World Religions quiz 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ashram | A usually ascetic spiritual community of followers gathered around their guru |
| atman | the individual soul |
| avatar | an incarnation of a deity |
| bhakti | intense devotion to a personal manifestation of supreme reality |
| Brahman | the supreme reality |
| brahmin | priest or member of the priestly caste |
| caste | an occupational category |
| chakra | a sublte energy center in the body |
| darsan | visual contact with the divine |
| deva | deity |
| dharma | moral order righteousness, religion |
| guru | spiritual leader |
| Kali Yuga | the present degraded era |
| karma | our actions and their effects on this life and lives to come |
| miksha | liberation |
| prana | the invisible life force |
| puja | ritual worship |
| reincarnation | after death rebirth in a new life |
| rishi | a sage |
| Saivite | worshiper of Siva |
| Sakta | Worshiper of the divine in female form |
| samsara | The worldly cycle of birth death and rebirth |
| Sanatana Dharma | the eternal way of religious duty |
| sannyasin | Renunciate spiritual seeker |
| Sanskrit | The ancient language of the Vedas |
| secularism | The constitutional principle of not giving favored status to any religion |
| sutra | Terse spiritual teaching |
| Tantra | a sacred esoteric text with spiritual practices honoring the divine in female form |
| Vaishnavite | Worshiper of Vishnu or one of his manifestations, such as Krishna |
| yoga | Practices for union with the true Self |
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