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Origins/The Vedic Tradition

Identify/define these terms:

• Aryans
• Upanishads
• Vedas

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Upanishadic Metaphysics

Identify/define these terms:

• Atman
• Brahman
• Karma
• Samsara
• Moksha

T/F: To achieve Moksha you need to have good karma

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Hinduism as a way of life

Identify/define these terms:

• Artha
• Ashrama
• Brahmin
• Dharma (2 definitions)
• Kama
• Kshatiya
• Moksha
• Shudra
• Vaishya
• Varna

Which four of the above are caste groups?

Which four of the above are goals of life?

What are the four stages of life?

Identify/define these terms:

• Nirguna
• Saguna
• Avatar
• Devi
• Shakti

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The Hindu Pantheon

Identify these deities:

A. Match them with the images (see handout/posters)

B. Indicate which are male and which female

C. Match them with their role/function: (not all the deities are included here)

a. Avatar of Vishnu (use twice)

b. Creator

c. Destroyer/transformer

d. Good fortune

e. Preserver

f. Remover of obstacles

g. Wisdom

h. Consort of Krishna

i. Consort of Rama

j. Ideal devotee of Rama

k. Nurturing, mother figure

Place your responses on this chart (or on the "Hindu Pantheon" handout of images):

	Image	male/female?	Role/function
Brahma
Durga
Ganesha
Hanuman
Kali
Krishna
Lakshmi
Parvati
Rama
Radha
Sarasvati
Sita
Shiva
Vishnu

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Devotional Hinduism

Identify/define these terms:

· Bhakti

· Darsan

· Prasad

· Puja

· Shaivites

· Shaktas

· Vaishnavites

· Ramayana

· Puranas

· Mahabharata

· Bhagavad Gita

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Spiritual Disciplines

· Guru

· Ashram

· Karma Yoga

· Raja Yoga

o Asana

o Mantra

o Yantra

o Samadhi

o SatChitAnanada

· Jnana Yoga

o Samkhya

• Purusha
• Prakriti
• Gunas
• Sattva
• Rajas
• Tamas

o Advita Vedanta

§ Avidya

§ Maya

§ Lila

§ Monism

What are the eight stages of meditation practice as developed by Patanjali?