Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 I'm taking WORLD RELIGIONS and I need a few definitions for these words and your help gladly appreciated :-) SAMSURA MILK MIRACLE HINDU TRINITY MOKSHA DIWALI VEDAS YOGA CASTE SYSTEM 4 GOALS OF LIFE MAHATMA GANDHI 4 PATHS OF SALVATION 4 STAGES OF LIFE PUJA If any of you know some of these definitions can you please tell me? :-) thank you so much :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yasodanandana Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 SAMSARA = the repeated cycle of birth and death in the material world HINDU TRINITY=, shiva, brahma, vishnu administrating the three guna, or basic features/energies of the material world.. ignorance, passion, goodness.. they are expansion of sri krsna the supreme personality of god MOKSHA=liberation from the sufferings of the material world VEDAS=the "knowledge"... the books with all the material, ritual, religious, spiritual consciousness.. inspired by god YOGA="union" or "reunion" of the creature to the absolute CASTE SYSTEM=perversion of the natural divisions of the activities of the men: sudra=manual workers / vaisha= agriculture, commerce, / ksatrya=soldiers, politicians, police / brahmana=priests, monks, intellectuals. This division is natural in any society, the wrong in "caste system" is the belief that the social class, the caste, is trasmitted by birth and not achieved by merits and skills 4 STAGES OF LIFE=brahmacharya (student), grihasta (married householder), vanaprasta (family man/woman devoted to spirituality), sannyasi (completely renunciated and out of any material desire) PUJA=vedic ceremony of offering of items and prayers to a deity or a saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Mahatma Ghandi: He was a lawyer who fought for social justice in India and led a movement that freed India from British rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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