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major Hindu scriptures
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Vedas
Sutras Epics Puranas |
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Vedas
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large body of texts...oldest scriptures of Hinduism
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Rigveda
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oldest & most important of sanskrit hymns --> Indra = most important god in rigveda
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Sutras
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literally: "the thread that holds things together" ...short aphoristic statements intended for memorization by students
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Puranas
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tales of the "olden days"
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rta
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the "order of course of things" ...lays the philosophical foundation for concept of dharma
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Brahman
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absolute, ultimate reality...present everywhere
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Bhagavad Gita
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sacred Hindu scripture...conversation between Krisna and Arjuna taking place on a battle field...Arjuna is having moral dilemma & Krishna explains his duties as a warrior
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Mahabarita
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its consideration of human goals...
dharma (duty) artha (purpose) kama (pleasure) moksha (liberation) |
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types of yogas
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Raja yoga
Karma yoga Bhakti yoga |
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Raja yoga
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concerned with the cultivation of the mind using mediation in hopes to achieve liberation
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Karma yoga
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"discipline of action"..based on teachings of the Gita ...a way of acting, thinking and willing by which one orients oneself toward realization by acting in accordance with one's duty (dharma) without consideration of personal self-centered desires, likes or dislikes.
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Jnana yoga
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path of knowledge
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Bhakti yoga
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devotion & fully engaged relationship with god
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Moksha
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becoming fully aware o the divinity within yourself...once you are aware you cease to be reborn
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varna
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class
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ashrama
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stations or stages of life where you are at
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dharma
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duty
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brahmacarya
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1st station: when learning god is your teacher
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grihastha
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2nd statioh: when you become a house-holder
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varnaprastha
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3rd stage: when you become a grandparent
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samnyasa
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4th stage: renunciation of everything..not meant to own anything even your own name
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kama
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any kind of physical pleasure --> nothing wrong with it but it doesn't get you anywhere..not finally satisfying
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artha
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money, social prestige, learning - anything socially advancing -->also not satisfying & can't take it with you
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dharma
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if you do your dharma you are doing good karma --> you can take this with you
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moksha
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what you really want is to realize that your atman is brahman --> when a person achieves moksha they remember all past lives & become omniscient
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atman brahman
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everything in the universe is unqualified/not material
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saguna brahman
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god with qualities --> god to which we want to get to through knowledge
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8 limbed yoga - yama
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what you are not supposed to do -->violence, agression, lie, steal etc
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8 limbed yoga - niyama
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purity, ascetic, contentment
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