Mackey Hinduism

  1. what is the goal of hinduism
    to free oneself from ignorance, confusion of identity and entanglements
  2. how many aspects of god do hinus believe in
    330,000,000
  3. how many hindus are in the world
    1,666,079,217
  4. how many indians are there in the US
    750,000
  5. who wrote the Verdas and what are they
    the Verdas were written by the Aryans and they are sets of hymns to give knowege given from god.
  6. Hindu scriptures that pointed Hinduism in the direction of monotheism
    The Upanishads
  7. what is Karma
    What goes around Comes around
  8. the idea that the soul is reborn after death
    reincarnation
  9. the achievement of peace wisdom and strength results in this
    liberation
  10. A person that leads a person on a spiritual journy and shows them where to go
    a Guru
  11. what is a person on a spiritual journy
    a Sadhu
  12. a form of physical and mental self disiplineto acheave liberation
    yoga
  13. the song of the lord that talks about the love of Vishnu
    the Bagavad Gita
  14. what makes hinduism different from other religions in india
    it adopts new ideas
  15. who is the religious figure that taught that all relogions are paths that lead to god
    Rama Krishna
  16. what are effects of hinduism in everyday life in india
    many protected animals
  17. what is the worst thing a hindu can have
    greed
  18. what are your dutys called
    Dharma
  19. Freedom from ignorance, confusion of identity
    Moksha
  20. the holiest river
    the ganges
  21. what is a visible sighn of reincarnation
    cremation
  22. a chant
    mantra
  23. the hindu holy symbol
    Om
  24. Brahman
    the many aspects of god
  25. the creator aspect of Brahman
    brahma
  26. the preserver aspect of god
    Vishnu
  27. the destroyer and creator aspects of god
    Shiva
  28. a religious service
    Pujaa
  29. the Priest
    Pujaari
  30. the food donated to the service that is later shared
    prassaad
  31. an earthy aspect of a god used to focus on an aspect of Braman
    Avatar
  32. where a person is born in this is dependent on their Karma
    Varnu or Caste
  33. a subdivision of the larger caste
    Jati or subcaste
  34. the cast made up of priests and intelectuals
    Brahmin
  35. the caste of farmers and merchents
    Kshatriya
  36. herders farmers and merchents
    Vaishya
  37. the fourth caste of manual laborors
    Shudra
  38. the very lowest level of the caste system
    Untouchables
  39. Children of god
    Harijans
  40. red pwder that is rubbed on the forehead
    Tilak
  41. the triumph of good over evil
    Dussehra
  42. the festival of lights
    Divali
  43. the celebration of spring
    Holi
  44. the symbol of Shivas Role of giver of life
    Lingam
  45. Holiest of holy cows
    Zebu
  46. the remover of obsticals that looks like it has head of an elephent
    Ganesa
  47. list one major belief of hinduism and give three details to explain it and give three viible effects of that belief and how that belief is connected to those visible effects
    • more then one aspect of god: explanations: brama, braomman, Vishnew and Shiva......
    • Visible effects: Dietys (Genesha), Muruty (Krishna), the Vedas that have talks talk about the gods and their myths
  48. statue or picture that you are supposed to focus on
    Murti
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Mackey Hinduism
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Hinduism test
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