RE Flashcards
An act of religious love and devotion directed towards God or gods
Worship
To be committed to something
Dedication
A Hindu temple
Mandir
A Sikh place of worship
Gurdwara
A Hindu act of worship
Puja
A Buddhist temple or monastery
Vihara
A word or sound repeated to help concentration in meditation, usually in Buddhism and Hinduism
Mantra
A place/building/construction regarded as holy because of its links with a divinity (God/gods) or a sacred person or relic
Shrine
The Sikh holy scriptures are a collection of hymns, poems and other writings. It is also considered as the living Guru
Guru Granth Sahib
The belief that a person or animal’s soul can experience rebirth in another body after death
Reincarnation
The word used in Sikhism to mean God
Waheguru
A term used for an image,statue or idol of a deity or mortal in Hindu culture
Murti
Is also commonly understood as the Trimurti-three gods with three key functions:Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in Hinduism
Brahman
Judaism’s day if rest on the seventh day of the week —i.e., Sunset Friday to Sunset Saturday
Shabbat
The Jewish Scriptures containing the books of law,the prophets and collected writings
Tanakh