3. Research and explain these gods or goddesses: Durga, Kali, Sarasvati, Ganeshe. Goddess Durga is the protector, who defeats demons who threaten the Dharma. (Fisher, 2003). She is depicted as a beautiful, multi-armed woman riding a lion, brandishing weapons to use to defend good. The reason he produces so many weapons is to demonstrate that one weapon cannot kill multiple types of enemies. (Goddess Durga). Since Durga is the protector of good, she is invoked by the seeker to destroy all his desires and reveal his supreme Self (Morris, 2014). The goddess Kali is compassionate and loving, yet fierce and terrifying. Kali is the destroyer of evil. She is depicted as a blue woman, dripping with blood, carrying a severed head, arms and a necklace of skulls (Fisher, 2003). Kali instills the fear of death in the wicked and removes ignorance, causing a transformation as she destroys evil. His transformation is often mistaken for destruction. A legend of Kali describes her as transforming the world, riding evil, but getting carried away and destroying everything she sees. Lord Shiva stood in her path, preventing her from destroying the world. This act surprised her, causing her to stick out her tongue, which is how she is often portrayed (Das, The Dark Mother, n.d.). Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, art and speech (Fisher, 2003). It is associated with water and the flow of knowledge. She is depicted with four arms, dressed in white, playing and playing an instrument. His four hands represent four aspects of the human personality in learning: mind, intellect, alertness, and ego (Das, Goddess of Knowledge, n.d.). Saraswati's instrument, the veena, symbolizes that the seeker must attune his mind and intellect... in the middle of the card... yet to come, is Kalki (Morris, 2014). In Hinduism, an avatar is the incarnation (corporeal manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or the Ultimate Supreme Being. It derives from the Sanskrit word "avatara" meaning "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into the mortal realms for special purposes. The term is used primarily in Hinduism, for the incarnations of Vishnu the Preserver, whom many Hindus worship as God (http://www.crystalinks.com/avatars.html). The Avatar appears in a time of great need, to create and maintain balance. Therefore, without the avatar the world would most likely end.8. What is Karma? What is reincarnation? Reincarnation is one of the ideas or answers to the question, “What happens to people/spirits after death?” Rishis believe that the soul actually leaves the body once you die and enters a new one.