Hinduism
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- Yogi
- a person who practices a form of yoga
- Brahma
- the manifestation of Brahman in the material world
- Guru
- a holy teacher
- Mahabharata
- the 2nd century sacred epic of Hinduism
- Moksha
- liberation or release from the cycle of birth and death
- Yoga
- in Sanskrit, "yoke"; the organized path that leads towards Brahman
- Atman
- one's soul or self; the ultimate in Hinduism is to know that ___ and Brahman are one in the same
- Artha
- in Sanskrit, "success"; one of the goals of Hinduism is to be successful in the activities of life (Righteous Success)
- Vishnu
- one of the two main gods of Hinduism; Krishna and Rama are his avatars
- Shiva
- one of the two main gods of Hinduism (his avatars are NOT Krishna or Rama)
- Samsara
- the cycle of death and rebirth
- Nirvana
- salvation through the union of moksha and brama
- Lila
- play, drama, sport
- Hatha
- the yoga devoted only to bodily control (called simply "yoga" in the West)
- Mantra
- specific chant used as focus in meditation
- Santanana Dharma
- what Hindus call Hinduism
- Upanishads
- sacred Hindu literature containing stories, discussions, instructions
- Karma yoga
- in Sanskrit ___ is "action"; one seeks to store the ___ of goodness and grace in order to move to a higher level of existence after death
- Ahimsa
- in Sanskrit, "non-injury"; the ideal of harming no creature
- Ramayana
- the epic that tells the story of Rama and Sita
- Bhakti yoga
- the yoga of love and devotion to a god or goddess, the idea is to turn away from the material toward the divine
- Jnana yoga
- the yoga of learning and study as a means to reach toward Brahman
- Vedas
- 1500-1000BC, the oldest of the sacred Hindu texts
- Dharma
- virtue, duty; what a creature must do to move toward oneness with Brahman
- Avatar
- the manifestation of "god" in human form (i.e. Krishna is an ___ of Vishnu)
- Raja yoga
- the path that uses psycho-physical means (meditation) to reach toward Brahman
- Aum (om)
- the perfect mantra, the perfect sound, the sound of the universe
- Maya
- the "real" world as it is; the goal is to work through and beyond the "illusion" of ___
- Sanskrit
- the ancient language of Hindu scripture, an Indo-European language like Greek and Latin
- Brahman
- the "force," the eternal power of the cosmos