Symbols/Scriptures
The great epic, which contains the Bhagavad Gita
What is the Mahabharat?
The idea that people are born in another body after they die.
What is rebirth?
Earth is my _____
What is mother?
This deity has a elephant head and is considered the remover of all obstacles.
Who is Ganesha?
The celebration of the bond between (traditionally) sister and brother or community.
What is Raksha Bandhan?
An animal that symbolizes the giving nature of life, Earth, life/sustenance of life.
What is a cow?
The consequences of one's thoughts, actions, and intentions.
What is karma?
Our duties and responsibilities - if we protect it, it protect us
Matsya, Kurma, Varah, Narasimha, Vamana, Parshuram, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalka
What is Dasha-Avatar or the ten avatars of Vishnu?
The celebration after the killing of demon Mahishasura.
What is Navratri/Vijayadashmi?
The symbol for the sound one makes when meditating and when the universe was created.
What is Aum?
The union of mind, body, and spirit.
What is yoga?
Vasudhaiva Khutumbakam
Hindu Dharma is a polytheistic religion. (True/False)
What is False?
Dhanatrayodashi/Dhateras, Narak-chaturdashi, Lakshmipoojan, Bali-Pratipada, and Bhai Dhuj
What are the five days of Diwali or Deepawali?
Symbol of auspiciousness and fortune, represents well-being
What is the Swastika?
What is Atman?
Aham Brahmasmi
What is the value that "I am God; each soul is divine"?
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva and their "trio".
What is the Trimurti (create/preserve/destroy)?
Food typically eaten on Yugaadi/Varsha Pratipada
What is neem (sorrow) and jaggery (joy)?
Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva; Each has four parts: Samhitas (prayers), Brahmanas (rites), Aranyakas (mediation), and Upanishads (philosophy)
What are the Vedas?
Dharma (righteousness), Artha (economic wealth), Kama (desire for pleasure), and Moksha (absence of delusion, liberation)
What are the Purushartas?
"That which exists, Truth, is one but sages call it by different names" - divinity is everywhere, accept each other
What is "Ekam Sat Viprah Bahuda Vadanti"
The energy that sustains everything, including all the deities; responsible for the well-being of the universe; embodiment of incredible power
What is Shakti or the Divine Mother?
The night which Shiva married Parvati; festival to accept what might seem unacceptable
What is Maha Shivratri?