Unit 2 Test

Question 1

Five Tensile Strands of Hinduism

Answer 1

1. Doctrine- what they believe
2. Story-their myths and stories
3. Devotion-what they pray
4. Society
5. Practice

Question 2

What is Sanatanna Dharma?

Answer 2

Eternal Law

Question 3

Polytheism is?

Answer 3

belief in many gods

Question 4

Minism is:

Answer 4

All is one, variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality

Question 5

Brahman is?

Answer 5

ultimate reality, what connects all things; eternal.

Question 6

Who’s Brahma?

Answer 6

one of the god in Trimurti. The creator.

Question 7

Vishnu?

Answer 7

The preserver

Question 8

Shiva?

Answer 8

The destroyer

Question 9

Atman is?

Answer 9

the “eternal self”. Goal: Unite one’s atman with brahman.

Question 10

Namaste:

Answer 10

The divine in me sees the divine in you. See the true version of yourself.

Question 11

Reincarnation is:

Answer 11

Again in flesh. Rebirth gives opportunity for gradual spiritual involvement.

Question 12

Samsara is:

Answer 12

Wheel of birth. Samsara is suffering.

Question 13

Moksha is:

Answer 13

Release. It’s the ultimate goal of Hindu life. The freedom from the cycle of Samsara.
How to achieve: self-realization.

Question 14

Karma is:

Answer 14

Sanskrit word for “action”

Question 15

Dharma is:

Answer 15

Responsibilities/duty/virtue

- refers to a righteous way of living

Question 16

cosmology def:

Answer 16

The understanding of the nature of the universe

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Empathy is :

Answer 17

The capacity for seeing things from another’s perspective

Question 18

Ethics is:

Answer 18

A dimension of religion that deals with how we are to act while living int he world

Question 19

Monotheism:

Answer 19

The belief in only one god

Question 20

mysticism is:

Answer 20

A category of religious experiences characterized by communing

Question 21

Pantheism

Answer 21

The belief that the divine reality exists in everything

Question 22

revelation

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The transmission of the divine will or knowledge to human beings, typically through myths or religious experience.

Question 23

Ritual

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Formal worship practice, often based on the reenactment experience

Question 24

Transcendence

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The overcoming of the normal limitations imposed bu the human condition, whether temporarily or abidingly.

Question 25

Atheism

Answer 25

Don't belief in gods

Question 26

Agnosticism

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Don't know is there a god or not.

Question 27

Artha is:

Answer 27

Material success (wealth)

Question 28

Atman

Answer 28

Eternal self

Question 29

avatar

Answer 29

an incarnation, or living embodiment, of a deity, usually of Vishnu. Ex: Krishna and Rama

Question 30

Bhagavad-Gita

Answer 30

The song of the blessed lord. most popular hinduism's sacred text.

Question 31

Bhakti marga:

Answer 31

The path of devotion. loving devotion to one's chosen god or goddess.

Question 32

Brahman

Answer 32

The eternal essence of reality and the source of universe

Question 33

Brahmin

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The highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests

Question 34

Caste system

Answer 34

Traditional division of Hindu society into various categories : Brahmin, Kshatriya, vaishya and shudra. Then the untouchables.

Question 35

dharma

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Ethical duty

Question 36

jnana marga

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the path of knowledge. knowing the true nature of reality through learning and meditation

Question 37

kama

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Pleasure, sensual love

Question 38

karma

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"action". The moral law of cause and effect of actions

Question 39

karma marga

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"path of works" performing right actions according to dharma

Question 40

Kshatriya

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The second of the four classes of the caste system. Warriors and administrators.

Question 41

Maya

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Cosmic illusion brought about by divine creative power

Question 42

Moksha

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Liberation or release of the individual self, Atman, from the bondage of Samara

Question 43

Monism

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The doctrine that reality is ultimately made up of only one essence

Question 44

Rig Veda

Answer 44

Hindu's oldest cared text

Question 45

Samadhi

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A trance-like state in which self-consciousness is lost

Question 46

Sankhya

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A system of Hindu philosophy and one approach with jnana marga

Question 47

sannyasin

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A wondering ascetic who has advanced to the fourth and highest stage of life.

Question 48

Sati

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the traditional practice of buring a widow on her husband's funeral pyre

Question 49

shudra

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The lowest of the four classes of the caste system. Servants and laborers

Question 50

Upanishads

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"sitting near a teacher". texts that provide philosophical commentary on the Vedas

Question 51

vaishya

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The third of the four classes of the caste system. Farmers, artists, merchants

Question 52

Vedanta

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A system of Hindu philosophy and approach within jnana marga. All reality is essentially Brahman

Question 53

Yoga

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A system of Hindu philosophy and one approach within jnana marga. Seeking to free the eternal self from the bondage of person-hood, culminating in the experience of samadhi.

Question 54

anatta:

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"no-self" One of the three marks of Existence' denying a permanent self

Question 55

Anicca;

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Impermanence. One of the three marks of existence. All existing things are constantly changing

Question 56

Arhat :

Answer 56

"worthy one". One has become enlightened; the ideal type for Theravada Buddhism

Question 57

bodhisattvas

Answer 57

Future Buddhas. As the ideal types of Mahayana buddhism. Beings who have experienced enlightenment, but motivated by compassion, stop short of entering nirvana so as to help others achieve it.

Question 58

bodhisattvas

Answer 58

Future Buddhas. As the ideal types of Mahayana Buddhism. Beings who have experienced enlightenment, but motivated by compassion, stop short of entering nirvana so as to help others achieve it.