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What is the root of "Hindu"?
Hindu is sanskrit for the river Indus, Sindhu.
What does Aryan mean? Where are their early origins?
"the noble ones"; Iran
What are the levels of varnas and what are their designations?
Brahmins: Priest class
Kshatriyas: Warrior class
Vaishyas: Merchant class
Shudras: Working class
What are the Vedas? What are the four basic books?
The oldest sacred books of Hinduism.
Rig-Veda: Poems to praise god
Yajur-Veda: Sacrifices
Sama-Veda: Music to praise god
Atharva-Veda: Local customs
What are the different sections of the Vedas? What differentiates the fourth section from the first three?
Mantras: Hymns to the gods.
Brahmanas: Section of ritual materials.
Aranyakas: Forest Treaises.
Upanishads: Philosophical materials.

The Upanishads are philosophy, the first three are religion.
Name all the personal Hindu gods you can and what they have presidence over.
Brahma: god of creation
Agni: god of fire
Varuna: god of forgiveness
Vishnu: god of preservation
Shiva: god of death and destruction
Yama: god of the dead
Are are the following?
Polytheism:
Monotheism:
Pantheism:
Monism:
Atheism:
Animism:
Agnosticism:
Belief in many personal gods.
Belief in one personal God.
God is in everything, everything is god.
Belief in one impersonal power.
Belief in no god.
Nonliving things have spirit in addition to to living, personal.
Unusre whether god exists or not due to lack of proof.
What is Brahman?
The impersonal god that is the god of creation in the Hindu religion.
What are the four stages of life to traditional Hinduism?
Student life
Marriage
Retirement & determination of philosophy of life
Old age
What law is rebirth dictated by?
Law of karma.
What is the Law of Nature?
Good actions -> Good consequences.
Bad actions -> Bad consequences.
Explain the Yoga of Knowledge (Jnana).
Everything works because of Brahman.
Acquired by meditation, reading scripture, talking to sages, etc.
Explain the Yoga of Emotion (Bhakti).
Believing in one god/ many gods and pleasing that god/ gods will lead to salvation.
Explain the Yoga of Action (Karma).
Actions must be detached actions, aka no motives besides doing good for the sake of doing good not for satisfaction of the ego.
When was the Bhagavad Gita written?
Sometime between 200 B.C. and 300 A.D.
Tell me a little about the Bhagavad Gita.
Check your notes if you're drawing a blank.