Symbols
A symbol that means good fortune or auspiciousness. Usually shown with the goddess Lakshmi.
What is the swastika?
The immutable, constant, eternal self. Similar to the soul.
What is atman?
In modern day India, the caste system is more prominent in these particular parts of the country?
What is the rural areas?
The moral law of cause and effect. What goes around comes around.
What is karma?
The protector or preserver god who is most widely worshiped.
Who is Vishnu?
The Fall Festival of Lights. This holiday celebrates the return of Rama, Sita & Lakshmana after years in exile.
What is Diwali?
A sacred flower that the gods or goddesses typically hold or sit on.
What is the lotus flower?
The wheel that you continue you on lifetime after lifetime until you reach liberation.
What is the wheel of samsara?
He renamed the untouchables as God's children & worked to gain independence for India from Great Britain.
Who is Gandhi?
Ethical or sacred duty
What is dharma?
One of the most recognized gods in Hinduism. The remover of obstacles. This god is depicted with an elephant head.
Who is Ganesh(a)?
The holiest waterway in India.
What is the Ganges?
The primordial sound of all of creation.
What is ohm?
The name for the source of all, that which connects everything in life, the cosmic soul.
What is Brahman?
The name of the group of people who fall outside of the caste system (in Sanskrit)
Who are the Dalits?
An incarnation of a god or goddesses.
What is an avatar?
She is described as the Dark Mother. She is associated with death, destruction and time. Often she is seen standing over Shiva with her tongue out.
Who is Kali?
Hinduism is the ____ largest religion in the world.
What is the 3rd?
This symbol holds the ancient sound of all creation.
What is the conch shell?
The belief or understanding that all of life is one; that all rivers flow into one ocean.
What is monism?
The path of knowledge, which includes yoga, is most followed by this caste.
What is the Brahmin caste.
The two aspects of Hinduism that move one up and down the wheel of rebirth.
What are karma and dharma?
The three gods in the Trimurti
Who are Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma?
The most popular sacred text.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
Name 2 gods or goddesses who ride on birds.
Who are Saraswati, Brahma, Vishnu?
The two doctrines that we learned about in our selected reading from the Bhagavad Gita.
What is Reincarnation and Dharma?
The difference between Brahma, Brahman & Brahmin?
Brahma- the creator god
Brahman-the cosmic soul
Brahmin- the highest caste in Hinduism
The 3 goddesses in the Tridevi.
Who are Saraswati, Parvati & Lakshmi?
The two most popular avatars of Vishnu.
Who are Krishna and Rama?
The founder of Hinduism
Who is unknown?