Most Of All Of HINDUISM

Question 1

Brahman

Answer 1

Ultimate reality - Hindu expression of monism

Question 2

Avatar

Answer 2

An incarnation of a god or God

Question 3

Brahmin

Answer 3

The highest caste

Question 4

Trimurti

Answer 4

Consisting of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (3 main Hindu gods)

Question 5

Brahma

Answer 5

The deity responsible for creation

Question 6

Vishnu

Answer 6

the deity responsible for preservation of creation.

Question 7

Shiva

Answer 7

The deity responsible for destruction

Question 8

Murti

Answer 8

the manifestation of the deity in a particular form.

Question 9

Darshan

Answer 9

The state of seeing and being seen by the deity.

Question 10

Dharma

Answer 10

religious or moral duty

Question 11

Samsara

Answer 11

The created world

Question 12

Maya

Answer 12

Things we think are real but are not

Question 13

Gunas

Answer 13

the qualities of the created world

Question 14

Moksha

Answer 14

liberation

Question 15

Yoga

Answer 15

the paths to moksha

Question 16

Bhakti Yoga

Answer 16

the path of devotion

Question 17

Jnana Yoga

Answer 17

the path of knowledge

Question 18

Karma Yoga

Answer 18

the path of ethical actions

Question 19

Karma

Answer 19

the law of actions

Question 20

Atman

Answer 20

the self or soul, sometimes seen as identical with Brahman

Question 21

Pap

Answer 21

sin

Question 22

Punya

Answer 22

holiness/spiritual excellence

Question 23

Samskara

Answer 23

A ceremony or rite marking a major even in one’s life.

Question 24

What is the Samskaras that focus on the birth and naming of child?

Answer 24

Jatakarma (welcome baby ) and Namakarana (choosing name)

Question 25

How many Samskaras are there?

Answer 25

16 traditionally.

Question 26

What is upanayana?

Answer 26

The sacred thread ceremony samscara. (intro to study for man)

Question 27

What is the samskara of marriage?

Answer 27

Vivaha

Question 28

What is the samskara of retirement?

Answer 28

Vanaprastha

Question 29

What are the samskara of death and cremation?

Answer 29

Anteyeshti

Question 30

Ceremony of conception

Answer 30

Garbhadhana

Question 31

What is Barchmacharya?

Answer 31

Stage 1 of Hindu life, the student`

Question 32

What is Grihastha?

Answer 32

Stage 2 of Hindu life, the householder

Question 33

What is Vanaprastha?

Answer 33

Stage 3 of Hindu life, the hermit

Question 34

What is Sannyasa?

Answer 34

Stage 4 of Hindu Life, wandering recluse

Question 35

Ashramas

Answer 35

stages of life

Question 36

Achamana

Answer 36

ritual purification (sip water)

Question 37

puja

Answer 37

worship

Question 38

mandir

Answer 38

temple

Question 39

prasad

Answer 39

blessed food from God

Question 40

bhajans

Answer 40

religious songs

Question 41

arti ceremony

Answer 41

Most popular hindu ceremony (flames)

Question 42

Asharam and seva

Answer 42

community work

Question 43

Yatra

Answer 43

Pilgrimage

Question 44

How is arti ceremony finished and started?

Answer 44

blow of a conch shell.

Question 45

Drum

Answer 45

damaru

Question 46

kum-kum- tilaka

Answer 46

paste

Question 47

japa mala

Answer 47

mantra beads

Question 48

Holi

Answer 48

a two-day celebration in India that celebrates the eternal love between Radha and Lord Krishna (paints)

Question 49

Achamana

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Pollution and ritual purification (bathing in holly river)

Question 50

Woman's role in Puja

Answer 50

Women are specifically trained to organize private home puja rituals.

Question 51

Dowry

Answer 51

money paid by girls family if she marries a higher caste.

Question 52

Laws of Manu

Answer 52

Fundamental book in Hindu canon

Question 53

Brahmins

Answer 53

priests

Question 54

Kshatriyas

Answer 54

Warriors

Question 55

Shudra

Answer 55

servant or serfs

Question 56

Origin of Vedas and Upanishads

Answer 56

come from rituals passed down from Ancient India.

Question 57

Veda

Answer 57

ancient hindu text

Question 58

What are the 2 main hindu sacred texts?

Answer 58

Rig Veda and Atharva Veda

Question 59

What are Brihadaranyaka, Chandogya, and Svetasvara?

Answer 59

Upanishads (creation stories)

Question 60

Bhagavad gita

Answer 60

text with core hindu beliefs

Question 61

Shruti text?

Answer 61

Directly from the Divine God.

Question 62

Smriti Texts

Answer 62

Based on human teachings or memory from earlier techers or sages

Question 63

Mahabharata and Ramayana

Answer 63

Two major Sanskrit epics

Question 64

Sanskrit

Answer 64

Classical indo european language of India. Used in religious or ceremonial things for Hinduism

Question 65

Sampradayas

Answer 65

nine sects founded by gurus

Question 66

What is Sanatana dharma?

Answer 66

Eternal teaching.

Question 67

What are Darshanas and how many are there?

Answer 67

Hidu Philosophies there are six. Nyaya (knowlege of sutras), Vaisheshika (philosophy), Samkhya (dualist nature of consciousness and matter)

Question 68

Name an Aryan god

Answer 68

Agni god of fire

Question 69

Orthopraxy

Answer 69

conforming to tradition. focused on ritual

Question 70

Orthodoxy

Answer 70

correct belief. focused on accepting importance of the texts such as the vedas

Question 71

Saguna

Answer 71

GOD in human form

Question 72

Nirguna

Answer 72

god in no form

Question 73

Eschatology

Answer 73

belief that is concerned with death and the final destiny of both the individual being or soul and of humanity.

Question 74

Cosmogony

Answer 74

deals with spiritual creation

Question 75

Cosmology

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deals with physical creation

Question 76

In Hinduism, is this the first world?

Answer 76

Hell no.

Question 77

What are the oldest religious texts?

Answer 77

the vedas

Question 78

Who has the authority and responsibility of the oral tradition?

Answer 78

Brahmins.

Question 79

Guru

Answer 79

person well versed in Hindu philosophy. required to understand scripture.

Question 80

What does ISKCON stand for?

Answer 80

International Society of Krishna Consciousness

Question 81

What are Arya Samaj

Answer 81

Reform movement in 1875. Argues that full worship of god includes studdy of the Vedas, observance of Dharma, and worshipe of God by fire.