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32 Cards in this Set
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material success and social pretige of the 4 goals of life
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Artha
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the highest of the four castes, most advanced in samara
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Brahman
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the most popular of the three hindu path to salvation
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path of devotion
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a wandering ascetic who has advanced to the 4th and highest stages of life
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sannyasin
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renouncing worldy pleasure, strict self denial, to attain spiritual enlightment
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ascetic
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traditional social categories dividing Hindu Society into 4 main castes
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castes
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a path to salvation emphasizing learning and meditation
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Path of Knowledge
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a traditional practice of burning a widow wife on her husband funeral pyre
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sati
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being born back into life again
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reincarnation
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an indivudual self or soul
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atman
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ethical duty based on the divine order of reality
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dharma
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a path of salvation that emphasizes doing right action
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Path of works
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a collection of texts tha provides commentary on the Vedic literature
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Upanishads
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the lowest class of Hindu
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shudra
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a living embodiement of the diety
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avatar
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pleasure, especially sensual love
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kAMA
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the oldest sacred texts of hinduism
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Rig Veda
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moral law of cause and effect determining the next existence
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karma
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3rd of 4th classes of Hindu made fo farmers
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vaishya
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hinduism most popular sacred text
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bhagavad gita
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2nd of 4 class made up of warriors and administrator
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Kshatriya
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trance like state in which sef conscious is lost , become one with reality
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samadhi
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a Hindu philosphy made popular by Shankara
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monism
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cosmic illusion that we percieve is reality
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maya
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wheel of rebirth and reincarnation
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samsara
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the highest, essence of reality and sources of universe
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Brahma
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liberation from individual self , bondage to samsara
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moksha
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repititous chant to focus attention on meditation
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montra
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teaching that reality is ultimatley made up of one substances
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vedanta
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teaching that reality is composed to 2 distinct categories: matter and eternal selves
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shankhya
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physical and phychological techniques for spiritual advancement
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yoga
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physical and phychological techniques for spiritual advancement
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yoga
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