Hinduism Flashcards
Religious truth
Seek the real truth about the ultimate meaning if life
Origin of religion
Wonder and awe
Religion as a bridge
It is our reach towards truth beauty ang goodness, what we try to grab in happiness, wonder and awe
If god is not, all is permitted
God= meaning
Without god humans can waste life bc nothing maters
It is up to us to find the powers of the soul
Intellect, will, imagination
We are made for truth, beauty and goodness
Religious sense
Comes from needs of the heart
It is our capacity to ask automate questions
Does god exist ?
Unique question
Universal question
Personal question
CAN NOT IGNORE
always relevant
God is enternal
Truth beauty and goodness
Atman
Enternal self, ultimate reality within
Bring atman back to braham
Brahman
Exterior ultimate reality
Everything has the same essence
Everything is one
Neti, neti- beyond human perception
Caste system levels
Brahmin- priests
Kshatriya- warriors/ administrators
Vasishya- producers/farmers/merchants
Shudra- servants/ laborers
Dharma
Law/duty
Do what you were born to do
Dharma 4 stages
Student, householder, forest dweller, Shudra
4 paths of dharma
Work, devotion, intellect, experience
Maya
Cosmic illusion, everything we see is an illusion distracting us from truth.
Thinking we are individual is maya/illusion
Moksha
Liberation/ release to divine gods, returned to sacred source
Monism
All is brahman, all reality Is ultimately one
Upanishads
Ancient philosophical texts that form basis of most Hinduism doctrines
Vedas
Sacred literature
Puja
To worship,
Religious ritual
Worship
Home and temple
