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What did Vedas contain?

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Contained hymns and rituals to please the gods

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What does Hinduism mean?

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“Religion of the people of India”

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What is brahmanism

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Religion of the Vedic age based on priests and rituals specifically sacrifices

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What were Brahmins?

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Priests with great power. They were the only ones allowed to perform rituals

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What are gurus?

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Teachers and thinkers left home to think and talk about religious ideas

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Who were founders of Hunduism?

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Gurus and their students

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What are Upanishads?

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Writings and ideas connecting people’s lives and heavenly forces

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What were the Hindu Holy Scriptures?

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Vedas and Upanishads

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Who were the only ones allowed to interpret Vedas

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Brahmins

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Who could study the Upanishads?

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Indians of all castes

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What were the two epic poems?

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Ramayana and Mahabara

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What might be the worlds longest poem?

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Mahabharata may be the worlds longest poem with 200,000 lines

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How many lines does the Mahabharata have?

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200,000 lines

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What are the basic Hindu Beliefs?

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There is one supreme cosmic conscience, spiritual force or god known as Brahman

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Brahmin is the source of what?

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All things

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Who are forms of Brahmin

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Vishnu, Shiva, and Shakti

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Every person is born with a what

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Soul

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Describe Shiva

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God of power, change, creation and destruction

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Describe Vishnu

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God that preserves and maintains creation

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Why was sacrifice important in the Vedic age?

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Sacrifices wet needed in order to please the gods

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A soul is a form of what?

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Brahmin

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What aspects of Hinduism helped it spread?

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Hinduism had flexibility. It did not require regular attendance at religious services. It was easy to practice

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What do Hindus believe about death

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When people die most will undergo reincarnation. Soul will be reborn in another body

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Define karma

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Law that determines how a person is reborn

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What are the four basic goals in life?

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Dharma
Striving for well being
Pleasure
Moksha

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Define dharma

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Doing what is right

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What falls under dharma and define it

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Ahimsa:avoiding doing harm to living things

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Define Moksha

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Liberation from reincarnation; persons soul becomes one with Brahman

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What is the purpose of human life to Hindus?

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Achieve Moksha

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What are the three paths to Moksha

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Way of knowledge
Way if works
Way of devotion

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Describe way of knowledge

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True understanding of one’s soul and its oneness with Brahmin

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Describe way of works

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Carry out religious rituals and duties to improve karma

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Describe way of devotion

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Path of love

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