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Chapter 6 Self Quiz - Fill ins
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Religion in South Asia is the most _______ and least centrally organized in the world.
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A spiritual guide or teacher is called a _______.
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_______ yoga regards the body as a microcosm of the universe, and the bodily energies can be harnessed and focused to achieve a transformative religious experience.
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Around 1500, Guru Nanak founded the last great religious tradition, called _______, to originate in India.
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The language of the Vedic hymns and which is considered sacred is _______.
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The Upanishads introduced the idea of the world, or _______, in which all phenomena are secondary appearances.
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To realize the
atman
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The most important spiritual force in the universe and the natural law affected by and inscribed within the atman is called _______.
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The
Mahabharata
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The puranas attribute to ______ the periodic cosmic upheavals that return the universe to a formless, empty resting state.
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The predominant religious institution of Hinduism is the _______.
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It was Ramakrishna's disciple Vivekananda who envisioned an ecumenical Hinduism as being the savior of the world and therefore became the first great _______ Hindu organizer.
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The founder of Sikhism, Nanak, taught that revelation of the divine Sat Guru within occurs through the effect of divine _______ on one's consciousness.
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All the fine arts of South Asia developed as offerings made to the _______.
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_______ was the most significant leader to guide South Asia to independence.
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Hindu nationalists want to end India's postindependence character as a _______ state.
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A rise of karma _______ is associated with the increasing importance of Indian workers and entrepreneurs in the global marketplace.
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The name the Upanishads gave to the unchanging spirit that underlies reality is _______.
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Water from the _______ is seen as the best source for purifying a ritual space.
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Across Hindu South Asia today, the immanence of _______ is respected and the "gods live next door."
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