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39 Cards in this Set
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ADVAITA
a-d-v-a-i-t-a |
"nondualism;" "monism"
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AHIMSA
a-h-i-m-s-a |
"nonviolence, noninjury, harmlessness in thought, word, and action"
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ANASAKTI
a-n-a-s-a-k-t-i |
"selfless action"
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APARIGRAHA
a-p-a-r-i-g-r-a-h-a |
"non-possession"
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ASHRAM
a-s-h-r-a-m |
"A spiritual community"
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ATMAN
a-t-m-a-n |
"Universal Self"
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AVATAR
a-v-a-t-a-r |
"One who has reached moksha; an incarnation of the devine"
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BAPU
b-a-p-u |
"Father; a term of respect and endearment used for Gandhi"
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BHAGAVAD GITA
b-h-a-h-a-v-a-d g-i-t-a |
"Song of God"; a Hindu sacred text highly regarded by Gandhi
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BHAKTI
b-h-a-k-t-i |
"Devotion, faith"
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BRAHMACHARYA
b-r-a-h-m-a-c-h-a-r-y-a |
"chastity, control of all the senses"
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CHARKHA
c-h-a-r-k-h-a |
"The spinning wheel"
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DARSHAN
d-a-r-s-h-a-n |
"Blessings through sight of, or being seen by being in the presence of a holy person, saint, or vehicle of divinity."
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DHARMA
d-h-a-r-m-a |
"Duty, righteousness, moral law, personal and social morality."
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GANDHIJI
g-a-n-d-h-i-j-i |
the "ji" suffix indicates respect
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GURU
g-u-r-u |
"A teacher or spiritual guide"
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HARIJAN
h-a-r-i-j-a-n |
"Children of God; what Gandhi named the untouchables"
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HARTAL
h-a-r-t-a-l |
"The cessation of work--> Hindu form of religious application for purification"
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HIMSA
h-i-m-s-a |
"Violence, injury"
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JAIN
j-a-i-n |
"A follower of the Indian religion called Jainism"
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KARMA
k-a-r-m-a |
"Moral law, cause and effect, action"
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KHADI
k-h-a-d-i |
"Homespun cloth"
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MAHATMA
m-a-h-a-t-m-a |
"Great soul"
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MOKSHA
m-o-k-s-h-a |
"Freedom from the cycle of rebirth and death; self realization"
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PARSI
p-a-r-s-i |
"Indian word for a follower of the Zoroastrian religion"
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PURNA SWARAJ
p-u-r-n-a s-w-a-r-a-j |
"Complete self rule, complete independence"
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RAJ
r-a-j |
"Kingdom Rule; British rule was called "the Raj."
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RISHI
r-i-s-h-i- |
"A seer"
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RYOT
r-y-o-t |
"A peasant"
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SARVODAYA
s-a-r-v-o-d-a-y-a |
"The well-being of all; universal welfare"
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SANNYASIN
s-a-n-n-y-a-s-i-n |
"One who has renounced the world; an asccetic"
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SATYA
s-a-t-y-a |
"Being, reality, truth; a foundation of Hindu thought"
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SATYAGRAHA
s-a-t-y-a-g-r-a-h-a |
"Clinging to the truth; soul force, truth force, love force, non-violence"
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SIKH
s-i-k-h |
"Adherent of Sikhism a religion of India; founder is Guru Nanak"
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SWADESHI
s-w-a-d-e-s-h-i- |
"Self-sufficiency, self reliance"
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SWARAJ
s-w-a-r-a-j |
"Freedom, self-rule, home-rule"
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TAPAS
t-a-p-a-s |
"Austerities"
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UPANISHADS
u-p-a-n-i-s-h-a-d-s |
"Part of Hindu Vedic scriptures, the main source of orthodox Hindhu philosophy"
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VAISHNAVITE
v-a-i-s-h-n-a-v-i-t-e |
"Follower of Vishnu"
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