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| the dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances and often mystical contemplation and ascetic practice |
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| any of four canonical collections of hymns, prayers, and liturgical formulas that comprise the earliest Hindu sacred writings |
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-the creator god of the Hindu sacred triad
-the god of destruction and regeneration in the Hindu sacred triad
-the preserver god of the Hindu sacred triad |
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| a personal religious teacher and spiritual guide in Hinduism |
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| rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; especially :a rebirth of a soul in a new human body |
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| the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence |
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| the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness |
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-Oct. 19 Diwali (Deepawali) Hinduism/Vedism, Sikhism
Oct 20. Birth of the Bab Baha'i Faith
Nov. 1 Feast of All Saints (All Saints Day) Roman Catholicism & Protestant Christianity |
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