India Lesson 2 Vocab

a major religion that developed in ancient India

• Hinduism

• dharma

• karma

• Brahmin

the universal spirit worshipped by Hindus

• Hinduism

• Brahmin

• dharma

• karma

the rebirth of the soul

• reincarnation

• karma

• dharma

• Brahmin

a force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives

• dharma

• reincarnation

• Hinduism

• karma

a person’s rank compared to others

• karma

• status

• dharma

• reincarnation

a person’s personal duty, based on the individual’s place in society

• karma

• reincarnation

• dharma

• status

to place all of one’s attention on something

• focus

• meditate

• commit

• estimate

a religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Sikhism

 to focus one’s thoughts to gain a higher level of spiritual awareness

• commit

• focus

• meditate

• nirvana

to carry out or do

• nirvana

• focus

• commit

• estimate