to family and invome

43
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What is the third stage of life

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Retired once children are ready focus back to spirtialness

44
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What is the fourth and final stage of life

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Ascetic someone who abstains form all physical pursuits and becomes sanyasin for religious holiness to the maximum

45
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How is a baby named

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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

46
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What is sacred thread

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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

47
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What happens at death

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Body is moved from home to cremation ground, burned, then spread in gange or water

48
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What happens at marriage

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Arranged because parents know you best and can get someone in your caste too

49
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What is dowry

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Valuables that are offered to the males family from the females family at a wedding

50
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When were the aryans colonizing

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Vedic period

51
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Why is the cow so important

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It lives a selfless and harmless slide giving much more then it takes

52
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What is the temple hinds worship at and list steps to puja

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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

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What does mahatma mean

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Great-soul

54
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What is yoga

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A dislike that leads to liberation

55
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What is namaste

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Translates to “I bow to you” A Sanskrit greeting of high regard and respect using the whole body

56
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What does Hindu mean

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River

57
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What is Sanskrit

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The father tongue to ancient india

58
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What is polytheism

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Many gods exist and can be worshipped

59
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What is monotheism

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One god

60
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What is monism

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The belief that reality is all unified and connected to one being

61
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Panenthism vtrs pantheism

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Everything is in god VRs god is in everything

62
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What is the Ganges river

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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

63
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What is the svasti

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Symbol meaning blessings or happiness, symbolizes goodluck and prosperity

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