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dogma
A principle or belief or a group of them held authoritatively
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religion
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe, generally derived from one's culture and which directly informs one's moral responsibilities
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monotheism
belief in one god
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polytheism
belief in many gods
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pantheism
belief in god as a transcendent reality; god as nature; many expressions of the same universal nature of god
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deism
belief in the existence of god through reason; god as a non-personal creator that is indifferent to humanity
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atheism
belief that there is no god whatsoever and the concept of a God(s) is simply a construct of our imagination in a place as a coping mechanism or matter of culture.
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agnosticism
belief that the existence of God is questionable that, at that this point cannot be answered with any certainty and so the position on the matter ought to be one of ignorance.
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eschatology
doctrine concerning final matters such as death, afterlife, rebirth, etc
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moksha
liberation from finite being and experience
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atman
God within; God/omniscientĀ self (Atman-Brahman)
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Brahman
God as all-pervading oneness (pantheisticĀ notion)
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yoga
method of training designed to lead to integration/union with God
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samadhi
mind absorbed into God; synthesis with God
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Godhead
abstract, essential diving nature of God
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jnana
form a yoga - intellectual, knowledge based practice and habit forming through reason
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bhakti
form of yoga - devotion, love adoration of a personified aspect of Brahman to aid in revelation
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Karma
form of yoga - work, cause and effect, action based that can be practiced as jnana or bhakti
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raja
form of yoga - royal path, psycho-physical exercises provide the path to reintegration.
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Karma
the moral law of cause and effect
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