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Hinduism
Question | Answer |
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Shakta | worshiper of the divine in female form. |
Shaivite | worshiper of Shiva. |
rishi | A sage |
reincarnation | after death, rebirth in a new life. |
puja | Ritual worship |
prana | the invisible life force |
moksha | liberation |
karma | our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come. |
kali yuga | the present degraded era |
guru | sprititual teacher. |
dharma | moral order, righteousness, religion. |
deva | A deity |
darshan | visual contact with the divine. |
chakra | A subtle energy center in the body. |
Caste | An occupational category. |
brahmin | Priest or member of the priestly caste. |
bhakti | Intense devotion to a personal manifestation of Suprem Reality. |
Brahman | The Supreme Reality. |
avatar | An incarnation of a deity. |
atman | The individual soul. |
ashram | A usually ascetic spiritual community of followers gathered around their guru. |
yoga | practice for union with the true self. |
Vaishnavite | worshiper of Vishnu or one of his manifestations, such as Krishna. |
Tantra | A sacred esoteric text with spiritual practices honoring the divine in female form. |
sutra | Terse spiritual teaching. |
secularism | The constitutional principle of not giving favored statues to any religion. |
Sanskrit | The ancient language of the Vedas. |
sannyasin | Renunciate spiritual seeker. |
samsara | The worldly cycle of birth, death and rebirth. |