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World religion
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ahimsa | Nonharm,nonviolence. |
| ashram | a spirtual community |
| atman | the spirtual essence of individual human beings. |
| avatar | an earthly embodiment of a deity. |
| bhagavad gita | a religious literary work about krishna. |
| bhakti | devotion to a deity or guru. |
| Bhakti yoga | the spirtual disciplines of devotion to a deity or guru. |
| brahma | god of creation |
| brahman | the spirtual essence of the universe. |
| brahmin | member of the priestly caste. |
| caste | one of the major social classes sanctioned by hinduism. |
| devi | goddes, the divne feminine, also called the grea mother. |
| dhyana | meditation. |
| durga | "inspring, distant, a mother goddess a form of devi. |
| gur | a spirtual teacher. |
| hatha yoga | the spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises. |
| jnana yoga | the spirtual discipline of knowledge and insight. |
| kali | a goddess associated with destruction of rebirth. |
| karma | the direction of rebirth |
| karma yoga | selfless action |
| krishna | a god associated with divine playfulness a form of vishnu |
| kundalini yoga | individual energy state of joy. form of raja yoga |
| mantra | a short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation. |
| maya | thwe world viewed inadequately. |
| moksha | liberation from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth. |
| monism | god and universe are the same, that the universe is divine. |
| puja | offering and ritual in honor of deity |
| raja yoga | the royal of discipline of meditation |
| rama | a god and mythical king a form of vishnu |
| samadhi | a state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation. |
| samsara | everyday world changing and suffering leading to rebirth. |
| sannyasin | a wandering holy man |
| shiva | a god associated with destruction and rebith |
| trimurti | three forms, of divines the three gods, brahma, vishnu, and shiva |
| upanishads | written meditations on the spirtual essence of the unverse and the self. |
| vedas | four collection of ancient prayers and rituals. |
| vishnu | a god assoicated with preservation and love. |
| yoga | a spiritual discipline, a method for perfecting one's union with the divine. |