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Unit 2: Hinduism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sanatana Dharma | The eternal way/religion; what Hinduism was called before outsiders gave it its current name |
| Brahman | The Supreme Reality |
| Vedas | Revered ancient scriptures |
| Upanishads | The philosophical part of the Vedas; concerned with how the atman is related to the Brahman |
| Bhagavad-Gita | 18th book of the Mahabharata; Story of Arjuna and Krishna; Leads to the four paths of yoga and extreme devotion to the gods |
| Ramayana | Series of epics detailing human incarnations of Vishnu's conquests. Focuses on the balance of good and bad. Shows of people who act as perfect sons, husbands, friends, etc. |
| Vishnu | The Preserver. Uses human incarnations (avatars) to assist mortals in dire times of need. |
| Shiva/Siva | The Destroyer. Often cited as the totality of gods. Embodies a lot of dualism (male & female, creator & destroyer, etc.) |
| atman | The individual soul |
| reincarnation | After death, rebirth in a new life |
| karma | Our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come |
| moksha | Liberation |
| samsara | The worldly cycle of birth, death, and rebirth |
| bhakti | Intense devotion to a personal manifestation of Supreme Reality |
| caste | Originally an occupational category; hereditary classes into which people are born |
| mantras | A sound or phrase chanted to evoke sound vibration of one aspect of creation or to praise a deity |
| yantras | A linear image with complex cosmic symbolism |
| yoga | Practices for union with the true Self |
| guru | Spiritual teacher |
| dualism | The idea of two separate realities (material and Absolute) |
| monistic | Atman and Brahman are one, because you can't distinguish a single drop from the ocean |
| puja | Ritual worship |
| darshan | Visual contact with the divine; gods choose to make themselves present in statues or pictures constructed for them |
| Agni | God of fire |
| Brahmin | Priest or member of the priestly caste |
| OM (AUM) | Most common mantra, thought to be the sound that brought the universe and the gods into existence |
| shudras | Members of the lowest caste; manual labourers |
| ahimsa | Principle of nonviolence toward all living thigs |
| Rig Veda | The oldest Veda (sacred text) |
| kshatriyas | Rulers and Warriors; 2nd highest caste level |
| vaishyas | Farmers and Merchants; 2nd lowest caste level |
| Kali Yuga | The present degraded era |
| karma yoga | The way of selfless, right action; overcoming negative karma; obeying your duty without concern for consequences |
| raja yoga | The way of meditation to remove one self from the material world; goal is to achieve samadhi |
| shakti | Feminine divine power |
| ashram | A usually ascetic spiritual community of followers gathered around their guru |
| samkhya | Focuses on two realities- purusha (eternally wise and pure Self) & prakriti (the material world; All suffering confuses these two realities, so forget the heights from which we came to devote ourselves to life now |
| samadhi | Ultimate union between the consciousness and the Absolute |
| Purusha | Celestial giant the god sacrificed to create the world; his head, arms, legs, and feet were divided into the four castes |
| Arjuna | Ruler that was conflicted with his caste dharma (go fight) and don't kill anyone; Confronted by Krishna who commanded him to follow his dharma in the name of Krishna, so he can't fail |
| Krishna | One of the great human incarnations of Vishnu; Often was very mischievous to bring about trust in humans |
| Ganges (Ganga) | Holy river that is said to flow from the goddess; Hindus use the water in the river for everything from bathing to scattering ashes of cremated bodies |
| Mahabharata | Major Hindu epic |
| bhakti yoga | The way of worship and devotion to a deity; a way of circumventing samsara by winning the favour of a god to deliver you into Moksha; based on the women's devotion to Krishna in the Bagavad-Gita |
| jnana yoga | The way of intellectual and philosophical inquiry; understanding the difference between the supreme Brahman and the temporary earthly life |
| Kali | Punishes evil doers; wheres a necklace of skulls and is depicted as a hideous monster |
| sannyasin | Renunciate spiritual seeker |
| Gandhi | Non-violent rebel against Britain; reformed Hinduism to decrease discrimination against "untouchables" |
| Mahavira | Founder of Jainism |
| Advaita Vendanta | Focusing on how the greater power disguises itself; the material world is an illusion to mask the supreme reality; atman and brahman are essentially one |
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