Exam 1 Flashcards

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guru

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a spiritual teacher

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the spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises

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the spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight

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dark a form of devi a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth

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

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the spiritual discipline of selfless action

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a god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishnu

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a short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation

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-"illusion" | what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world, viewed inadequately

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``` liberation from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth 3 ways to moksha action (karma) Knowledge (jhana) Devotion (bhakti) ```

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the philosophical position that all apparently separate realities are ultimately one the belief that God and the Universe are the same, that the universe is divine

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offerings and ritual in honor of a deity

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the royal discipline of meditation

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a god and mythical king | a form of Vishnu

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a state complete inner peace resulting from meditation | highest state of meditation

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a wandering holy man

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a god associated with destruction and rebirth show dancing - do not be afraid of death male and female

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``` three forms of the divine the three god -Brahma -Vishnu -Shiva ```

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- come from Sindhu | Sindhu= great Indus River in Sanskrit

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in sanskrit - duty - the ways thins are intended to be - law - way of life and thought

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``` -mainly on the South Asian subcontinent Nepal India Pakistan and Bangladesh Buddhist Sri Lanka Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji and the Caribbean ```

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about 800 million Hindus in the world over 1 million in north america Hare Krshna movement- euro american converts

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(Indo Europeans) nomatic people language- sanskrit invaded india and pushed the dravidians south

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The Vedas- written in Sanskrit

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aboriginal people of India

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means knowledge in Sanskrit | most venerated writings in Hinduism

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6th century BCE

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``` great changes occurred older aryan religion was polytheistic performed sacrifices new thinkers single divine reality reject religious rituals abandoned lives to live in forest new meditation techniques buddhism and jainism came to be ```

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- challenged british rule through a campaign of non-violent resistance - was a mediator between Hindus and muslims - demanded civil behavior from high castes towards the lower ones

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hymn knowledge oldest of the 4 over 1000 hymns addressed to Aryan Deities probably for the elite

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gods had to be kept happy priests -chanted vedic hymns -offered grain, animal flesh and meted butter into the fire each priest had a special function alter builder, liberation pourer and invoker of the gods, fire kindler

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nature and liturgical deities

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a warrior atmospheric god | storm god

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sky god | sustainer of the cosmic order

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the dread mountain god destroyer or healer??? worships asked him to be auspicious (shiva) significance: early form of Hinduism's great god shiva, the destroyer and reviver

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``` fire god cleansed removed sin and guilt drove away demons protected homes ```

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god of the plants a hallucinogen used in many vedic rituals the divine presence in the juice of the soma plant produced insight and immortality milk of cows associated with soma

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``` primeval man his mouth became the priests his arms the warriors his thighs the producers his feet the workers first allusion to the 4 fold class system ```

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holy power of prayer in Vedic literature ultimate reality of the world in the Upanishads usually pictured as impersonal reality can only be known through meditation through atman

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preist | brahmins recited the brahman

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6th century BCE

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true self- inner being transcendental Self of a person unseen

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actions and consequences of an action in Sanskrit

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the goal is to escape from samsara is not creation of good lives by good deeds seek true knowledge through self discipline and meditation

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to sit near by

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single reality through meditation

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NOT THE SAME AS ATMAN physical self memory perception of self

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Brahmins (priests) Kshatriyas (warriors) The people (workers and merchants) Servants and Slaves

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conversation between Krishna and Arjuna. | telling arjuna to fight because it is his social duty

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elephant headed god

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the preserver | and his consort Laskhmi, goddess of fortune

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``` Devi Kali Sarasvati Lakshmi Parvati ```

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the destroyer | his consorts Kali and Parvati

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the creator | his consort Sarasvati goddess of learning and music

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city devoted to the god shiva | place of Pilgrimage

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Krishna and Rama

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1. student 2. householder 3. hermit/ forest dweller 4. sannyasin ( ascetic/ renunciant)

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Mahabharata and Ramayana

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stories about the exploits the Trimuti

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the children of god by Gandhi

Exam 1 Flashcards

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