Q2: Lesson 1 and 2: Embodied Spirit Flashcards
comes from the latin prefix “trans” and “scandare”
Transcendence
Transcendence in latin words?
Trans and Scandare
what does transcendence mean?
beyond and to climb
A state in which we look beyond our present concerns, heighten our awareness of the outside world, and feel a greater sense of connection as a result.
Transcendence
Brahman is ____________
self-hood
Lies the idea of human beings quest for absolute truth, so that one’s soul and the Brahman or Atman might become one.
Hinduism
Absolute Soul
Brahman or Atman
Hindus believe that the soul is eternal but is bound by the __________ to the world of matter, which it can escape only after spiritual progress through an endless series of birth.
law of karma
Hinduism holds that humanity’s life is a continuous cycle(_____________) while its spirit is neither born nor does it die.
Samsara
Hinduism holds that humanity’s life is a continuous cycle(_____________) while its spirit is neither born nor does it die. The body, on the other hand, goes through a transmigratory series of _______ and ______.
Birth and death
A doctrine that adheres to the beliefs that a person’s soul passes into some other creature, human, or animal.
Transmigration Metempsychosis
Ultimate liberation, that is, freedom from rebirth, is achieved the moment the individual attains that stage of ___________
Emancipation
Hindu God referred to as “the Creator”. He is associated with Creation, Knowledge, and the Vedas
Brahma
Four primary values in Hindu
Wealth, pleasure, duty, and enlightenment
____________ finds release from the wheel of existence.
Enlightenment