Hinduism
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- Aranyakas
- The third of four ancient hymns which deal with people's writing after meditating in the forest, also known as "forest treatises"
- Vedas
- the religious texts that are considered the the foundations of Sanatana Dharma, there are 4 parts
- puranas
- 18 sanskrit texts that narrate the myths of ancient times
- Prakriti
- the cause of the material universe
- guru
- spiritual guiders
- karma yoga
- yoga for naturally active people, through the path of right action
- karma
- action and the consequences of action
- Upanishads
- The fourth of four ancient hymns deals with the teaching from highly realized spiritual masters
- Brahmanas
- The second of four ancient hymns which deals with directions about performances of ritual sacrifices to deities
- atman
- the self or soul within yourself
- saivites
- people who worship the god Siva
- Devas
- the controlling forces (deities) in the cosmos
- raja yoga
- yoga for meditative people, through mental concentration
- bhakti yoga
- yoga for emotional people, through the path of devotion
- purusha
- One of the two states of reality in Samkhya, purusha is the Self, which is pure, wise, and free beyond change
- prana
- invisible life energy
- Rig Veda
- The oldest of the Vedic scriptures and one of the oldest scriptures in the world
- samadhi
- the ultimate goal of yoga, it is a super-conscious state of union with the absolute
- samsara
- the karma-run wheel of birth, death, and rebirth
- Samhitas
- The first of four ancient hymns which dealt with the worship of deities
- yantra
- a linear image with complex cosmic symbolism
- Siva
- a personal, many-faced manifestation of the attributeless supreme deity
- vaishnavites
- people who worship the god Vishnu
- Sanskrit
- An ancient language whose origins are not completely defined
- jnana yoga
- yoga for rational people, through rational inquiry
- saktas
- people who worship a mother goddess
- Sanatana Dharma
- an alternate label for Hinduism, sanatana means "eternal" or "ageless"