Ancient India Religion Vocab

The final goal of Buddhism where a person is released from all suffering and desire

Enlightenment is the liberation from the cycle of rebirth

Eight steps that you should be making to live right to eventually achieve Nirvana

The process through which a person goes from one life to the next. A belief that after a person dies he or she is reborn

The religious and moral duties of each person

In Hindu, a Caste a lifelong social group into which one is born 

The effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul.

Class is a hierarchy based on mainly wealth, income, education, and occupation

The main religion in India and one of the world’s oldest religions

People in ancient India that did not belong to the caste system and were isolated from society

An Indian religion based on the teachings of Buddha

Focusing the mind on spiritual things

Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism and known as the Buddha

The oldest and most authoritative Hindu sacred texts, composed in Sanskrit