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14 Cards in this Set
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Atman
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The real self, the eternal life principle.
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Brama
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The creator god
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Brahman
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Ultimate Reality
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Brahmin
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A member of the priestly caste, the highest class.
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Dharma
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The teachings of virtue and principle
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Karma
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The culminating value of all of one's life actions, good and bad, which toghether determine one's next rebirth and death.
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Magabharta
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One of the national epics of India.
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Maya
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The power that producs the phenomena of physical existence.
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Moksha
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The term for liberation from the bondage of finite existence.
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Puranas
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Part of the Hindu scriptures consisting of myths and legends mixed with historical events.
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Samsara
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The rebirth of souls passing on from one existence to antoher until release can be achieved, reincarnation.
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Upanishads
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Part of the Hindu sacred texts containing treatises on the nature of ultimate reality and the way to achieve union with the absolute.
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Veda
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The oldest of the Hindu scriptures, consisting of four collections of sacred writings.
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Yoga
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The Hindu parth of union with the divine. Any sort of exercise (physical, mental or spiritual) which promotes one's journey to union with Brahma.
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