Download Religion 4 Mr. Bennett Hinduism, Unit 2 Study Guide Exam Date

Religion 4
Mr. Bennett
Hinduism, Unit 2 Study Guide
Exam Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
In General:
NOTE: this is not an exhaustive presentation of material that might appear on the exam, but something
to help guide your study (i.e. a study guide).
All course material from the Hinduism Unit (Unit 2) is fair game for the unit exam. Review all class
notes and reading since the beginning of the Unit. You may want to give special attention to the
following items.
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Some Terms & Concepts
o Yoga
o Maya
o Four kinds of yoga:
o Dharma
o The three main gods (trimurti) of
Hinduism: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
o Four stages of life
o Atman vs. atman—define each
o Puja
o Upanishads
o Darsan
o Vedas
o Prasad
o Ramayana
o avatar
o Mahabharata
o Ultimate Reality
o Bhagavad-Gita
o Four Duties of life
o Ganges
o Samsara
o Four castes + untouchables
o Moksha
o Devi
o Brahman—how much can you say
about Brahman? Try to use other
terms & concepts in connection with
the describing the Brahman
o Kali
o Shruti vs. smruti texts—define each
o Attachment
o Saraswati
o Desire
o Reincarnation
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In the Gita, what Hindu terms are translated as: Discipline? Action? Duty? Desire? Devotion?
Liberation? Knowledge? Self?—Be able to recognize these in the text of the Gita.

Be able to identify teachings of Hinduism present in passages from Hindu Scriptures, especially the
Bhagavad-Gita
o Practice by looking at passages and trying to identify and define the main teaching present in that
passage
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What do Hindus believe regarding the Divine and humanity’s relationship with the Divine?