5 Written Questions

1. "the path of works" - One of the three Hindu paths to salvation, emphasizing performing right actions according to dharma.
2. material success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life.
3. a trancelike state in which self-consciousness is lost and the mind is absorbed into the ultimate reality; the culmination of the eight steps of Yoga.
4. A short section of the epic poem Mahabharata in which the god Krishna teaches the great warrior Arjuna about bhakti marga and other ways to God; Hinduism's most popular text.
5. the doctrine that reality is ultimately made up of only one essence.

5 Matching Questions

1. Sannyasin
2. shudra
3. Upandishads
4. kama
5. Rig Veda

1. a a collection of over two hundred texts composed of between 900 and 200 BC that provide philosophical commentary to the Vedas
2. b pleasure, especially sensual love; one of the four goals of life.
3. c a collections of 1, 017 Sanskrit hymns composed about 1500BC earlier; Hinduism's oldest text.
4. d the lowest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of servants and laborers.
5. e a wandering ascetic who has advanced to the fourth and highest stage of life.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. an incarnation, or living embodiment, or a deity, usually Vishnu, who is sent to earth to accomplish a divine purpose; Krishna and Rama are the most popular avatars.
   1. maya
   2. Atman
   3. Avatar
   4. artha
2. the third of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of producers, such as farmers, merchants, and artisans.
   1. moksha
   2. vaishya
   3. artha
   4. maya
3. the eternal essence of reality and the source of the universe, beyond the reach of human perception and thought.
   1. Brahman
   2. dharma
   3. brahmin
   4. Atman
4. traditional division of Hindu society into various categories; there are four main varnas; or classes:Brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra; each class contains certain subgroups, resulting in more than three thousand categories.
   1. caste system
   2. karma marga
   3. ascetic
   4. Atman
5. the moral law of cause and effect of actions; determines the nature of one's reincarnation.
   1. kama
   2. karma
   3. dharma
   4. Atman

5 True/False Questions

1. bhakti marga → - the most popular of the three Hindu paths to salvation, emphasizing loving devotion to one's chosen god or goddess.

   True        False

2. dharma → the moral law of cause and effect of actions; determines the nature of one's reincarnation.

   True        False

3. sati → cosmic illusion brought about by divine creative power.

   True        False

4. brahmin → the highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests.

   True        False

5. Atman → pleasure, especially sensual love; one of the four goals of life.

   True        False