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Ahamkara
Ego
Ahimsa
Non-violence
Ananda
Bliss
Brahma
The Creator among the Hindu trinity
Brahman
The Absolute Reality
Bhakti
Devotion; Love of God
Devi
"Goddess"; generally refers to the Mother Goddess
Dharma
What the universe expects from us; righteousness
Diwali
The Hindu festival of lights; occurs in the Fall
Durga
The Mother Goddess
Ganesha
The son of Parvati and Shiva; form of the Divine with an elephant-face
Hanuman
Rama’s supreme devotee in the Ramayana; adored as a partial incarnation of Shiva
Holi
The Hindu festival of colors; occurs in the Spring
Gita
Refers to the Bhagavad Gita, the “song of Krishna”; the most respectable scripture of contemporary Hinduism
Jnana
Spiritual Knowledge
Jnana Yoga
The path of Knowledge; self-realization through spiritual knowledge
Karma
Any action, including our thought processes or intentions
Karma Yoga
The path of selfless action; for more information, visit this page.
Krishna
Eighth incarnation of Vishnu; worshipped as the Divine by many Hindus
Lakshmi
Spouse of Vishnu; revered as the Supreme Shakti by Vaishnavas
Moksha
Liberation from the World
Omkar (Om)
The sound of the Divine in Hinduism
Parvati
Spouse of Lord Shiva; form of the Mother Goddess
Prakriti
Nature
Rama
Seventh incarnation of Vishnu; worshipped as the Divine by many Hindus
Ramanama
The name of Rama; often repeatedly chanted as a mantra
Saraswati
Form of the Mother Goddess who bestows Learning, Arts, and Enlightenment
Shakti
God revered as the Primordial Energy
Shiva
God as the Liberator; worshipped as the Impersonal Supreme Soul or the benevolent Personal God
Shaiva
Devotee of Shiva
Vishnu
God as the Protector and Preserver, who has ten major incarnations on Earth; worshipped as the Supreme Person by many Hindu schools
Vaishnava
Devotee of Vishnu, Rama, or Krishna
Ved Vyas
The author of the eighteen Puranas and the Mahabharata
