11 RAE Hindu Sacred Texts

Like the Jewish Torah, the Christian Bible and the Muslim Koran, the ________ is the Hindu holy book.

• Torah

• Bible

• Upanishads

• Vedas

The holy Vedas, man’s oldest scripture are a collection of four books: the ________, Sama, Yajur and Atharva.

• Rig

• Upanishads

• Sama

• Vedas

Samhitas are:

• texts addressing meditative visualisation

• hymns of praise to various deities (Gods)

• philosophical texts on the nature of ultimate reality and meditative traditions

• texts describing methods of performing ritual animal sacrifices

Which texts are more valued in Hinduism today?

• Samhitas

• Brahmanas

• Aranyakas

• Upanishads

For thousands of years, the Upanishads were passed ________ from teacher to student.

• in writing

• spiritually

• verbally

• secretly

It was believed that writing the Upanishads down would compromise its __________.

• sacredness

• word count

• strength

• quality

Upanishads emerged from the spiritual experience of the _______ sitting near the __________, learning techniques for achieving religious experience.

• prophet, God

• student, master

• clergyman, priest

• student, tree

What does Karma mean?

• means freedom and is the ultimate goal of human life

• the effects of one’s actions on life

• belief that the everyday world is an illusion (the self and the Universe are not separate)

• a divine spirit that all people share (the inner self)

The holy Vedas are a collection of _______ books.

• 4

• 1000

• 100

• 40

The following is a definition for what?

Supreme, infinite, impersonal reality that is pure being, pure consciousness and pure bliss.

• Atman

• Maya

• Moksha

• Brahman