Question | Answer |
Polytheism | belief in many gods |
Vedas | old religious texts |
Brahmanism | Religion based on rituals and priests |
Guru | person who left their home and went to live in the forest to practice, think and talk about their religion |
Upanishads | gurus ideas in writing |
Ramayana&Mahabharata | poems about religious stories in history |
Brahman | Brahmanisms god with many sides/faces/meanings/personalities, the source of all things |
Dharma | a persons duty, or what is right for him or her |
Karma | the effect of a persons actions in this and previous lives |
Samsara/reincarnation | the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (based on karma) |
Buddah | someone who achieved enlightenment |
Ascetic | religious person who gives up everything to seek enlightenment |
Meditate | to dwell on anything on anything in thought |
Nirvana | state of perfect peace and end to suffering |
4 noble truths | the way of buddah |
Eightfold path | 8 steps for elimination suffering |
How are religion and culture different? | culture is what influences you to believe and practice a certain religion (mostly) |
How are religion and culture | Religion and culture are both what you believe is right and what you do in your daily life |
How are dharma, karma, samsara and moksha connected or related according to Hindu beliefs? | they are all related and have something to do with karma, good, or bad |
How did Hinduism develop from Brahmanism? | |
What features of Hinduism helped it to spread? | Trade with other countries, population fluctuation, |