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Hinduism Practices Flashcards

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Puja

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Act of worshipping

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Bhakti

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Showing love/devotion to deity

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Murti

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Statue/image of a deity used in worship

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Mandir

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Hindu temple

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Arati ceremony

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Main ceremony in Mandir, show love to deities

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Darshan

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“To view” contemplating deities

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Havan ceremony

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Sacrifice performed on special occasions to deity Agni, make offerings to fire pit

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Japa/mantra

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Repeatedly chanting sacred word/phrase in meditation

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Bhajan/kirtan

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Devotional hymn to show deities love

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Ashram

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Place to meditate/be instructed spiritually

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Sadhu

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Ascetic

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Sannyasin

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Ascetic who has renounced the world, performed own funeral (final life stage)

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Swami

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Male Hindu religious teacher

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Circumambulation

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walking around holy site, often whilst chanting or praying

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Penance

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Doing something to make up for something and get rid of bad karma

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Varanasi

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City on banks or river Ganges, site of pilgrimage

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Ghat

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Place on edge of river where Hindus cremate people

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Haridwar

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1st checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Ganges)

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Ujjain

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2nd checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Shipra)

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Nashik

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3rd checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (River Godavari)

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Prayaga

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Final checkpoint of Kumbh Mela (where 3 rivers meet)

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Yoga

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“Discipline”, spiritual pathway person chooses to follow through life

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Karma Yoga

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Path of selfless action

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Astana Yoga

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Path of meditation

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Bhakti yoga

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Path of devotion

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Jnana yoga

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Path of knowledge

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Narasimha

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Vishnu appears in this avatar form to save Prahlada

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Stewardship

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World belongs to God and humans have responsibility to care for it

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Goshalla

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Cow sanctuary

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Dana

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4 ways to give: family, society, world, God

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Sewa

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Selfless service

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