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Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies A120QS
Christianity: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsChristianity
Christianity: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeChristianity
Christianity: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtChristianity
Christianity: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityChristianity
Islam: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsIslam
Islam: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeIslam
Islam: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtIslam
Islam: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsJudaism
Judaism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeJudaism
Judaism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtJudaism
Judaism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityJudaism
Buddhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsBuddhism
Buddhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtBuddhism
Buddhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityBuddhism
Hinduism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsHinduism
Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeHinduism
Topic overviewBrahman and atman: monism, dualism and the Vedanta schoolsThe Trimurti, cyclical time, Vaishnavism and ShaivismKarma, samsara and the goal of mokshaVarnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramasThe status of the Dalits: Gandhi, Ambedkar and afterAhimsa from Jain roots to Gandhi's satyagraha
Hinduism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtHinduism
Hinduism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentityHinduism
Sikhism: Religious Figures and Sacred TextsSikhism
Topic overviewGuru Nanak's background and the influences on his teachingGuru Nanak's revelation, teachings and the community at KartarpurGuru Gobind Singh and the founding of the KhalsaThe Guru Granth Sahib as living GuruThe Mul Mantar and the Japji SahibGuru Arjan and the empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sikhism: Religious Concepts and Religious LifeSikhism
Sikhism: Social and Historical Developments in Religious ThoughtSikhism
Topic overviewKhalistan, persecution and the politics of the PunjabEquality of men and women in SikhismSikh attitudes to other faiths and interfaith dialogueSikhism, science and secularisationOrigins and development of the Sikh community in BritainMiri and piri, the kirpan and defending the oppressed
Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious IdentitySikhism
Arguments for the Existence of God: Inductive
Arguments for the Existence of God: Deductive
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind
Religious Experience
Topic overviewVisions and religious conversionMysticism, Teresa of Avila and the stages of prayerWilliam James's four marks and Otto's numinousChallenges to the authenticity of religious experienceThe value of religious experience for the individual and the communityDefining miracles and the Hume–Swinburne debate
Religious Language
Ethical Thought
Deontological Ethics
Topic overviewAquinas's four levels of law and the primary preceptsVirtues, goods and the moral act in AquinasNatural law applied: abortion and voluntary euthanasiaFinnis, the basic goods and practical reasonablenessHoose and the proportionalist debateFinnis and proportionalism applied: immigration and capital punishment
Teleological Ethics
Topic overviewFletcher's rejection of legalism and antinomianismThe working principles and the six propositionsSituation ethics applied: homosexual and polyamorous relationshipsBentham, utility and the hedonic calculusMill: higher pleasures, the harm principle and rulesUtilitarianism applied: animal experimentation and nuclear deterrence
Determinism
Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life
- 6 subtopics
- 18 things to know
- Component 1
- Hinduism, one religion of six studied in Component 1
What Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life covers
Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life is examined in Component 1: A Study of Religion — one religion is chosen from six, so this topic is examined only if your centre teaches Hinduism. It covers Brahman and atman: monism, dualism and the Vedanta schools, the Trimurti, cyclical time, Vaishnavism and Shaivism, karma, samsara and the goal of moksha, Varnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramas, the status of the Dalits: Gandhi, Ambedkar and after and Ahimsa from Jain roots to Gandhi's satyagraha.
Where it is assessed
Component 1
A Study of Religion, if Hinduism is the religion your centre teaches.
Check the Eduqas specification ↗The 6 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Brahman and atman: monism, dualism and the Vedanta schoolsBrahman in Hindu thought, terms sat, chit and ānanda and rāmānuja's Viśiṣṭādvaita.Open →
- The Trimurti, cyclical time, Vaishnavism and ShaivismSaguṇa Brahman, four yugas and key features of Vaiṣṇavism.Open →
- Karma, samsara and the goal of mokshaWord karma, ṛta and state its relation to dharma and sañcita karma.Open →
- Varnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramasCompound varṇāśramadharma, duty of the brāhmaṇa varṇa and duty of the kṣatriya varṇa.Open →
- The status of the Dalits: Gandhi, Ambedkar and afterOfficial Indian term for these communities and bahujan Samaj Party.Open →
- Ahimsa from Jain roots to Gandhi's satyagrahaNon-violence traced from the Upaniṣads and the Jain tradition through Patañjali to a twentieth-century political method.Open →
What you need to know
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What is the Trimūrti, what is saguṇa Brahman, and which function belongs to Brahmā?
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What does karma mean, what is saṃsāra, and what is the vedic name for cosmic order?
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What do Ṛg Veda 10:90:11-12 say about the four varṇas?
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Who are the Dalits?
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What does ahiṃsā mean?
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What is Brahman in Hindu thought?
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What is the Trimūrti?
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What does the word karma mean?
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What does the compound varṇāśramadharma mean?
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What is the official Indian term for Dalit communities?
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How radical is the Jain understanding of ahiṃsā?
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What is ātman?
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What is saguṇa Brahman?
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What is saṃsāra?
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What does the Puruṣa Sūkta describe?
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Why were Dalits placed outside the varṇa system?
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Why do Jains hold that all living beings deserve respect?
Take Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life further
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Nirguṇa Brahman vs Saguṇa Brahman
Nirguṇa Brahman: the absolute without any quality, form or name. Saguṇa Brahman: The absolute conceived with form, name and personality.
Prārabdha karma vs Kriyamāṇa karma
Prārabdha karma: action already ripening in this life, which cannot now be changed. Kriyamāṇa karma: Action being performed now, which remains in the person's hands.
Mokṣa vs A heavenly rebirth
Mokṣa: permanent release from the round of birth and death. A heavenly rebirth: A temporary reward that ends once the merit earning it is spent.
Questions from this topic
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What is Brahman in Hindu thought?
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Brahman is the one ultimate reality underlying and pervading all that exists. The Upaniṣads present Brahman as the ground of the whole universe.
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What is ātman?
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Ātman is the innermost self, the unchanging conscious core of a living being. Body, mind and personality are not the ātman.
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Explain the terms sat, chit and ānanda.
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Sat means being, chit means consciousness and ānanda means bliss. Advaita uses the three together to point to Brahman without limiting it.
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Why is Brahman called macrocosmic and ātman microcosmic?
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Brahman is the universal spirit present throughout the whole cosmos. Ātman is that same reality found within a single person.
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Distinguish jīva-ātman from paramātman.
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Jīva-ātman is the individual soul bound to a particular body and its karma. Paramātman is the supreme self, God dwelling within and beyond all souls.
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What does monism claim about God and the soul?
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Monism claims that God and the soul are finally one reality rather than two. Apparent difference is traced to ignorance rather than to fact.
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- What does Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life cover in Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies?
- 6 subtopics: brahman and atman: monism, dualism and the vedanta schools, the trimurti, cyclical time, vaishnavism and shaivism, karma, samsara and the goal of moksha, varnashramadharma: the four varnas and four ashramas, the status of the dalits: gandhi, ambedkar and after and ahimsa from jain roots to gandhi's satyagraha. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Hinduism: Religious Concepts and Religious Life organised?
- By the Eduqas A120QS specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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