SS Quiz

How did hinduism develop in india?

Hinduism developed from the religion that the Aryans brought to India with them in about 1500 BC. Its beliefs and practices are based on the Vedas, a collection of hymns that Aryan scholars had completed by about 800 BC.

How are dharma, karma, and reincarnation related?

According to Hinduism, karma is seen as a person's actions bringing about either positive or negative results in the current life or in a future life through

What is Nirvana?

Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven

What is Nirvana?

Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. ... The origin of the word nirvana relates to religious enlightenment; it comes from the Sanskrit meaning "extinction, disappearance" of the individual to the universal.

What did the Four Noble Truths say was the cause of suffering? How did one get rid of suffering?

The Buddha taught that the way to extinguish desire, which causes suffering, is to liberate oneself from attachment. This is the third Noble Truth - the possibility of liberation. The Buddha was a living example that this is possible in a human lifetime.

Who believes in dharma, karma, and reincarnation: Hindus or Buddhists?

The Hindus

What is the Eightfold Path?

The Noble Eightfold Path is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara,

What is the Rig Veda?

The Rig Veda is the main veda.

What is Moksha?

when he releases from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma

and how does it relate to Hinduism?

where it was used as a means of communication and dialogue by the Hindu Celestial Gods, and then by the Indo-Aryans. Sanskrit is also widely used in Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.

What is Moksha?

(in Hinduism and Jainism) release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.

What is Sanskirt?

A language they created

What is Brahman?

Brahman is a member of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood.

What did Buddhists think of the caste system?

Buddha denounced the caste system and taught that a person's actions.

What are two things that Hindus believe in that Buddhists may not believe in.

Buddhism and Hinduism agree on karma, dharma, moksha, and reincarnation. They are different in that Buddhism rejects the priests

How did Siddartha Gautama become the Buddha?

One day, seated beneath the Bodhi tree (the tree of awakening) Siddhartha became deeply absorbed in meditation, and reflected on his experience of life, determined to penetrate its truth. He finally achieved Enlightenment and became the Buddha.

What is Sanskrit?

Sanskrit is regarded as the ancient language in Hinduism,

What was the Caste system?

The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste. It has origins in ancient India and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Raj

What is karma?

What goes around comes around

What is reincarnation?

You recanate and live another life

What is dharma

the religious and moral duties of an individual