Hinduism-Buddhism Test Notes (TBC)

Dharma

• Person's duty.
  

Karma

• Every action has a consequence. 
• Good Karma resulted in a raise in the caste system.
• Bad Karama resulted in a step down in the caste system.
  

Samsara

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Moksha

• Breaking out of the caste system.
• Done by fulfilling Dharma as a Brahmins
  

Caste System:

• Brahmins (Priests)
• Kasatrayas (Warriors/Landowners)
• Vaisyas (Merchants)
• Sudras (Farmers)
• Hrijan (Untouchables)

Darsan
Hindu Trinity

• The Dota
• Brahma 
• Creator
  
• Vishnu
• Preserver
  
• Shiva
• Destroyer
  

Mahabarata & Bhagavad Gita
Ramayana

Shiva & Parvati

• Shiva was the Destroyer.
• Parvati was Shiva's consort (lover)
• The parent Ganesh.
  

Ganesh

• Lord of all existing beings.
• Elephant - Headed God
  

Kali

• Goddess of time and death.
  

Ram & Sita

• Ram was an incarnation of Vishnu.
• Sita was a incarnation of Lakshmi.
• They were King and Queen of the Ayodhya.
  

Hanuman

• Monkey deity.
• Renowned for his courage, power, faith, and selflessness.
  

Lakshmi

• Vishnu's wife (consort.)
• Every time Vishnu was incarnated Lakshmi was as well and served as the incarnation's consort. IE. Ram to Sita.
  

Prince Siddhartha

• Grew up a Brahmin inside the castle walls.
• Ventures out of the castle upon his own wishes. His father organizes the outside to represent the inside, but Siddhartha finds out about pain and death and suffering any how. 
• He wishes to find an answer to the suffering. His goal is to break out of the cycle of life and death.
• He studies with the (WHAT ARE THEY CALLED) but realises the way to enlightenment is through the middle way.
  

Nirvana

• The Buddhist version of Moksha.
  

The Middle Path

• Siddhartha discovers that the way to Nirvana isn't through suffering or pleasure. It is through a healthy medium between two extremes.
  

The Buddha
4 Noble Truths
Mahayana or Greater Vehicle Buddhism