Exam 3: Hinduism

The phrase, "You reap what you sow," can summarize

Identify and briefly describe each of the four goals of Hindu life.

At which stage of life is a Hindu expected to experience vivaha?

In Hinduism, jnana means "ignorance."

Which is considered the most drastic stage in the Hindu belief of the four stages of a man's life?

Since India welcomes all faiths, there are no conflicts among the many different religious groups living there.

Which dualistic philosophical system explains the universe without employing gods?

What did the Laws of Manu represent?

The goal of Raja Yoga is to train the body to free the soul.

During the earliest times (1000 B.C.E.) why did varna play a part in making the Aryans superior to the natives of India?

Sannyasin is the same is rajah, a ruler of the people of India.

Gandhi helped India gain independence from Great Britain.

Briefly describe Advaita Vedanta.

The Sankhya system is strictly monistic.

"Whatever being he remembers when he abandons the body at death, he enters, Arjuna, always existing in that being." Reflect on the above quote from the Bhagavad Gita and explain what Hindu concept Lord Krishna is referring to.

The yoke of work in Hinduism is bhakti.

A Hindu who chooses a life goal of Kama is in seek of

Spiritual leaders composed Vedas in oral form because they feared giving too many personalities to individual gods.

For Hindus, the law of karma is more central than belief in reincarnation.