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| Noninjury, nonviolence, noncoercion; a reverence for all life. |
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| A nomadic group that migrated into India in 1800-1500 BC, conqured the Dravidians, and began the caste system. |
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| The eternal self or soul, identical to Brahman; the self or inner essence of the universe and of man. |
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| The incarnations of vishnu. Matsya(fish), Kurma(tortoise)Varaha(boar)Narasimha(man-lion)Vamana(dwarf)Parasurama(Rama with ax). |
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| "Song Celestial"; a scripyutal text from the Mahabharata concerning Krishna, who, as an avatar of god Vishnu, teaches the ways of salvation, through devotion. Most influential scriptures. |
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| The creator god who is one of the Hindu Trimurti.He has completed his work and being thus withdrawn from active invlovment in the created order. |
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| The absolute; the ultimate ground underlying everything; the reality that is the source of all being and all knowing. |
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| The priests, highest of the social castes. |
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| Vehicle of Vishnu, mythical sunbird |
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| Praise to Krishna. The popular name of Iskcon(defined below) and its adherents.They practice veggie eating and live in ashrams adjacent to Krishna temples. Resight of the Maha-Mantra.Founded in the US in 1966 by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Dress in indian clothes and dots on forheads. Most popular denominations. |
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| "Childen of God"; the out-castes of India, who were given the name by Gandhi, untouchables. |
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| A movement centered in devotion to Krishna who is regarded as the supreme lord and is worshiped through service study meditation and chanting.Teaches the spirit is eternal. |
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| Last avatar; messianic figure who will come to restore the dharma and destroy the wicked at the end of te fourth period. |
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| The moral law of cause and effect by which one reaps what one sows. |
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| Eight avatar; Vishnu come to earth in goodness to reestablish dharma or law. Lives in the hearts of others. |
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| the second caste of social structure, warrior. |
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| The father of humanity, ADAM, Noah. |
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| The illusion that there is a reality apart from the one reality of Brahman-Atman. |
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| Fourth permissible goal of life. |
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| The oneness with Brahman-Atman which extinguishes any sense of individuality, and attained when one is released from reincarnation. |
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| First religious text and one of the four Vedas. |
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| The oneness experience you have with Brahman-Atman that brings enlightenment which releases you from rebirths. |
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| Power or energy; the female, wife of Shiva. |
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| The Indian prince who FOUNDED Buddhism; considered by Hindus as the ninth avartar of Vishnu. |
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| Ancient mystical documents. |
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| Third hindu caste, merchant |
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| hymns, charms, and formulas in worship. |
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| Preserver. Expression Brahman-Atman, worshiped through Krishna and Rama. |
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| Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha |
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| Shiva, Brahma,and Vishnu, who form a trinity of gods known as the Trimuti, a threefold manifestation of the ultimate reality called Brahman-Atman. |
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