Hindu Flashcards
(20 cards)
Hindu epic poem
Mahabarata
“Song of the gods” - important book of Hindu philosophy
Bhagavad - Gita
Aryan hymns and chants
Vedas & Upanishads
A persons duties to fulfill in life depending on your caste
Dharma
No soul dies. If a person/animal dies, it’s reborn as a new person/animal
Reincarnation
The physical, material world
Maya
The release from the cycle of rebirth involved in reincarnation
Moksha
Religious teacher
Guru
Levels of Hindu society - can’t move from one to another in one lifetime
Caste
People are rewarded or punished for the things they do
Karma
The eternal spirit. all other gods are aspects of Brahman
Brahman
Concept of heaven or bliss, spiritual fulfillment
Nirvana
yoking the mind to “God.”
Yoga
River in which a Hindu washes to cleanse his sins
Ganges
Rama’s wife
Sita
the ideal man. An incarnation of Vishnu
Rama
an incarnation of Vishnu. (more popular than Rama)
Krishna
the “soul” found in all things. Atman tries to return to Paramatman
Atman
The world soul and connection of all things
Paramatman
The divine mother
Kali (Shakti)
