Religion Hinduism-Weiler
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
