Hindu Terms 2
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- Atman
- The real self, the eternal life principle.
- Brama
- The creator god
- Brahman
- Ultimate Reality
- Brahmin
- A member of the priestly caste, the highest class.
- Dharma
- The teachings of virtue and principle
- Karma
- The culminating value of all of one's life actions, good and bad, which toghether determine one's next rebirth and death.
- Magabharta
- One of the national epics of India.
- Maya
- The power that producs the phenomena of physical existence.
- Moksha
- The term for liberation from the bondage of finite existence.
- Puranas
- Part of the Hindu scriptures consisting of myths and legends mixed with historical events.
- Samsara
- The rebirth of souls passing on from one existence to antoher until release can be achieved, reincarnation.
- Upanishads
- Part of the Hindu sacred texts containing treatises on the nature of ultimate reality and the way to achieve union with the absolute.
- Veda
- The oldest of the Hindu scriptures, consisting of four collections of sacred writings.
- Yoga
- The Hindu parth of union with the divine. Any sort of exercise (physical, mental or spiritual) which promotes one's journey to union with Brahma.