Part 1
"release" from the cycle of future rebirth and redeath
What is moksha?
a spiritual and cultural teacher, regarded by students as semidivine
Who is a guru?
ritual offering to a deity
What is a puja?
"union"; practices that lead to union with the divine
What is Yoga?
the principle of nonviolence
What is ahimsa?
center of religious practice following a guru
What is an ashram?
“duty” determined by caste and gender
What is dharma?
Hindu monasteries
What is matha?
iconic leader who inspired mass support and led India to independence by combining religious and political reforms
Who is Ghandi?
Hindu scripture extolling the divinity of Krishna; part of the epic Mahabharata
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
“grasping the truth”; Gandhi’s central principle of disciplined nonviolence that reflects ethical truth
What is satyagraha?
the Jain term for viewing the divine, or complete intuition into the world’s workings
What is darshan?
a Sikh term for the formless ultimate reality; “Divine One”
What is Om-kara?
“action”; effects of actions that condition a being’s future
What is karma?
esoteric practices leading to moksha
What is tantra?
the unchanging spirit underlying reality
What is Brahman?
influential Hindu philosopher, advocating the impersonal ultimate reality
Who is Shankara?
one of three major religions in South Asia that began the same time as Buddhism, around 2,500 years ago
What is Jainism?
collection of earliest Hindu hymns
What are Vedas?
“the world” of rebirth subject to the law of karma
What is samsara?
sacred sound made during chanting or meditation
What is OM?
the first great missionary representative of Hinduism on the global stage
Who is Vivekananda?
texts extolling glories of Hindu deities
What are puranas?
ancient text codifying yoga practices, attributed to Patanjali
What is the Yoga Sutras?
a Sikh temple
What is a gurudwaras?