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metaphysics |
time, God, reality, soul |
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ethics |
morals, values right vs wrong |
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Epistemology |
knowledge- orgin, limits, contents |
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aesthetics |
beauty and art |
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logic |
proper reasoning |
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argument |
a set of statements which purport to demonstrate a given statement is true |
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etiology |
the study of causation |
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theism |
belief in the existence of a god or gods |
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soma |
god and plant , known for bearing immortality |
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agni |
fire god |
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avatar |
the representation of god within a human |
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daeva |
deities |
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indo-europeans |
invaded Indus valley, brought with them horses and chariots |
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darsana |
school of thought |
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sruti |
most ancient religious texts, the unquestionable word of God |
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smrti |
that which is not sruti |
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guru |
spiritual master |
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brahmin |
priest |
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kshatriya |
warrior |
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arjuna |
warrior in the Bhagavad Gita |
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Krishna |
the avatar in the bhagavad-gita |
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Bhagavad-Gita |
song of the Lord |
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sutra |
a rule or saying in sanskrit |
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itihasa |
history;epic poems |
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sati |
widow sacrificing herself |
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trimurti |
the Hindu trinity |
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dalit |
the untouchables |
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the sramanas |
janism, carvakas,Buddhism |
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ishta devata |
ones personal deity of choice |
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yogi |
yoga masters |
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sanskrit |
language of sacred texts |
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varna |
color in Sanskrit |
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brahman |
everything in existence |
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dharma |
duties |
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ashram |
religious retreat |
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atman |
your true self |
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samadhi |
deep meditation |
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puja |
the act of worship |
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rita |
natural law/cosmic order which governs the universe |
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bhakti |
devotional yoga |
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samsara |
the cycle of life/death/rebirth |
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karma |
actions |
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Tantra |
"to weave" opposing forces binding together in the souls chakras |
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kundalini |
form of yoga, linked to the serpent and chakras |
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maya |
the illusion of reality, false thinking |
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moksha |
liberation, no longer goes through samsara |
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astika |
orthidox |
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vedanta |
focuses on the vedas |
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advaita |
sub school of Vedanta non-dual knowledge brings liberation |
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vishishtadvaita |
atman is part if Brahman, not equal |
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monism |
"oneness" |
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apurva |
the connection between cause and effect |
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adharma |
demerit, against the law |
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abhava |
absence |
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arthapatti |
presumption |
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vaisesika |
believed in atoms |
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kanada |
"atom-eater" priest who founded atomic theory |
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padartha |
categories that everything can be put into |
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guna |
three qualities (samkhya) |
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tattva |
truths of samkhya (25) |
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yoga |
to yolk, unite soul and body |
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patanjali |
wrote the yoga sutra |
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isvara |
controller/lord/god |
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hatha |
physical movements in yoga |
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chakra |
"wheel" power center in the soul |
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samkhya |
attempts to rely on logic and reason sister darshana to yoga |
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prakriti |
primordial matter feminine |
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purusa |
masculine consciousness |
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nyaya |
the science of reasoning created a system of debate |
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pramana |
path to knowledge |
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anumana |
inference |
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sabda |
testimony |
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upamana |
comparison |
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pratsakysha |
perception |
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nastika |
unorthidox |
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arhat |
worthy ones |
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tirthankara |
ford finders |
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jiva |
soul |
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ajiva |
matter |
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karma (Jainism) |
nerds rope |
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sallekhana |
suicide by fasting |
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tapas |
total austerity |
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kevala |
perfect knowledge |
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mahaveria |
24th arhat |
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ahimsa |
nonviolence |
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naya |
point of view only partial knowledge |
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anekantavada |
7 blind men and elephant |
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saptabhangi |
the seven standpoints |