Beliefs And Teachings

Question 1

Indus civilisation

Answer 1

The people who lived on the river Indus who later became Hindus

Question 2

River Ganges

Answer 2

Where Hindus fled when the Persians/Greeks invaded- seen as a sacred river

Question 3

Shruti texts

Answer 3

Hindu texts heard from Brahman

Question 4

Smriti texts

Answer 4

Stories that have been remembered and spoken

Question 5

Brahman

Answer 5

God

Question 6

Aum symbol

Answer 6

Deep reverberating sound that represents Brahman and his externalness in the universe

Question 7

Monotheism

Answer 7

The belief there’s only 1 God

Question 8

Nirguna-Brahman

Answer 8

Brahman has no physical form

Question 9

Saguna-Brahman

Answer 9

God with a physical form

Question 10

Deities

Answer 10

Manifestations of Brahman

Question 11

Bhagavan

Answer 11

Brahman has a physical form but in the world of the spirits

Question 12

Antaryami

Answer 12

God is within each and every living thing

Question 13

Ganesha

Answer 13

Elephant-Headed God

Question 14

Hanuman

Answer 14

Monkey Warrior

Question 15

Parvati

Answer 15

Wife of shiva

Question 16

Saraswati

Answer 16

Wife of Brahma-Goddess of learning

Question 17

Trimurti

Answer 17

3 most important deities - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

Question 18

Lakshmi

Answer 18

Wife of Vishnu-Goddess of wealth and prosperity

Question 19

Brahma

Answer 19

The creator

Question 20

Shiva

Answer 20

The destroyer

Question 21

Vishnu

Answer 21

The preserver

Question 22

Maya

Answer 22

Illusion/temptations

Question 23

Ascetic

Answer 23

Someone who devotes their life to a certain deity

Question 24

Shaivism

Answer 24

Part of Hinduism that focuses on Shiva

Question 25

Vaishnavism

Answer 25

Part of Hinduism that focuses on Vishnu

Question 26

Avatar

Answer 26

A manifestation of the deity Vishnu released in bodily form

Question 27

Dharma

Answer 27

Virtue

Question 28

Adharma

Answer 28

Evil/ignorance

Question 29

Rama

Answer 29

Avatar of Vishnu

Question 30

Ravana

Answer 30

Demon that fights Rama

Question 31

The Ramayana

Answer 31

Major Sanskrit text

Question 32

Sita

Answer 32

Wife of rama

Question 33

Krishna

Answer 33

The avatar of Vishnu that preaches ahimsa and reincarnation

Question 34

The kurukshetra war

Answer 34

The war Krishna stopped

Question 35

The 4 aims of life

Answer 35

Artha, kama, moksha, dharma- Hindus try to live by

Question 36

Artha

Answer 36

Earning a lawful living through honest means

Question 37

Kama

Answer 37

Enjoying life responsibly and having a positive outlook

Question 38

Moksha

Answer 38

Union with Brahman

Question 39

Dharma

Answer 39

Virtue or goodness- doing good duties

Question 40

Sanatana dharma

Answer 40

The eternal rules Hindus live by

Question 41

Varnashrama dharma

Answer 41

Hindus responsibilities

Question 42

Varna(caste)

Answer 42

Hindus social class or groups

Question 43

Free will

Answer 43

The idea that Hindus can act and behave how they wish

Question 44

6 personal virtues

Answer 44

Humility,love,respect,control,ahimsa,empathy- Hindus do these things to earn good karma

Question 45

Atman

Answer 45

Hindu term for soul

Question 46

Transmigration

Answer 46

The process of the soul reincarnating

Question 47

Samsara cycle

Answer 47

The ongoing cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Question 48

Law of karma

Answer 48

Good action -> good karma -> better rebirth

Question 49

Reincarnation

Answer 49

The atman being born into another body

Question 50

Punya

Answer 50

Merit or actions that lead to good karma

Question 51

Papa

Answer 51

Bad actions that lead to bad karma

Question 52

Prakriti

Answer 52

Matter that cannot be seen or touched

Question 53

Purusa

Answer 53

The non-physical elements of the univers

Question 54

Jiva

Answer 54

A body the atman is bounded to

Question 55

Cosmology

Answer 55

Ideas of beliefs about the univers

Question 56

The cycle of the 4 ages

Answer 56

The belief the universe exists in 4 eras

Question 57

Yuga

Answer 57

An era of time

Question 58

Golden yuga

Answer 58

A time of perfection and goodness

Question 59

Silver yuga

Answer 59

Human qualities start to decline

Question 60

Copper yuga

Answer 60

Humans are disconnected from eachother

Question 61

Iron yuga

Answer 61

Age of ignorance and brutal destruction

Question 62

Kalki

Answer 62

Avatar of Vishnu that appears at the end of the 4 ages to destroy it with shiva

Question 63

Tri-guna

Answer 63

The three stages that matter goes through - creation maintenance and destruction