chapter 3 key terms

Question 1

ahimsa

Answer 1

nonharm, no violence

Question 2

ashram

Answer 2

spiritual community

Question 3

atman

Answer 3

the spiritual essence of all beings

Question 4

avatar

Answer 4

earthly embodiment of a deity

Question 5

Bhagavad Gita

Answer 5

Literary work about krishna

Question 6

bhakti

Answer 6

devotion to a deity or guru

Question 7

bhakti yoga

Answer 7

spiritual discipline of bhakti ( to a guru)

Question 8

brahma

Answer 8

god of creation

Question 9

brahman

Answer 9

spiritual essence of the universe

Question 10

brahmin

Answer 10

member of a priestly cast

Question 11

caste

Answer 11

a major social class sanctioned by hinduism

Question 12

devi

Answer 12

goddess, devine femine

Question 13

dhyana

Answer 13

meditation

Question 14

durga

Answer 14

awe inspiring, form of devi

Question 15

guru

Answer 15

spiritual teacher

Question 16

hatha yoga

Answer 16

spiritual discipline of posture and bodily exercises

Question 17

jnana yoga

Answer 17

spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight

Question 18

kali

Answer 18

dark, form of devi associated with destruction are rebirth

Question 19

karma

Answer 19

the moral law of cause and effect that determines the direction of rebirth

Question 20

karma yoga

Answer 20

the spiritual discipline of selfless action

Question 21

krishna

Answer 21

a god associated with playfulness, a form of vishnu

Question 22

kundalini yoga

Answer 22

a form of raja yoga that envisions the individuals energy force that is capable of being raised from the center of the body to the head producing a state of joy

Question 23

mantra

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a short sacred phrase, often used in meditation or chanted

Question 24

maya

Answer 24

illusion, what keeps us from seeing reality correctly

Question 25

moksha

Answer 25

liberation from personal limitation, egotism and rebirth

Question 26

monoism

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the philosophical position that all realities are ultimately one. god and the universe are the same that the universe is divine

Question 27

puja

Answer 27

offerings and ritual in honor of a deity

Question 28

raja yoga

Answer 28

discipline of meditation

Question 29

rama

Answer 29

a god and mythical king of vishnu

Question 30

samadhi

Answer 30

state of peace from meditation

Question 31

samsara

Answer 31

the everyday world of change and suffering leading to rebirth

Question 32

sannyasin

Answer 32

a wandering holy man

Question 33

shiva

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a goddess of destruction

Question 34

trimurti

Answer 34

3 forms of the divine - brahma , shiva, vishnu

Question 35

upanishads

Answer 35

written meditation on the spiritual essecence of the universe and self

Question 36

vedas

Answer 36

4 collecgions of ancient prayers and rituals

Question 37

vishnu

Answer 37

a god associated with preservation and love

Question 38

yoga

Answer 38

a spiritual discipline, method of perfecting ones union with the divine.

Question 39

sotoriology

Answer 39

the study of how to be saved

Question 40

5 key features of religion

Answer 40

divinity, sacred texts, ritual, good/evil, soteriology or salvation