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Hinduism Flashcards

1
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What is the caste system?

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  • Brahmins: authorized to teach
  • the vedas: priests
  • Kshatriyas: kings and warriors, can study the vedas but not teach them
  • Vaishyas: merchants
  • Shudras: servants
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What is Vedas?

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1) Rig Veda: explains why people come into creation and caste systems
2) Yajur Veda
3) Sama veda
4) Atharva veda

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3
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What are the three ways to liberation?

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1: Action - path of selfishness, action taken without fear of punishment or hope of reward
2: Knowledge - wisdom that can destroy past karma
3: Devotion - Krishina promises to forgive our sins if we surrender and devote ourselves to him

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What is the Hundu “Trimurti”?

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  • Brahma = creator
  • Vishnu = the presever
  • Shiva = the destroyer
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5
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What is the goal of Hinduism?

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Escape samsara and achieve moksha

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6
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What is Acharya?

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leading teacher

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7
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what is advaita?

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school of philsophy

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8
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what is alvars?

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12 devotional poets

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What is artha?

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prosperity (1/3) aims of life

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What is Ashramas?

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4 stages of life (student, householder, forest dweller, a sectic)

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What is ataman?

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individual self

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What is avatara?

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incarnation to a deity on earth

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13
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what is bhavad gita?

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section of the mahbharata

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What is bhakti?

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devotion to deity

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What is brahma?

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creator god

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16
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what is brahman?

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the world soul

17
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what is darshana?

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what they hope to achieve when at temple

18
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What is dharma?

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Religious and social duty

19
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What is karma?

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action that is either good or bas and determines caste at rebirth

20
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What is linga?

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penis statues to represent shiva

21
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What is mahabbarata?

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very long poem

22
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What is mantra?

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chant

23
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what is monksha?

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liberation from the cycle of birth and death (2/3 aims of life)

24
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What is puranas?

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stories of deities

25
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what is ramayan?

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written about life of rama

26
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What is sadhu?

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a holy man

27
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What is samnyasin?

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ascetic that reached stage 4 of ashramas

28
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What is samsara?

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cycle of death and rebirth

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