| Term | Definition |
| Four Noble Truths | All life is suffering, Desire is the source of suffering, cessation of desire ends suffering, do it with the eightfold path |
| Eightfold Path | Right understanding, thought, speech, action, livlihood, concentration, effort, mindfullness |
| Atman | The divine essence |
| attman | An individuals essence, an expression of the divine |
| Dharma | Social and moral order, hindu |
| Kama | Sanscrit word for desire |
| Moksa | the objective of hinduism, liberation from MAYA |
| Jivanmutki | To be in the world, but not of this world |
| Maya | The fog that masks reality |
| Brahma, Vishnu, Siva | The three main "gods" of hinduism are |
| Rishi | these people could see "into" themselves |
| Vedas | these X are coded reality to hindu's |
| Crime | a social wrong made punishable by a crime |