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41 Cards in this Set
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Dharma
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moral order, righteousness, and religion
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Sanatana Dharma
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the eternal religion of hinduism
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Vedas
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religious texts often refered to as the foundations of Sanatana Dharma
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Aryans
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the invaders that wrote the Vedas
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Sanskirt
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an ancient language that the Vedas was written in
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Name the parts of the Vedas
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Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads
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Samhitas
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hymns of praise
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Brahmanas
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directions about performances of the ritual sacrifices to the deities
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Aranyakas
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writings from the people who went to the forest to meditate as recluses
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Upanishdads
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teachings of spiritual masters; explain the personal transformation that results from physic participation in the ritual process
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rishis
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those that heard the breath of the eternal to write the vedas
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Rig Veda
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the oldest veda that praises the blessings of the devas
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Brahaman
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the idea that one should discover the reality from within
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atman
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the soul
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Samsara
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the continuous birth, death, rebirth..
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moksha
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the escape from Samsara, it is achieving no limitations of space, time, and matter through relizations of the imortal absolute
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Samkhya
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one of the major hindu philosophical systems in which human suffering characterized as steming from the confusion of Prakriti
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Advaita Vedanta
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the goal is that realization that the self is Brahaman
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Raja Yoga
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mental concentration
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Bhakti Yoga
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the path of devotion
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Asana
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Physical conditioning within yoga
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Samadhi
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the albsolute state in yoga
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Yoga
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a systematic approach to eastern religions
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Brahamin
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a priest
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Name the major groupings of deities
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Saktas, Saivites, and Vaishnavites
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Saktas
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worship the mother goddess
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Saivites
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worship the god Siva
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Vaishnaites
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worship the got Vishnu
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Durga
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a woman with 10 arms riding on a lion
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Kali
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portrayed with a sword and a severed head
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Siva
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the supreme lord of yoga, consciousness, creator, preserver, and destroyer of the world
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Parvati
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Siva's wife
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Ganesh
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Siva's son with the elephant head
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Lakshmi
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known for prosperity and regal power.. Is often sitting on a lotus
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Puranas
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scriptures written to popularize the abstract truth through stories
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Rama and Krishna
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avatars that Vishnu have reincarnated and helped lift up humanity
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Avatars
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early incarnation of a dieties
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Puja
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public worship
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darsan
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visual contact with the divine
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prasad
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food that has been sanctified by being offered to the deities
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guru
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a spiritual teacher
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