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Chapter 6 Self Quiz - True/False
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The unchanging spirit, or ultimate reality of the world, as put forth by the Upanishads, is called brahmin.
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The only river in India that has spiritual significance is the Ganges.
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Proponents of Hindu nationalism want to maintain India as a secular state.
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There are two classic Hindu social classes, upper and lower.
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Tantric teachings are given openly or universally.
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The
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All Hindus complete all four stages of life in every lifetime.
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The word that means release from the cycle of birth and death is moksha.
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Gandhi originated the doctrine of nonviolence, or
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Sikhism never grew beyond a small number of adherents, making its present numbers smaller than the number of Buddhists.
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The powerful energy that travels up the spine through the chakras is called solar plexus.
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The Upanishads asserted that repeating the sound of OM is key to meditation that leads to moksha.
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Hindus have adopted non-Hindu ideas primarily in their social institutions.
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In the Hindu world today there is a relationship between politics and religion.
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Sikhs rejected the norms of caste society and affirmed social equality.
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One possibility for the reason that cows are considered holy in South Asia is because the cow actually promotes survival for the people.
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The heterodox religions of India, or those that do not accept the authority of the Vedas, include Buddhism and Jainism.
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Hinduism is the second largest of the world religions.
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With many recent court decisions coming down on the side of maintaining India as a secular state, the Hindu-India movement is now all but defunct.
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Religion in South Asia has been the least pluralistic in the world.
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