Religions: Hinduism
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- What is the Brahman?
- The supreme god. The "it"
- What is the Shiva god?
- The destroyer god.
- What is the Vishnu god?
- The preserver god. god of healing
- What is the Brahma god?
- The CREATOR god.
- The differences between, Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma.
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Brahman- the supreme god.
Brahmin- The highest memeber of the caste system. Spiritual leaders.
Brahma- The creator god. - List the Hindu Caste system
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Brahmin- spiritual leaders
Kshatriya- Very rich, CEO's, powerful
Vaisya - Skilled workers
Sudra - Unskilled workers - What are the people called that are lowest of the low. Not even mentioned in Caste system?
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The Outcasts. The untouchables
Harijans, Dalits - List and describe the stages of a typical Hindu life.
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Student (8-12) religious studies
Householder - Married, Adulthood
Retirement - Grandparent
Sannyasin - Man, does not love or hate anything. a Holy Journey - What are the six aspects of Religion?
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Authority
Ritual
Speculation
Tradition
God's sovererignty and grace
Mystery - Jiva?
- Hindu's working their way through life.
- What is Karma
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The spiritual law of cause and effect.
" You reap what you sew " - What is Samsara?
- Continuous Reincarnation
- What is mean by the term Moksha?
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Being freed from Reincarnation.
Liberation - Who is Ghandi?
- The spiritual leader of the Hindu's who practiced peace.
- What is a repitious short prayer?
- Mantra
- What is an ascetic life?
- A life of contemplation.
- Who were the Dravidians?
- Where the settlers of India. Dark skinned lived near the Indus river. Conquered by the Aryans.
- Name the 5 types of Yoga practiced by the Hindu's.
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Hatha Yoga
Jnana Yoga
Bhakti Yoga
Karma Yoga
Raja Yoga - What is Raja Yoga?
- Experimental Yoga. a way to god through the psychophysical exercises.
- What are the 8 steps to follow the Raja Yoga?
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1. 5 abstentions: greed, lying inury, stealing, sensuality
2. 5 observances: cleanliness, contentment, contemplation of divine, self control, studiousness.
3. postures: lotus
4. respiration
5. no sense bombardments
6. concentration
7. meditation
8. samandi; mind absorbed in god. - What is the Jnana Yoga?
- Reflective; a way to god through knowledge.
- Bhakti Yoga?
- Emotional, way to god through love.
- Karma Yoga?
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Active; way to god through work.
god in everyday tasks.