Terms to Know Hinduism Orthodoxy proper belief correct thoughts or beliefs Orthopraxy proper practice right actions Emic internal traditional words Etic eternal religion outside the universe mind set Varnashramadharma duty depending on Varna and Asharma Varna cast where you were born heart of cast Ashrama stage of life determines duties Dharma duty based on your cast and station in life Student stage Householder Spend most of life here 1 Brahmacarya stage of life that begins around puberty and goes till age 25 Celibacy practiced Goal devotion to teacher 2 Grhasta stage between ages 25 50 Marriage children Goal kama artha 3 Vanaprastha stage of ages 50 75 Retirement Grandparents withdraw from life after grandbabies grown up Goal dharma 4 Sannyasa stage ages 75 Given up in worldly affairs Not involved anymore with family Wander off in wilderness Cycle of birth and death Samsura Goal moksha Funeral dummy Force dweller Brahmins priests thinkers that come from Purusha s head and read Veda Purusharthas aims of man desires Brahma 1 Kama scripture of desire sexual desire and or desire for sensual things 2 Artha political success or monetary success 3 Dharma religious duty to Gods 4 Moksha released from cycle of birth and death break free from all attachments Creator Godfather 4 faces with beards Knowledgeable Vishnu Most popular preserver of Trinity Rests on snake Shesha Protector from evil avatars Shiv a Avatar a figure that comes down to earth in different human forms Vishnu has 10 The destroyer Grey skinned man because puts ash on his skin Ends life to begin new cosmic cycle Washes away sins with the River of Ganga coming out of his head Devi goddesses that have endless forms and all carrying weapons Veda Aryan development of religion that keeps world running 1 Rig oldest of four original that makes sacrifices 2 Sama hymns for chanting 3 Yajur notes added to perform sacrifice what you are physically doing 4 Atharva magic spells rituals for good Upanishads Tells of Vedanta culmination of Vedas Teacher to student Theme sacrifice has become internalized Aryan nomads horsemen that came from Kazakhstan to India and are ancestors of Endo European Itihasa category of Hindu literature poetry thus it was or history 1 Ramayana shorter poem that is another story of people of historical events 2 Mahabharatha longest poem in literature that is tory of the people Great India history story about Great War 450 BC Longest poem in literature that is Story of the people Rama avatar of Vishnu main character of Ramayana of Valmiki story Sita furrow female beauty that comes from the earth Hanuman advisor to Monkey King and becomes devoted to Rama jumps across ocean Kauravas one of the set of cousins with 100 brothers that become greedy and want the from India to Lanka to save Sita throne Pandavas second set of cousins that is 5 brothers and includes the gambling brother Krishna brother that persuades his brother Arjuna to fight because he says its his duty Arjuna one of brothers in Bhagavad Gita story that says he cannot kill his family Bhagavad Gita well known scripture small part of Mahabharatha Yoga system by which one becomes joined to the Divine 1 Karma giving up fruits of action to the Divine 2 Jnana working to connect to Divine by knowledge 3 Bhakti yoga of devotion worship to some Divine Samkhya oldest school duelist philosophy universe composed of Pure detached spirit Does nothing simply the forces of cosmic existence 1 Purusha Male 2 Prakriti Female Nature comprises all the physical matter of universe Divided into Gunas Color white Knowledge spirituality purity A Sattva B Rajas C Tamas Color black Decay liturgy not active sleep Color red Vigor action power movement internal fire greed lust love Gunas categories of Prakriti divided into that need to be balanced to stay healthy in life Vedanta culmination of Vedas group of philosophies seeking the relationship between the atman and brahman 1 Advaita the atman and brahman are identical 2 Vishishta Dvaita the atman and brahman are related but different 3 Dvaita the atman and brahman are completely separate Karma action giving up fruits of action to the Divine because everything is a sacrifice Bhakti drives Hindus in life devotion Form of universal god Common to express through song or performance Atman the individual soul Brahman absolute reality God Puja how you worship form of arthi Jati thousands of casts that fit under the Varnas Buddhism Terms to Know Shramana Movements reaction to Brahmin dominance in standard Hinduism Siddhartha Gautama Shakyamuni man who is the child of queen Maya and became the first Buddha and spread Buddhism teachings The Four Sights An old man a sick man a dead man and a renunciant monk The Middle Way path to enlightenment too much tightness s not the way to live The Buddha the Awaken One gave the first sermon 4 Noble Truths Dharma cosmetic order teachings of the Buddha Sangha community of Buddhists church Samsara cycle of birth and death Nirvana eliminate all attachments a place of absolute The Four Noble Truths Suffering the Cause of Suffering the Cessation of Suffering and the Path to the Cessation of Suffering The Eightfold Path Right View Right Intention Right Speech Right Action 5 Precepts Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration Anatman no self idea that you do no exist or no internal essence Codependent Origination Dependent Coorigination everything has a cause and is all linked The 5 Skandhas Theravada Big on historical Buddha have to believe in his teachings to attain enlightenment Older of the 2 main schools Dedicated to maintaining nirvana Arhat Arahat attained enlightenment with the help of the Buddhist teachings Mahayana The greater vehicle Believe to be superior Most dominant form of Buddhism Emptiness Shunyata Ultimate truth Everything is an illusion The 4 noble truths lead to believing in this Must break free to become enlightening Bodhisattva person who takes vow to maintain enlightenment for the purpose of helping others Vajrayana way of vajra thunderbolt something powerful or perfecting or unbreakable Upaya skillful means insight an enlightened being has Pure Land Buddhism Protist Buddhism All about praying to the Buddha Ideal realm for achieving enlightenment Amitabha most famous Buddha meaning endless light the Buddha of the Pure Land Pure Land exists in the mind of the Buddha Bodhicitta buddha mind not Pure Land is built Ch an Zen Buddhism School of Buddhism On your own
View Full Document
Unlocking...