Hinduism

Question 1

What does a person’s caste dictate?

Answer 1

Who you are to marry, what kind of job that you will have, what kind of education you will have, etc.

Question 2

Why are people okay with this system?

Answer 2

They believe that they have bad karma from a different life if they are a lower class and therefore do not complain as compensation for redeeming themselves.

Question 3

How does it compare to African American troubles?

Answer 3

It is used as a discrimination tool to those of lower castes.

Question 4

What is the highest class?

Answer 4

Brahmans

Question 5

Second to highest class?

Answer 5

Kshatriyas

Question 6

Third to highest class?

Answer 6

Vaishyas

Question 7

Second to worse class?

Answer 7

Shudras

Question 8

Worse class?

Answer 8

Dalits, untouchables

Question 9

How has the class system changed?

Answer 9

Laws against discrimination, Dalits given education to restore
Living conditions, doesn’t exist everywhere

Question 10

Do Dalits and lower classes have the same technological benefits?

Answer 10

No. Brahmins and the higher classes have more time and can afford them with their less time consuming and less hands on jobs, while Dalits are living off of scraps.

Question 11

What are Brahmins?

Answer 11

Preists

Question 12

Kshtriyas

Answer 12

Warrior nobles

Question 13

Vaisya

Answer 13

Traders

Question 14

Shudra

Answer 14

Labor intensive workers

Question 15

Dalits

Answer 15

Dirty work

Question 16

Aryans

Answer 16

Warrior nomads from Central Asia, brought social classes or cates to India

Question 17

What are Vedas?

Answer 17

Sacred literature, four collections of prayers, magical spells and instructions for performing rituals

Question 18

Rig Veda

Answer 18

1,028 hymns o Aryan gods

Question 19

Aryans->racism?

Answer 19

They had lighter skin and discriminated those with dark skin. Dalits were usually those with darker skin.

Question 20

Purusha

Answer 20

First human being, castes were determined from the highest on the top of Purusha to the lowest on the bottom.

Question 21

Hinduism is made up of…

Answer 21

Aryan and Indus beliefs

Question 22

Founder?

Answer 22

Nope

Question 23

Karma

Answer 23

Results of actions are repeated in the future

Question 24

Samsara

Answer 24

All humans are reincarnated over and over again

Question 25

Moksha

Answer 25

Liberation from suffering

Question 26

Monism

Answer 26

Belief that everything is a state of mind, everything is Brahman, escape from pain, nothing on earth matters. It is all an illusion

Question 27

Brahman

Answer 27

The divine or absolute reality

Question 28

Brahma

Answer 28

Creator

Question 29

Vishnu

Answer 29

Sustainor

Question 30

Shiva

Answer 30

Destroyer

Question 31

Goals for humans

Answer 31

To ensure spiritual and social harmony

Question 32

Artha

Answer 32

Worthy health and success

Question 33

Karma

Answer 33

Pleasure and desire

Question 34

Dharma

Answer 34

Virtue, reality

Question 35

Moksha

Answer 35

Spiritual liberation

Question 36

What a Hindu household looks like

Answer 36

Meditation
Hymns
Daily offerings

Question 37

To get to moksha

Answer 37

Yogic discipline
Logical reasoning
Following dharma (right conduct)
Seeking guru

Question 38

Percentage?

Answer 38

Highest in India over 80%

Question 39

What are castes?

Answer 39

A social class system in India used by those who believe in the religion of Hinduism