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Upanishads and Epics
A Change in Social Structure
Hinduism
The Early Life of Buddha
The Buddha's Teachings
100
What are collections of religious prayers and hymns to the gods?
What are the Vedas?
100
The Kshatriyas are where on the social class?
What class is at the top of the social scale?
100
What is monism?
What is the idea that mind and matter are ultimately the same?
100
When did the Buddha die?
What happened to the Buddha in 483 BC?
100
The Buddha taught the four what?
The Buddha taught how many noble truths?
200
What happened until AD 500?
Until what year were the great works of religious literature compiled?
200
Merchants, traders, and owners of small farms made up which class?
Who is the Vaisyas made up of?
200
What happens when a person fulfills dharma?
What does it take to be rewarded with good karma?
200
Siddhartha Gautama is another name for who?
What is another name for Buddha?
200
The desire for a life of pleasure and material gain causes what?
What causes suffering and sorrow?
300
What are the Mahabharata or Ramayana?
What are the two stories that explain Vedic religion?
300
What were the Pariahs known as?
Who are the untouchables?
300
What is yoga?
What is the physical and mental discipline designed to harmonize the body with the soul?
300
At 29, what did Siddhartha Gautama do?
What was Siddhartha Gautama's age when he left his palace?
300
What is the perfect peace, which releases the soul from the endless cycle of reincarnation?
What is nirvana?
400
What are based on historical and religious themes?
What are epic poems based on?
400
What are "subgroups"?
What are jati?
400
Because cows are sacred, Hindus do not eat what?
Why do Hindus not eat beef?
400
Who inspired Buddha?
What did the decrepit man do to Buddha?
400
What is the sixth rule in The Eightfold Path?
What rule is right effort, or working to prevent evil in the Eightfold Path?
500
The Mahabharata includes what that is 18 chapters?
What epic is the Bhagavad Gita a part of, and how many chapters is it?
500
This social class became known as a class system where?
A social class became known as what in the west?
500
It takes a lifetime to learn what?
How long does it take to learn maya?
500
The Buddha did not believe in which gods?
The Buddha did not believe in Hindu what?
500
What did not accept the caste system?
The teachings of Buddhism did not accept what?