Hinduism Year 9

Question 1

What is the Atman?

Answer 1

Person’s inner self, soul or spirit; the living force in all nature

Question 2

Who is Brahman?

Answer 2

The Hindu name for God or Supreme Being

Question 3

What is Niguna Brahman?

Answer 3

God/the Supreme Being as spiritual presence only

Question 4

What is Saguna Brahman?

Answer 4

God/the Supreme Being shown in form

Question 5

Who is Bhagavan?

Answer 5

Supreme Being existing in the world of spirits and deities

Question 6

What is Om/Aum?

Answer 6

Sound and symbol of Brahman

Question 7

What is atma jnana?

Answer 7

Self-knowledge

Question 8

What is moksha?

Answer 8

Liberation from cycle of rebirth; ultimate goal of human life

Question 9

What are the Upanishads?

Answer 9

Part of the shruti, containing details about Brahman

Question 10

What is the shruti?

Answer 10

Oldest Hindu scriptures thought to have been revealed by God e.g. Upanishads, Vedas

Question 11

What is Dualistic Hinduism?

Answer 11

Form of Hinduism that believes Atman and Brahman are different

Question 12

What is Monistic Hinduism?

Answer 12

Form of Hinduism that believes Atman and Brahman are the same being

Question 13

Who is Rama?

Answer 13

The 7th avatar of Vishnu

Question 14

Who is Krishna?

Answer 14

The 8th avatar of Vishnu

Question 15

Who is Ganesha?

Answer 15

Elephant-headed deity, son of Shiva and Parvati

Question 16

Who is Hanuman?

Answer 16

Monkey warrior, important to Rama and Sita’s story

Question 17

What is samsara?

Answer 17

Continuous cycle of birth, death and rebirth

Question 18

What is a guru?

Answer 18

Wise teacher of religion and spirituality

Question 19

What does gu mean?

Answer 19

Darkness of matter

Question 20

What does ru mean?

Answer 20

To lose the darkness

Question 21

What does avatar mean?

Answer 21

A god appearing on Earth in human or animal form

Question 22

What does ava mean?

Answer 22

To descend

Question 23

What does tara mean?

Answer 23

To heal or restore

Question 24

What is karma?

Answer 24

Sum of one’s actions in their past and current lives deciding their fate in their future lives

Question 25

What is reincarnation?

Answer 25

Being born again in a new body

Question 26

What is dharma?

Answer 26

Duty or path in life

Question 27

What is the afterlife?

Answer 27

Belief that there is life in some form after death of physical body

Question 28

What is cosmology?

Answer 28

Ideas about the universe

Question 29

What is the Cycle of the 4 Ages?

Answer 29

4 yugas; divisions within the cycle of time

Question 30

What are the names of the 4 yugas and their lengths?

Answer 30

Yuga of gold-1,728,000 years Yuga of silver-1,296,000 years Yuga of copper-864,000 years Yuga of iron-432,000 years

Question 31

How do Hindus believe the universe was created?

Answer 31

There is not one single account, but many interrelated creation stories

Question 32

What do Hindus believe time to be?

Answer 32

Cyclical

Question 33

What are the 3 tiers of the universe?

Answer 33

The heavenly planets, the earthly realm and the lower worlds

Question 34

When was the material world created?

Answer 34

It is created repeatedly

Question 35

What are the 2 realities?

Answer 35

Purusa and Prakriti

Question 36

What is purusa?

Answer 36

Spirit

Question 37

What is prakriti?

Answer 37

Matter