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What are some rejects of Sikhism?

Caste system, idol worship

What does the law of karma hold people responsible for?

Their actions

Who do Hindus worship? As in what gods specifically

They can freely worship whichever gods and goddesses they like

What are the four goals of life?

Kama, Artha, Harmony with Dharma, Bliss of Moksha

What are the three paths to liberation?

Karma Marga, Jnana Marga, and Bhakti Marga

What are some common beliefs of Sikhism?

Karma, Samsara, Moksha, and Equality

(Longer version) What is Kama?

Pursuit of artistic, recreational, and sensual pleasure

(Longer version) What is Artha?

Pursuit of both material and political wealth

What is Moksha?

Pursuit of liberation from the cycle of rebirth through actions, thoughts, and devotions; this is the ultimate goal

What is Kama?

Sensual pleasure

Who are in Shudra?

Servants and laborers

How does the divine worship you?

The divine worships you in so many forms

What is Atman?

The eternal self

What do Hindus look to when seeking guidance about Dharma?

The four sources

What is Monism?

(Only-one-ism) all reality is ultimately one

What are the four sources?

1. Divine revelation 2. Sacred tradition 3. The practices and examples of those who are considered the wisest members of society 4. Conscience

What are the four stages of life?

1. Student 2. Householder 3. Forest Dweller 4. Wandering Ascetic; this is known as Sannyasin

What is Sikhism?

A blending of Hinduism and Islam

What does karma literally mean?

Action or deeds

Who is the god of fire?

Agni

What is Brahman?

All forms of reality share a common essence

What does karma determine?

All the particular circumstances and situations of one's life

What is karma Marga marked by?

An attitude of unselfishness

What is cosmology?

An explanation regarding the nature of the universe

What does yoga generally mean?

Any sort of spiritual practice

What does Jnana Marga emphasize?

Attaining knowledge over ignorance

What is Hinduism's most popular sacred text?

Bhagavad-Gita

What does it mean to be in the "Forest Dweller" stage of life?

Birth of first grandchild, retreats from worldly bonds in order to dwell in spiritual quests

How does Samsara go?

Birth to death to rebirth, and in center Karma

What is the ground of existence, the source of the universe?

Brahman

What is the ultimate reality?

Brahman

What is neti neti used to describe?

Brahman and this is taught by the Upanishads

What is the fundamental discovery of the Upanishads?

Brahman is Atman; all reality is one

What is the highest class?

Brahmin

What is maya?

Cosmic illusion, people are tricked into thinking of their individual selves as being ultimately real

What is Shiva the god of?

Destruction

What is Hinduism's closest equivalent to the West's term religion?

Dharma

What is a major feature of the ethical dissension of Hinduism?

Dharma

What is karma based in?

Dharma

What limits Hindus pursuits whenever they strive to fulfill desires?

Dharma

What does Karma Marga emphasize?

Doing the right thing over the wrong thing

What is Ganesha the god of?

Elephants

What is Dharma(text)?

Ethical duty based on the divine order of reality

What is Agni the god of?

Fire

What does it mean to be in the "Householder" stage of life?

Pursuing a career and raising the family

What is the third stage of life?

Forest Dweller

How is Hinduism's caste system set up?

Four distinct classes

Who is the elephant god?

Ganesha

How does Hinduism perceive the nature of the divine?(Hint: this is very different from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)

God, the universe, human beings, and all else is essentially one thing. Almost pantheistic, but not. Worship many gods and goddesses as the various masks of God

What did Gandhi rename the Untouchables?

Harijan or God's children

What is Rig Veda?

Hinduism's oldest sacred text which is nearly four thousand years old

What is puja?

Honoring is a sign of divine love and that honoring is puja

What is the second stage of life?

Householder

In puja, what do you offer to the divine?

In puja, you offer everything back to the divine

What does Bliss of Moksha mean?

Infinite being, awareness, the great ocean to which all rivers flow

What does it mean to be in the "Student" stage of life?

Initiation ritual-time of puberty, intensive study of vedas

What is the second highest class?

Kshatriya

What is Moksha a term for?

Liberation

What does it mean to be in the "Wandering Ascetic or Sannyasin" stage of life?

Many do not ever enter this in their life, return back to society, but remain detached from normal attractions and distractions

What do many people of Sikhism have a desire to do?

Many have a desire to find and establish their own homeland

What is Artha?

Material success, social power and prestige

What Sanskrit word means liberation?

Moksha

What do Monists believe?

Monists believe that similarly all forms of reality share a common essence.(Brahman)

Is Sikhism monotheistic or polytheistic?

Monotheistic

Does Hinduism believe in the linear progression of time?

No

Is Brahman personal?

No, Brahman is impersonal

Is Brahman material?

No, Brahman is pure spirit

What is neti neti?

Not this, not that

What is Dharma?

One's duties in life, especially as dictated by caste

Who are considered to be outside of society altogether?

Outcastes or Untouchables

Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?

Polytheistic

Who are in Brahmin?

Priests

Who are in Vaishya?

Producers, farmers, merchants, artistans

What is Hinduism's most sacred and oldest text?

Rig Veda

What is the ultimate goal of all Hindus?

Salvation through liberation from the constraints of the human condition-Moksha

What is the fourth stage of life?

Sannyasin, wandering ascetic

Moksha is in what language?

Sanskrit

Who is the god of destruction?

Shiva

What is the last class?

Shudra

What is the first stage of life?

Student

What does tat tvam asi mean?

That art thou

What do the Upanishads teach about the ultimate reality?

That is can be understood through inward contemplation of the self

What does the school of Sankhya assert?

That reality is composed of two distinct categories, matter and an infinite number of eternal selves

What are Gandhi's favorite religious texts?

The Sermon on the Mount from the Gospel of Mathew and Hinduism's Bhagavad-Gita

What are the Upanishads?

The ancient philosophical texts that form the basis of most Hindu doctrines

What does the ceremony of puja imitate?

The ceremony of puja imitates what nature is already doing for you

What does the school of yoga acknowledge?

The connection between the self and the other parts of our human makeup

Who is Brahma?

The creator god

What is Samsara?

The cycle of rebirth

What is Bhatki Marga?

The path of devotion, third path and is also known as Bhatki yoga

What is the path of Jnana Marga?

The path of knowledge and the second path, also known as Jnana yoga

What is the path of Karma Marga?

The path of works and the first path, also known as karma yoga

What is the school of Vedanta most faithful to?

The predominant monism of Hinduism

What is the objective of the practioner of yoga?

To free the eternal self from bondage by stripping away the many levels of personhood in which that self is wrapped

Is Brahman infinite or Eternal, True or False?

True

What are some signs of devotion to Sikhism?

Unshorn or uncut hair, comb, short pants, steel bracelet, short sword(not allowed in America)

What is the second lowest class?

Vaishya

What are the three most important schools of Hindu philosophy?

Vedanta, Sankhya, and Yoga

Who are in Kshatriya?

Warriors, and administrators

What is Samsara, short version?

Wheel of rebirth