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Jnana yoga is the spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight. |
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Rama means offerings and ritual in honor of a deity. |
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A mantra is a short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation. |
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Maya is a spiritual teacher. |
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Satyagraha is "illusion"; what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world viewed inadequately. |
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Puja is a god and a mythical king; a form of Vishnu. |
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Harappa is the term that is translated variously as "reality force" or "truth force"; the term that Gandhi used to describe the power of nonviolent resistance to oppressive social structures. |
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Shiva is a god associated with destruction and rebirth. |
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Samadhi is a state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation. |
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Ashram is the spiritual essence of all individual human beings. |
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Dhyana means meditation or the experience of the mind focused only on the object of concentration. |
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Shankara is the leader of the movement toward Indian independence who advocated nonviolent methods to effect social change. |
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The Ganges is the most sacred river in India. |
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The Upanishads are written meditations on the spiritual essence of the universe and the self. |
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Brahman is the spiritual essence of the universe. |
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Trimurti means "three forms" of the divine; the three gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. |
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Puja is the name for four collections of ancient prayers and rituals included in Hindu sacred scripture. |
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Bhakti yoga is the "royal" discipline of meditation. |
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Vishnu is a god associated with preservation and love. |
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A sannyasin is a wandering holy man. |
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Karma is the law of moral cause and effect that determines the direction of rebirth. |
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Hatha yoga is the spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises. |
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A brahmin is a member of the priestly caste in Hinduism. |
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Moksha means "liberation" from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth. |
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The Harappa culture is the culture that flourished in the Indus valley before 2000 B.C.E. |
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Trimurti is a spiritual classic in Hinduism that is a conversation between Arjuna and Krishna preserved in the Mahabharata. |
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Krishna is a god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishnu. |
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Shakti is the name of a warrior-dominated, patriarchal people who entered India from the northwest after 2000 B.C.E. |
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Kali is a form of Devi; a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth. |
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Karma yoga is the spiritual discipline of selfless action. |
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Arjuna is a devotion to a deity or guru. |
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Mantras are the major social classes sanctioned by Hinduism. |
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Kali is the term meaning non-harm or nonviolence. |
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An Upanishad is and earthly embodiment of a deity. |
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Saguna means "awe-inspiring," "distant"; a goddess that is a form of Devi. |
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Puja yoga is the spiritual discipline of devotion to a deity or guru. |
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Nirguna means "Goddess"; the Divine Feminine, also called Great Mother. |
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Harappa is a spiritual discipline; a method for perfecting one's union with the divine. |
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Shakti describes the energies associated with the female consorts of the male deities. |
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Atman is a spiritual community. |
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Samsara is the everyday world of change and suffering, leading to rebirth. |
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Many of the gods mentioned in the Vedas were the same gods who had been worshipped in Greece and Rome. |
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Most scholars today reject the Aryan Migration Theory. |
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The advanced ancient civilization discovered in the ruins found in the Indus River valley lends support to the Aryan Invasion Theory. |
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A perceived danger coming from Christians, Muslims, and Sikhs has contributed to the rise of Hindu fundamentalism. |
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