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Hinduism Flashcards

1
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What are the three types of worldly success

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Wealth, fame, power

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2
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What is Atman

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The self

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3
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What is Brahman

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God

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4
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What is the literal meaning of the term yoga

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To unite (body and mind)

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5
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What are the four types of yoga?

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Jnana
Bhakti
Karma
Raja

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6
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Raja yoga?

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Meditation

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7
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Karma yoga

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Find God through work

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8
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Bhakti yoga

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Love and devotion

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9
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Jnana yoga

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Knowledge

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10
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What are the four stages of life

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Student, householder, retirement, Sannyasin

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What are the five castes

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Brahmin, Government, farmers, servants, untouchables

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12
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What did Gandhi rename the untouchables?

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Gods children

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13
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Who is the creator God

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Brahma

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14
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Who is the preserver God

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Vishnu

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15
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Who is the destroyer God

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Shiva

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16
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What is Samsara

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In the cycle of life, death, and rebirth

17
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What is the law of karma

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Moral law of cause-and-effect

18
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What are the words of Ramakrishna?

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He must love God in all sorts

19
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Did Gandhi think the Gita justified war

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No, inner war

20
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What is the heart of the gita’s message

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To see the lord in every creature and act accordingly

21
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Which verses did Gandhi say hold the key to the entire Gita

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2:54-2:72

22
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What is in verse 2:54-2:72

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They renounce every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart
Renounce all selfish desires and break away from the ego

23
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Krishna was an incarnation of which God

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Vishnu

24
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Who was Arjuna

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A warrior about to go into battle

25
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What’s are the two views concerning the morality of war

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Orthodox(war is good and real)

Mystic(war is inside)

26
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Krishna encourages Arjuna to cut through his doubts with the sword of what

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Spiritual wisdom

27
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Why is Arjuna overcome with doubt

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Ignorance

28
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When Arjuna sees krishna’s true form, what does he see

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Everything

29
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When Arjuna sees Krishna’s try form, is he terrified or at peace

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Both, terrified at first, then becomes peaceful and terrified

30
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What does Krishna want Arjuna to be?

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His instrument

31
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To attain union with Vishnu can be accomplished through what

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Unfailing devotion

32
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What are the three gates to a self-destructive hell?

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Lust, anger, greed

33
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What are the four wants of Hinduism?

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Pleasure, worldly success, duty, liberation

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