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38 Cards in this Set
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ahimsa
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nonharm
nonviolence |
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ashram
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a spiritual community
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Atman
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the spiritual essence of all individual human beings
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avatar
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an earthly embodiment of a deity
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Bhagavad Gita
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a religious literary work about Krishna
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bhakti
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devotion to a deity or guru
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bhakti yoga
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the spiritual discipline of devotion to a deity or guru
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Brahma
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God of creation
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Brahman
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the spiritual essence of the universe
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brahmin
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member of the priestly caste
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caste
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one of the major social classes sanctioned by Hinduism
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Devi
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Goddess
the Divine Feminine, also called the Great Mother |
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dhyana
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meditation
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Durga
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awe-inspiring
distant a mother-goddess a form of Devi |
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guru
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a spiritual teacher
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hatha yoga
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the spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises
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jnana yoga
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the spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight
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Kali
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form of devi
a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth |
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karma
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the moral law of cause and diffect that determines teh direciton of rebirth
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karma yoga
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the spiritual discipline of selfless action
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Krishna
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a god associated with divine playfulness
a form of Vishnu |
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kundalini yoga
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a form of raja yoga that envisions the individual's energy as a force that is capable of being raised from the center of the body to the head, producing a state of joy
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mantra
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a short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation
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maya
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illusion
what keeps us from seeing reality correctly the world, viewed inadequately |
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moksha
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liberation from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth
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monism
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the philosophical position that all apparently separate realities are ultimately one
the belief that God and the universe are the same, that the universe is divine. |
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puja
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offerings and ritual in honor of a deity
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raja yoga
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the "royal" discipline of meditation
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Rama
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a god and mythical king
a form of Vishnu |
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samadhi
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a state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation
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samsara
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the everyday world of change and suffering leading to rebirth
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sannyasin
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a wondering holy man
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Shiva
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a god associated with destruction and rebirth
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Trimurti
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"three forms" of the divine: the three gods oBrahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
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Upanishads
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written meditations on the spiritual essence of the universe and the self
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Vedas
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four collections of ancient prayers and rituals
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Vishnu
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a god associated with preservation and love
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yoga
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a spiritual discipline
a method for perfecting one's union with the divine |
