Hinduism

Question 1

Bhagavad-Gita

Answer 1

Hinduism’s most popular sacred text.

Question 2

Atman

Answer 2

The eternal self

Question 3

Ascetic

Answer 3

One who renounces physical pleasures and worldly attachments for the sake of spiritual advancement

Question 4

Artha

Answer 4

Material success and social prestige, one of the 4 goals in life

Question 5

Avatar

Answer 5

An incarnation, or living embodiment, of a deity

Question 6

Vatican II

Answer 6

A gathering of catholic leaders

Took place in 1960s

Question 7

Incarnation

Answer 7

A living embodiment

Question 8

Empathy

Answer 8

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Question 9

Mysticism

Answer 9

To be in touch w/God through prayer

Question 10

Pantheism

Answer 10

Belief that divine reality exists in everything

Question 11

Revelation

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The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings, typically through myths or some form of religious experience

Question 12

Ritual

Answer 12

Formal worship practice, often based on the reenactment of a myth

Question 13

Brahman

Answer 13

The ultimate reality

Question 14

Caste system

Answer 14

Traditional division of Hindu society into various categories

Question 15

Karma

Answer 15

The moral law of cause and effect of actions

Question 16

Moksha

Answer 16

Release of the individual self from samsara

Question 17

Upanishads

Answer 17

A collection of over two hundred texts that provide philosophical commentary on the vedas.

Question 18

Nostra Aetate

Answer 18

A document of vatican II about inter-religious affairs

Question 19

Orderliness

Answer 19

keeping oneself physically clean and neat and one’s belongings in order

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Cosmology

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The understanding of nature and the universe

Question 21

Monotheism

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The belief in 1 God

Question 22

Myth

Answer 22

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon

Question 23

Polytheism

Answer 23

The belief in more than one God.

Question 24

Transcendence

Answer 24

Existence beyond the normal or physical level

Question 25

Rig Veda

Answer 25

Hinduism’s oldest sacred text.

Question 26

Brahmin

Answer 26

Priests

Question 27

Dharma

Answer 27

Ethical duty based on the divine order of reality

Question 28

Samsara

Answer 28

The wheel of rebirth or reincarnation

Question 29

Monism

Answer 29

The doctorine that reality is ultimately made up of one essence

Question 30

Yoga

Answer 30

Physical and psychological techniques for spiritual advancement

Question 31

List the four cardinal virtues

Answer 31

• justice
• prudence
• temperance
• fortitude

Question 32

List the three theological virtues

Answer 32

• faith
• hope
• love

Question 33

List the four stages of life in hinduism

Answer 33

1 student
2 householder
3 forest dweller
4 wandering ascetic

Question 34

Name the different Hindu castes

Answer 34

1 Priests
2 warriors
3 farmers, merchants, artisans
4 slaves, laborers
5 untouchables

Question 35

What does orderliness look and sound like?

Answer 35

Look: a clean bedroom
Sound: silence instead of being told to do something.

Question 36

Name and describe two Hindu holidays.

Answer 36

Holi: festival of color. celebrates life and color

Raksha Bandhan: celebrates the coming together of siblings. Brothers and sisters are nice to each other for a day.

Question 37

Define objective and subjective truth. Give an example of each.

Answer 37

Objective: truth according to the object. What is actually happening. EX: “the sky is blue.”
Subjective: truth according to the subject, what the subject thinks. EX: “the best color is blue.”