Honors Exam 2 Terms

Telos

Intentional ending point

Cosmogony

account of the origin of the universe

aetiology

when a character is transformed into parts of the natural world to serve as an explaination for existence of that thing

moksha

liberation for samsara

samsara

the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

śruti

authorless

kshatriya

warrior caste

dharma

duty/right action by family and caste

svadharma

caste duty

Brhaman

the highest reality binding unity behind all divresity

ātman

the self/soul

karman

attached yoga

karma-yoga

the yoga of action, in alignment with your dharma (unattached to the outcome)

Prakrti

nature; forces of nature

gunas

3 conditions of nature; sattva, rajas, and tamas (phycological drive)

Sattva

one of the gunas, source of consciousness, lightness, joy and pleasure

rajas

one of the gunas; source of activity, pain, dynamism, passion and instability

tamas

one of the gunas; source of resistance, inertia, heaviness, indifference, and delusion

Sanyasi

practitioner of Jñana-yoga; renunciate, focused on study, and ascetic

yogi/yogan

practitioner of karma-yoga; non-renunciate, breath control, non-ascitic

maya

the veil of illusion

Bhakti-yoga

the yoga of devotion

Jñana-yoga

yoga of wisdom

yoga

discipline/action with equanimity, calmness and composure

karma

choices/ action in past and present life that affect you in your future lives

atarxia

serenity/peace of mind

sunkatathesis

assent: the way in which sensory impression is experienced

katalepsis

understanding/grasping

Eudaimonia

happiness

akrasia

weakness of will