Exploring Religions Chapter 5 Large

The goddess of learning, literature and music

The path of action in which selfless service to others brings liberation from the endless cycle of rebirth

India became a colony of_in the 18th century

Buddhist belief that the form the soul will take in the next life is determined by its behavior in this life

A spiritual pilgrim who renounced absolutely everything in this world for the pursuit of pursuing moksha

Ancient seers from the primordial past

Families who are farmers and merchants

The pursuit of artistic, recreational, and sensual pleasure

The path of knowledge which involves learning, thinking and viewing oneself in the third person

The Destroying god

The vast majority of the worlds Hindus live here

The Divine Mother

Comes from the Sanskrit word shinhu meaning river

A collection of stories about the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

The pursuit of liberation from the cycle of rebirth through actions, thoughts and devotions

Hindus hold that no one religion can claim knowledge of the absolute_

A blending of Hinduism and Islam

The incarnation of a Hindu god, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form

The Buddha

The preserving God

A collection of hymns intended for domestic use

The "Festival of Lights" celebrates the return of Rama

The four stages of life for males

Hindu priests

Stage of life in which the student learns about the Hindu tradition

Another name for the international Society of Krishna consciousness

The social class system prevalent in India

Festival commemorating the love between Krishna and Radha

Warriors who protect and rule society

Legend says this a apostle went to India as a missionary

Hey Hindu discipline and training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility

A sacred verbal formula that is repeated in prayer or meditation

The name that describes the desire not to harm any forms of life

A person's duties in life

The experience of birth, life, death over and over again until one has achieved oneness with Brahman

Epic story about Prince Rama

The language of Hinduism and the Vedas

Jesuit missionary in India in the 16th century

Hindu teachers and guides

Muslims who broke away from India in 1974 established_as a separate Muslim country

The pursuit of both material and political wealth

The creator God

Servants; the lowest caste system

The oldest and most sacred of the Shruti scriptures

The goddess of prosperity

Ancient scriptures that's are the foundation of Hinduism

The individual soul or essence

The policy of nonviolent resistance initiated by Gandhi

This religion contains some elements from both Hindu and Buddhism

Stage of life of the householder when he marries and raises a family

The most sacred place for all Hindus

_Meditation promotes deep relaxation through recitation of a mantra

Writings concerned with the cycle of rebirth as it is contingent on a persons actions

The ultimate reality

They are celestial beans

The practice of honoring a god or goddess in worship

Best known of Hindu scriptures it tells the story of Arjuna

A term that means lying beyond the ordinary range of perception

A key figure in helping India become independent of Britain

Stage when a man begins to move away from ordinary life to life as a hermit in order to pursuer more other worldly desires

The incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu

Sri Ramakrishna began a movement supporting the belief that all_are paths to God

The belief that there should be no human depiction of the sacred

The Untouchables who are at the very bottom of the cast system

Title meaning "Great Soul"

The path of devotion which is pure, long devotion to Brahman

The devotional way of achieving liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth

A canon of Hindu scripture

A hallucinogenic beverage that was used as an offering to Hindu gods

The teaching of the Upanishads that says only Brahman is permanent, everything else is only an illusion

Founded Jainism

Dharma, artha, kama, moksha

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisya, shudra, asprishya

Path of action path of knowledge path of devotion