Terms
Rajas
is the name for a monarch — a king or a princely ruler — in historic India
Caste System
Karma
do your dharma to get good karma to eventually pass on
Sanskrit
an ancient Indo-Aryan language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism.
Dharma
The dharma means duties or responsibilities that may be. To respect elders and give to youngers do whatever they say.
Buddhism
The path to enlightenment is attained by fallowing the eight fold path and avoiding suffering
Vedas
The ancient sacred texts of Hinduism are called the Veda, which means “knowledge.”
Moksha
Moksha is the ultimate goal within Hinduism, to leave this cycle of rebirth (samsara) and become one with the god Brahma.
Fasting
Give up things to focus on spirituality
Varnas
In Hinduism, society is traditionally divided into four classes or castes, called varnas
Untouchables
The "outcasts", not in the caste system, kicked out.
Meditation
a practice of mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity to train attention and awareness
Hinduism
A Hindu views the entire universe as God's and everything in the universe as God.
Reincarnation
Die and born again in a new body
Nirvana
the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person's individual desires and suffering go away