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Gods
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Paths to Liberation
100
This is a word meaning “liberation”
What is moksha?
100
This is the “wheel of rebirth”
What is samsara?
100
This god is known as the preserver and has many famous avatars.
Who is Vishnu?
100
The eternal self, it’s the same as brahman
What is Atman?
100
The Karma Marga is the Path of these.
What are good works?
200
This refers to divine ethical duty; it is the closest translation to a western  “religion”
What is dharma?
200
This is a word meaning “cosmic illusion”, referring to the concept that reality is just an illusion we must break free from.
What is maya?
200
This avatar of Vishnu is the main character of the Bagavhad-Gita.
Who is Krishna?
200
Hinduism’s most popular sacred text
What is the Bhagavad-Gita?
200
The Jnana Marga is the Path of this.
What is knowledge?
300
This is the moral law of cause and effect 
What is karma?
300
An incarnation of a deity (or possibly an air bender)
What is avatar?
300
This god is known as the creator, but is not widely worshipped.
Who is Brahma?
300
The name of the outcastes; Gandhi called them “harijan”, or “God’s children”
Who are the Untouchables?
300
Hindu philosophy which teaches that reality is just maya, or a cosmic illusion.
What is Vedanta?
400
the Final stage of yoga, this is a trancelike state in which self consciousness is lost.
What is samadhi?
400
The highest of the four classes,made up of priests
What is Brahmin?
400
This god is the destroyer, but not in a bad context.
Who is Shiva?
400
Ancient philosophical texts that make up Hindu doctrine
What are the Upanishads?
400
Hindu philosophy which states reality is 2 things: matter, and an infinite number of eternal selves
What is Sankhya.
500
This is the lowest class, made up of laborers and servants
What is shudra?
500
The practice of burning a widow on a pure with her deceased husband.
What is sati?
500
Another avatar of Vishnu, the main character of the Ramayana.
Who is Rama?
500
This is the oldest sacred text to Hindus
What is the Rig Veda?
500
This s the term for the Path of Devotion
What is Bhakti Marga?