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| Non-dualistic hindu phiosophy, in which the goal is the realization that the self is Brahman (soul) |
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| The god of fire in hinduism |
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| Nonviolence, a central jain principle |
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| speculation originally advanced by Western scholars that the Vedas were written by people who were not the original inhabitants of India |
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| In hinduism, the earthly incarnation of a Deity |
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| Period dating approximately sixth century BCE during which a large number of great religious leaders and thinkers appeared in many parts of the ancient world |
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| A portion of the Hindu epic Mahabharata in which Lord Krishna specifies ways of spiritual progress |
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| In hinduism, intense devotion to a personal aspect of the deity |
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| The impersonal Ultimate Principle in Hinduism |
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| A priest or member of the priestly caste in Hinduism |
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| Social class distinction on the basis of heredity or occupation |
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| In Hinduism, Moral order, duty to caste |
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| A highly ascetic order of Jain monks who wear no clothes |
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| in Hinduism, an enlightened spiritual teacher |
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| in Jainism, one who has realized the highest, omniscient aspect of his or her being and is therefore perfect, "conqueror" |
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| the way of philosophy the use of intellectual effort as a yogic technique |
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| Destroying and transforming mother of the world, IN Hinduism; consort of shiva who often wears a necklace of human skulls |
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| you reap what you sew, our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come |
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| In hinduism, the consort of vishnu, goddess of good luck |
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| a long hindu epic that includes the Bhagavad- gita |
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| a sound or phrase chanted to envok the sound vibration of one aspect or creation or to praise a deity |
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| in indian thought, the attractive but illusory physical world |
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| In Hinduism, liberation of the soul from illusion and suffering |
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| in hinduism, the primordial sound |
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| shiva's spouse, sweet daughter of the Himalayas, mother of ganesha |
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| Hindu ritual worship with images |
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| the transmigration of the soul into a new body after death of the old body |
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the founding scriptures of hinduism
-Indra
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-Soma(hallucinate) |
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| the continual round of birth, death, and rebirth |
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| the eternal religion; "hinduism" |
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a renunciate spiritual seeker; final stage of ashamras: hermit
(go in search of moksha, demonstrate that the body doesn't matter) |
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| In hinduism, the destroying aspect of the supreme |
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| jain order of monks who wear clothes |
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| the great enlightened teachers in Jainism of whom Mahavira was the last in the present cosmic cycle |
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| in hinduism, the preserving aspect of the supreme, incarnating again and again to save the world |
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city of 200,000 ppl
stupa-temple
disappeared in 1800 BC
1500- huge migration of iranians (arayans) took over harappa civilization |
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| "wits" ancient books of knowledge, sacred knowledge |
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| Most of the founders of the worlds great religions were alive |
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1.) student stage
2.) House holder stage
3.) retirement stage |
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