Saturday, March 2, 2013

Hinduism

1. Moksha is the release from reality.
2. The doctrine is called Monism. One analogy is where several individual rivers flow into one ocean.
3. The two terms are basically the same as the deal with the self being connected with the universe.
4. To serve as a connection between reality and the divine reality.
5. The reincarnation of one self until they reach moksha.
6. The most sacred text is the Bhagavad-Gita
7. Karma and Dharma are the two principles. Karma is moral law and Dharma is moral rules of life.
8. The four caste systems are the Brahmin which are the priest, the Kshatriya which are warriors and administrators, the Vaishya which are the farmers, merchants, and artisans, and the Shurdra which are servants and laborers.
9. It is Arujuna's sacred duty to engage in war.
10. The first stage is where you study the Vedas. Second stage is householder where you raise a family. Third is forest dweller, when your on a spiritual journey, then is sannyasin, where you give up all material things. 
11. First is Karma where you try to achieve all pleasures in life, Then is Atman where you try to get material success, Third is Dharma where live a moral life, then is moksha where you try to become an infinite being.
12. The three paths to liberation are the path of works, the path of knowledge and the path of devotion. People who live ordinary go path of the works, people with philosophical talent go path of knowledge, and the emotional go path of devotion.
13. The three most important schools in Hinduism philosophy are Vendanta, Sankhya and Yoga. They are needed to gain knowledge.
14. shiva, god of destruction, vishnu, the preserver, Kali, destroys her enemies.
15. Avatars are incarnations. Two avatars are Kirshnu and Rama.
16. Bhagavad-Gita
17. The three aspects of Hindu devotional life are household and village rituals, pilgrimage to holy places and veneration of cows.
18. Gandhi influenced Hinduism by showing wisdom is the way to be divine.
19. The Indian government made a law to stop discrimination between castes.
20. A sati is the suicidal burning of a widow because her death is seen as a sign of virtue for her love of her husband. Since 1829 sati has been forbidden however it still rarely occurs in some places in India.
21. After the Muslims created Pakistan, many people traveled to which country they wanted to go to. This caused a civil war.

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