Hindusm ✔️

Question 0

Hindus consider the _______ sacred enough to purify all sins.

Answer 0

Ganges River

Question 1

The doctrine of monism holds that

Answer 1

all reality is ultimate one

Question 2

Hindu cosmology is

Answer 2

Cyclical

Question 3

Which path consists of meditating and studying?

Answer 3

Jnana Marga

Question 4

Which of the following events occurred in 1948?

Answer 4

Gandhi was assassinated.

Question 5

Hindus worship as many as

Answer 5

330 million gods and goddesses

Question 6

The eternal self is

Answer 6

Atman

Question 7

Hinduism is

Answer 7

Polytheistic

Question 8

Ghandi was born into

Answer 8

a middle class merchant family

Question 9

The highest of the four classes of

Answer 9

Brahmin

Question 10

The ultimate goal for all Hindus is

Answer 10

Moksha

Question 11

An wandering ascetic who has advanced to the fourth and highest stage of life is called a

Answer 11

sannyasin

Question 12

Which of these Hindu gods is known for destruction and is worshiped by millions?

Answer 12

shiva

Question 13

Which of the following entities is an avatar of Vishnu?

Answer 13

Krishna and Rama

Question 14

The path that the Bhagavad-Gita is most closely associated with

Answer 14

Bhakti marga

Question 15

The lowest class, made up of servants and laborers

Answer 15

Shudras

Question 16

The path that was advocated by Mahatma Gandhi and that is marked by an attitude of unselfishness in all aspects

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Karma Marga

Question 17

Worshipping at a temple or a household shrine

Answer 17

Bhakti Marga

Question 18

Hinduism’s earliest sacred text

Answer 18

Rig Veda

Question 19

The Hindu term for liberation

Answer 19

moksha

Question 20

Ancient philosophical texts that form the basis of Hindu doctrines

Answer 20

Upanishads

Question 21

The eternal self

Answer 21

Atman

Question 22

Hinduism’s most popular sacred text

Answer 22

Bhagavad-Gita

Question 23

The moral law of cause and effect of actions

Answer 23

karma

Question 24

Ethical duty based on the divine order of reality

Answer 24

dharma

Question 25

The group of people Gandhi renamed "God's children"

Answer 25

The Untouchables

Question 26

An incarnation, or living embodiment, of a deity, who is sent to earth to accomplish a divine purpose

Answer 26

avatar

Question 27

The traditional practice of burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre, outlawed since 1829 though still occurs rarely

Answer 27

sati

Question 28

List and give descriptions of the three paths to liberation.

Answer 28

1) Jnana Marga-> being a student and studying sacred literature 2) Bhakti Marga -> being a devotional religion leader 3) Karma Marga -> being selfless and charitable, unselfishness

Question 29

What are the three aspects of Hindu devotional life?

Answer 29

1) Prayer 2) Pilgrimage 3) Veneration of the cow

Question 30

What are the four stages of Hindu life?

Answer 30

1) Student 2) Householder 3) Forest dweller 4) Ascetic Wanderer

Question 31

Describe two cyclical patterns of Hinduism

Answer 31

1) Dharma -> what is morally right and wrong, ethical 2) Karma -> that everything has a cause and effect (consequences) * this might not be right, because he crossed it out at first, but then wrote "ok"*