Hinduism Chapter Review

Megan
World Religions
26 January 2013

1. Moksha is the Liberation or release of the individual self, atman, from the bondage of samsara; salvation; one of the four goals of life.
2. Monism is the belief that that says all reality is one. the analogy that helps us understand this is the idea that rivers, lakes and ponds are distinctive, yet they share a common essence; all are made of water. there is similarity in all the gods. all the gods are a form of Brahman.
3.Atman is the eternal self, which the Upanishads identify with Brahman; it is the eternal Self or soul of an individual that is reincarnated from one body to the next and is ultimately identified with Atman. Brahman is the eternal essence of reality and the source of the universe beyond the reach of human perception and thought.
4. they are extensions of the ultimate reality.
5. The wheel of rebirth or reincarnation; the worldly realm in which rebirth occurs.
6. Bhagavad-Gita
7. Karma and Dharma are the two principles that connect the divine to the world. Karma is pleasure especially of senual love and is one of the 4 goals of life; it is basically that every action has a reaction; dharma is the set of morals or ethical duties based on the divine order of reality in order to reach moksha.
8.The four caste systems are the Brahmin which are the priest, the Kshatriya which are warriors and administrators, the Vaishya which are the farmers, merchants, and artisans, and the Shurdra which are servants and laborers.
9. he encourages him to participte in thewar because he was born a Kshatriya, which is a worrier, so it was his sacred duty to follow the caste he was in, and that would mean to fight.
10.
      1. student
      2.householder
      3. birth of first grandchild
      4.sannyasin
11.
      1. Senual pleasure (karma)
      2. Material Pleasure (artha)
      3. Harmony with Dharma (principle of ethical duty)
      4. The Bliss of Mosksha ( Infinite being, awareness and bliss)
12.
      1. Karma Marga (for the active)
      2. Jnana Marga ( For the Philosophical)
      3. Bhakiti Marga (for the Emotional)
13.
      1. Vendanta- prevents one from experiencing the truth
      2. Sankhya- teaches importance for the religion Jainism and Buddhism, and to underlie the hindu approach of yoga
      3. Yoga- emphasizes physical and psychological practices
14. Brahman is the creator, Vishnu is the protector and Shiva is the destroyer.
15. an incarnation. Krishina and Rama are avatars.
16. The Bhagavad-Gita
17.holy places, household and village rituals, cow veneration
18. said all wisdom lights the way to divine
19. goverment forbade discrimination.
20. burning a widow after her husband dies, it was outlawed in the 1800s  but happens in rare occasions.
21. creation of Pakistan.