Sunday, October 7, 2007

Religious Terms: Hinduism

Your blog and presentation needs to discuss the history, beliefs, and practices of your assigned religion. You may wish to consider reporting on some of the terms in this blog post.

The words below were found in E.D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy.

asceticism
avatar
Bhagavad Gita
Brahmins
guru
reincarnation
Upanishads
Vishnu
yoga

Terms that World Literature students studied in the past that were not found in Hirsch's Cultural Literacy:

Caste system
Untouchables
Dharma
ashrama
karma
samsara
moksha
atman
Brahman
Samskaras
Vedas
Shiva

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