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Hinduism :)

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What is Hinduism's oldest sacred text?   Rig Veda  
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What is the Hindu term for liberation?   Moksha  
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What is the doctrine that all reality is unlimately one?   monism  
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Hindu's believe that the eternal essence of reality and the source of the universe are called _______________________.   Brahman  
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What is Atman?   The ultimate reality within, the eternal self  
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What is the doctrine of samsara?   the wheel of reincarnation  
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What is Hinduism's most popular sacred text?   Bhagabad-Gita  
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Traditionally there are ________________ gods and goddesses in Hindusim?   330 million  
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What Hindu principle that literally means "action" or "deeds"?   Karma  
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What Hindu principle holds people accountable for their actions?   Karma  
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What is the standard of ethical duty based on the divine order of reality?   Dharma  
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What are the 4 traditional divisions in the caste system?   Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra  
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What is the additional category of the caste system, otherwise or the outcastes in society?   Untouchables  
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Term: "nonviolence," both the avoidance of violence toward other life-forms and an active sense of compassion towards them   Ahisma  
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Hinduism may be the world's ___________ religion.   oldest  
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Who is the founder of Hinduism?   there isn't one *trick question*  
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What is the ultimate goal in Hinduism   to achieve purity and merge with Atman  
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Term: the goal of desire.   Kama  
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Term: the goal of worldly success.   Artha  
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Term: the goal of duty.   Dharma  
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Term: the supreme and final goal-merge with Atman and have consciousness and joy   Moksha  
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What are the 4 stages of life?   1) student, 2) householder, 3) forest dweller, 4) sannyasin  
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What are the philosophical commentary of the Rig Veda   Upanishads  
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What are the three paths to Liberation?   Karma Marga, Jnana Marga, and Bhakti Marga  
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Term: one of the three paths to Liberation-- "The Path of Works"   Karma Marga  
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Term: one of the three paths to Liberation-- "The Path of Knowledge"   Jnana Marga  
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Term: one of the three paths to Liberation-- "The Path of Devotion"   Bhakti Marga  
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Term: understanding the nature of the Universe   Cosmology  
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Term: an incarnation, or living embodiment of a diety who is sent to Earth to accomplish a divine purpose   Avatar  
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Term: the comsic illusion brought about by the divine creative power   Maya  
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Term: a trancelike state in which self-consciousnees is lost, and the mind is absorbed into the ultimate reality; the culmination of the eight steps of Yoga   Samadhi  
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Term: a wandering ascetic who has advanced to the 4th and highest stage in Hindu Life   Sannyasin  
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Term: the traditional practive of buring a widow on her husband's funeral pyre; outlawed in 1829- though still rarely occurs   Sati  
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