BASIC FIVE

1. Attachment:  Overinvolvement in this world, having desires for things that one does not have and clinging to things one has.

2. Detachment:  Turning away from overinvolvement in the world and towards Brahman/God.

3. Karma:  The principle that governs the unfolding of events, based on the integrity with which a person has lived previous lives and is living his or her current life.

4. Moksha:  Liberation; complete release from the cycle of rebirths.

5. Samsara:  The process of successive rebirths until one reaches moksha.