Exploring the Religions of Our World, Ch. 5
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| ahimsa | non-violence
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| Akbar | 16th-C ruler who tried to unite all Indian religions
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| Aryans | ancient people who spoke pre-Indo-European languages
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| ashramas | 4 stages of life
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| atman | real self
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| avatars | incarnations of gods/goddesses
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| bhakti | personal devotion to the gods
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| brahmin | Vedic priests
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| caste | social class
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| dharma | duties & obligations in society
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| Jainism | mix of Hinduism & Buddhism
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| karma | the moral law of cause & effect
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| guru | spiritual guide or teacher
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| maya | illusions
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| moksha | liberation from cycle of rebirth
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| samsara | the transmigration of souls (between lives)
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| Sanskrit | liturgical & scriptural language of Hinduism
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| satyagraha | passive resistance
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| shruti | scripture containing the Vedas (older)
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| Sikhism | mix of Hinduism & Islam
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| smriti | scripture containing great Hindu epics (newer; less authoritative)
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| transmigration | passing of a soul from one body to another
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| Ultimate Reality | innermost soul (atman) of each person
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| untouchables | people considered too low to appear on the caste system
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| Vedas | earliest Hindu scriptures, from Aryan times
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| Brahma | Creating god
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| Krishna | one of two avatars of Vishnu
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| Rama | one of two avatars of Vishnu
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| Shiva | Destroying god
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| Vishnu | Preserving god
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