Starter quiz
- What is a mandir?
- a festival celebrated with lights and fireworks
- a Hindu place of worship ✓
- an offering made during puja
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- What is a murti?
- a festival celebrating family
- a special prayer recited during puja
- a statue or image of a deity used in worship ✓
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- For Hindus, what is the ultimate reality of the universe called?
- Ganesha
- Sita
- Brahman ✓
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- What is the purpose of puja?
- to pray and show devotion to a deity ✓
- to prepare food for a festival
- to celebrate the new year
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- What item is often used during puja?
- a diya (an oil lamp) ✓
- a kite
- a drum
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- Why do Hindus celebrate Diwali?
- to mark the beginning of spring
- to honour the victory of light over darkness and good over evil ✓
- to celebrate the harvest season
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Exit quiz
- What is samsara?
- the eternal soul that never dies
- the cycle of life, death and reincarnation ✓
- freedom from the cycle of reincarnation
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- What is moksha?
- freedom from samsara ✓
- starting a new life
- living a good life and gaining positive karma
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- What is the atman?
- a person's actions and their consequences
- the eternal soul that moves through samsara ✓
- the celebration of good over evil
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- How does karma affect samsara?
- it has no impact on samsara
- it decides the form a soul takes in its next life ✓
- it keeps the atman united with Brahman
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- When reincarnated, a person's true essence ...
- changes a little.
- stays the same. ✓
- changes a lot.
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- Christians and Hindus agree on which of these beliefs?
- that everyone is reincarnated
- that there is life beyond this one ✓
- that people may go to heaven
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Key learning points
- In the cycle of samsara, every living being is reincarnated into a new form after death.
- Every living being's future destiny will depend on karma from their previous life.
- The ultimate goal is to reach moksha, unity with Brahman.
Common misconception
Hindus believe in heaven.
Hindus believe in reincarnation as part of samsara. The ultimate goal for Hindus is moksha, or being released from the cycle of samsara.
Keywords
Samsara - the cycle of life, death and reincarnation
Moksha - achieving freedom from samsara and being one with Brahman
Atman - a living being's soul
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