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| The spiritual essence of all individual human beings. |
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| An earthly embodiment of a deity. |
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| A religious literary work about Krishna. |
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| Devotion to a deity or guru. |
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| Devotion to a deity or guru. |
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| The spiritual discipline of devotion to a deity or guru. |
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| Teh spiritual essence of the universe. |
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| The spiritual essence of the universe. |
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| One of the major social classes sanctioned by Hinduism. |
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| "Goddess"; the Divine Feminine, also called the Great Mother. |
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| "Awe-inspiring," "distant"; a mother-goddess a form of Devi. |
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| The spiritual discipline of postures and bodily excercises. |
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| The spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight. |
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| "Dark," a form of Devi; a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth. |
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| a moral law of cause and effect that determines the direction of rebirth. |
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| The spiritual discipline of selfless action. |
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| A god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishnu. |
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| A form of raja yoga that envisions the individual's energy as a force that is capable of being raised from the center of the body to the head, producing a state of joy. |
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| A short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation. |
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| "Illusion"; what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world viewed inadaquately. |
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| "Liberation" from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth. |
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| Offerings and ritual in honor of a deity. |
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| The "royal" discipline of meditation. |
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| A god and mythical king; a form of Vishnu. |
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| A state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation. |
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| Thge everyday world of change and suffering leading to rebirth |
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| A god associated withe destruction and rebirth. |
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| "Three forms" of the divine-the three gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. |
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| Written meditations on the spiritual essence of the universe and the self. |
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| Four collections of ancient prayers and rituals. |
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| A god associated with preservation and love. |
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| a spiritual discipline; a method for perfecting one's union with the divine. |
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| Such figures as Rama and Krishna are called________, meaning the earthly embodiment of a deity. |
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| One feature that probably contributed to the rich developments in Hinduism was_____ |
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| India's isolation from other areas. |
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| partriarchal and polytheistic. |
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| The earliest sacred texts of Hinduism are the_______ |
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| The second ranking caste consisted of_______ |
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| In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna counsels Arjuna to______ |
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| Hinduism as formulated in the Upanishads______ |
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| encourages meditation to understand the essence of reality. |
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| creation, preservation, and destruction. |
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| The most complicated of the Hindu gods is_______ |
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| The power of a god is often symblized with_____ |
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| Respect is shown to gurus through_____ |
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| In the four stages of life, students and enunciates are______ |
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| The most significant outside influence on Hinduism came from the________ |
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| One of the qualities seen in the Brahman nature is______ |
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| What are the 5 stages of religion? |
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Self-consciousness
Boundary Questions
Rites of Passage
Spritual dimension
Development of World religions |
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a part (unity, belonging)
apart (individuality) |
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identity = who am I?
relationship = who are you?
meaning = why?
purpose = how?
orientation in space and time = when? where?
death, suffering, change = why me? why us? |
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birth
adulthood
grouping (family, marriage, mating, etc)
love, tragedy
suffering/change
death |
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emotional needs
psychological needs
intellectual needs
physical needs |
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| The development of World Religions-develop to answer boundary questions and meet spiritual needs. |
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| Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism/Confucianism, primal religions, alternative religions |
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| spiritual search practiced inside an indentifiable religious organization. |
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| spiritual search practiced outside an established religion (seeker style, personal search) |
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belief- (belonging to an identifiable religion)
communal- (belonging to a religion for certain reasons (family, community, etc.); very little to do with beliefs
seeker- not satisfied with answers to questions. |
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