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Vedas mean:

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Wisdom

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Rig Veda:

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Cosmology and that the universe is cyclical

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How man Epochs are there? and which one are we in?

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4 epochs and Kalki period

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Yajur Veda

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Followed by Priests

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Sama Veda

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For music and meditation

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Athrava Veda

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Gurus and spiritual mentors

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Upanishads mean

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“sitting near” but are books

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Brahman means

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Oneness of all reality, consciousness, found within you

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Atman

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Essence or what could be considered a soul

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Maya

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The world is real but illusory, like social standards, fear money

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Karma

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The law of sowing and reaping

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What is Linear Karma

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Action = reaction

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What is Metaphysical Karma

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Multiple lives, that your past life and current life offset the next

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What is Samsara

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The wheel of existence; reincarnation or atman

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What is Moksha

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Liberation from Karma and Samsara or also called ego death

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Name all those in the caste system

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Priest or gurus
Warrior class & rich
Merchant class or middle class
Peasants or working poor
untouchables, so poor that they could not receive medical care
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What are the hindu stages of life

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Student stage from 5-20, practiced celibacy
Householder stage from 20-60, focus on family
Retiree stage 60+ to focus on religion
Sannyasin stage gives up everything to search for new meaning, sometimes living in communal groups

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What are Yogas?

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Pathways to enligthment

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What is Jnana Yoga?

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Pathway to knowledge

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What is Karma Yoga?

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Actions

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What is Bhakti Yoga?

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The loving a personal god

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What is Raja Yoga

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What is Hatha Yoga

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Physical yoga

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What is Kundalini Yoga

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Physical yoga with the 7 chakras

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Who are the three Male Hindu Deities and what are they?
Brahma: the Creator deistic Vishnu: Creation/ positive ex of avatar would be jesus or buddha Shiva: Destruction/ negative but also creator
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What are avatars
physical manifestation of deities
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Who are the 3 femal hindu deities
Devi: Mother, similar to Mary Durga: Always riding a tiger, meaning Justice and to vanquish evil Kali: Destruction and evil, depicted as the great multitasking
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4 Passing Sights of Buddhism
1. Pain, the dying old man 2. Disease, leper sick on the street 3. Death, Seeing a corpse for the first time 4. Renunciation; Pilgrim who gives everything up
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Asceticism means what
Self Denial
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What is the middle way
living between the two extremes of materialism and asceticism
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What are the 3 Jewels of Buddhism
1. The Buddha, the idealized human who is "woke" 2. Dharma, The teachings 3. Sanha: Community of monks or nuns
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What are the 3 marks of reality
1. change 2. suffer, we reject change 3. No Permanent self, anatta, no enduring self
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What are the 4 noble truths
1. From birth to death is suffering 2. We suffer therefore we crave and desire 3. Ending suffering means ending your attachments 4. Follow the 8 fold path
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What is the Right Understand
Recognizing everything is impermanent
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What is the right intentions
Minimize your attachments
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What is the right speech
Be kind, have empathy and think before you speak
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What is the right actions
Ahimsa, non violence
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What is the right work
good career and purpose, find your passion, live to work or work to live
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Right effort
Moderation in all things
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Right mindfulness
Meditation
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Right contemplation
Samadhi, inner peace
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What is Theravada Buddhism
"way of the elders" the traditional path and focuses on path 1
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What is the Tripitaka
Book for buddhism
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Mahayana Buddish is what
"the Big vehicle" focus on path f4
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Karuna means what
compassion
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Bodhisattva
Nirvana, to take on the suffering of others and return to reincarnate
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What is Zen Buddhism
Meditation and sittingf
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Satori means what
Momentary Enlightenment
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What is Koan
Illogical riddle for thinking outside of the box
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What is a Lama
A person with elements of buddha

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