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Guru
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teacher or guide who helps followers achieve salvation
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What is significant about the Classical period?
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It was the first time hinduism was recognized as a religion
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Monotheism
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One God
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Polytheism
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Many gods
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Pantheism
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All is god
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Mahatma
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Great soul
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Satyagraha: who was it founded by and what is it?
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Gmahatma Gandhi, resistnace through the mass civil disobedience founded on the principle of non-violence
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Ahimsa
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non-violence
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Gandhi was drafted during WWII, what was his reaction?
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He refused and led the "Quit India" movement
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Ravi ______ plays the musical instrument known as a ___.
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Shankar; sitar
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True or False: All Hindus are vegetarians.
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False, but many are vegetarians.
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The Dot in between the middle of a Hindus forehead, is known as a ___.
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Bindi
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Karma is __.
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the sum of all an individual has done, is currently doing, and will do
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Karma is not about vengeance and retribution, but deals with ___.
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what is
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Karma is central to what four religions.
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Hinduism, Sikkhism, Buddhism, and Jainism
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Brahman
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the one supreme God; incomprehensible; the one essence
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What are Brahman's three primary forms (or manifestations)?
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1) Brahma - creator 2) Vishnu - preserving 3) Shiva - destroying
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Atman is __.
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"real self", soul; interchangeable with Brahman
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Samsara
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birth, death, rebirth; transmigration of souls
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Name and describe the ultimate goal in Hinduism.
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Moksha: liberation from cycle of rebirth; complete sythesis of Atman and Brahman
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What is the path to liberation (Moksha) that is most followed by Hindus?
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Bhakti Yoga
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True or False: Twice-Born has nothing to do with Reincarnation.
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TRUE
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What are the top three classes? What are they known as?
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Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishya -- Twice Born
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Finish the sentence: A person who is "twice-born" is…
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…born once as a baby and then goes through a ritual to become an adult (like a Jewish Bar Mitzvah)
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True or False: The Shudras are part of the twice-borns.
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FALSE
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True or False: The untouchables are part of the cast system.
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FALSE
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What are the four purposes for living?
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Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha
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Dharma is…
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…the pursuit of sensual pleasure
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Artha is…
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…the pursuit of welath and property
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Kama is…
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…the pursuit of the arts, aesthetic enjoyment
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Moksha is…
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…the pursuit of liberation from samsara
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Another name for the purposes for living
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Purusharthas
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Another name for the stages oflife
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Ashramas
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The stages of life are for ____ in the ___-___ group only.
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men, twice-born
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The ___ is the most sacred scripture.
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Shruti
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The _____ is the most sacred, it contains over 1000 hymns.
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Rig-veda
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The ___ is secondary in authority to the Shruti.
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Smriti
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___ is the most popular and well-known Hindu scripture.
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Bhagavad Gita
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Puja
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practice of honoring a particular god; consists of meditation, austerity, chanting, scripture reading, offering food, and prostration
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Most temples have a ____.
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womb chamber, where the main deity of that temple resides
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Murti
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image of a god in a home shrine
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What is the most sacred place for Hindus?
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Ganges River
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Divali is
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an autumn festival; the festival of lights, similar to Christmas
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Holi is
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the spring festival
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Hindus are (very tolerant, not tolerant at all).
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very tolerant
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Sikhism was founded by ___ in ___.
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Guru Nanak in 1459
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Sikhism is the belding of __ and __.
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Hinduism and Islam
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Most of the followers of Sikhism come from the ___ region of India.
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Punjab
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