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30 Cards in this Set
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Brahman is easily perceived by humans
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false
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The Aryans did introduce Hinduism to India around 1500 BC
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false
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Atman is Braman, Braman is Atman
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true
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It is difficult to identify doctrines with universal acceptance among all denominations of Hindus
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true
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Hindus worship as many as 330 million gods/goddesses
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true
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about 1.5 billion people consider them selves hindu
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false
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Karma is given by Hindu deities to reward good behavior and to punish bad behavior
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false
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Hindu’s are encouraged to choose one path of salvation and finish it before starting another
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false
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millions of Hindus worship Brahman in temples located throughout the world
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false
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During the Axial age, with the change from cosmic consciousness to individual/personal consciousness, hindus began to wonder about the destiny of the atman at death
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true
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Karma determines caste identity and caste in turn is a determinate of the specific dharmas governing a persons actions
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true
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The upandishads, the last section of the Vedas, are the source of the epic stories about Krishna and Rama
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false
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When considering ultimate reality from a cosmological perspective, Hindus say what ultimate reality is no, rather than say what the reality is
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true
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Rama is thought to be the founder of Hinduism
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false
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Some of the factors that traditionally determined a persons dharma are in flux
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true
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Hinduisms gods and goddesses stand in relationship to Brahman as a mask stands in relationship to the face being masked
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true
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In 1948, the Indian government officially forbade discrimination against women
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false
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The doctrine of monism maintains and implies that all plurality is an illusion, and all reality is a manifestation of one underlying reality
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true
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In the bhgavad gita, Krishna compares reincarnation to discarding out bodies like we discard old clothes and putting on new bodies like we put on new clothes
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true
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Barman is the eternal essence of reality and the creator of the universe
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true
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Shiva is the hindu god known as the
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destroyer/transformer of evil
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Cows are venerated in India because
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they represent life, especially in rural India
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According to Hinduism, the third goal in life is
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harmony with dharma
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Hinduism originated in
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India
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Reaching the ultimate goal of Hinduism takes
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many lifetimes and life cycles
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According to Hinduism bad things happen to good people because
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they are being punished justly for their bad karma from a past life
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Ones gender, caste and stage of life are the three things that directly determine ones
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dharma
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Krishna and rama are avatars of
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Vishnu
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The hindu god known as the preserver god is
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Vishnu
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Hinduism is best described as a _______ religion
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henotheistic
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