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Agendas• Tomorrow– 8/23

– Religions Quiz– Study Guide due

• Tuesday – 8/27– Vocab due

• Thursday – 8/29– Unit 1a Test– Test Study Guide due

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Buddhism Review

True or False• With your partner, decide if it is true or

false. If it’s false – tell me why!

• 1. The god of Buddhism is Buddha. • 2. The Four Noble Truths believe that

life is filled with happiness. To enjoy that happiness, you must get rid of desires.

• 3. Buddha reached enlightenment by sitting under a tree.

• 4. The final stage of peace is called enlightenment.

• 5. Buddha believed in reincarnation. • 6. Buddha believed in the caste

system.

Buddhism• Followers worldwide: 362

Million• Name of Deity: No personal

deity

Founder• Siddhartha Gautama:

Buddha• Born into a noble family

- prophecy• Saw old man, sick man,

dead man, holy man• Only a religious life

offers escape from suffering

• Meditated under tree – achieved “enlightenment”

Holy Book

• No one book – sacred texts

Leadership

• Buddhist monks and nuns

Basic Beliefs• Four Noble Truths –

1. Life is filled with suffering2. Cause of suffering are selfish desires3. To end suffering…end…? Desires4. End desires by following Eightfold Path

Basic Beliefs

• Eightfold Path- right views, right speech, right conduct….etc

Basic Beliefs

• Nirvana – release from selfishness & pain– What does this sound like?

Buddhism Today

• Found primarily in China (but also throughout SE Asia)

• Indian Buddha

• Chinese Buddha

• Does anyone know where Hinduism originated?

• Last time we studied India, what happened to the Indus River Valley? – Tectonic plate movements?– Civilizations declined

Indo-Europeans

• The Indo-Europeans – group of nomadic peoples

• Aryans – group of nomads who entered India

Aryan• Aryans were taller,

lighter in skin color – Spoke a different language

• Left almost no archaeological record,– Sacred literature remained– Vedas

• Collections of prayers, hymns to gods, spells, and ritual instructions– Rig Veda

Hinduism

• Collection of religious beliefs that developed over a long period of time

Followers Worldwide

• 820 Million

Name of Deity• Three main gods:

– Brahma– Vishnu– Shiva

Founder

• No one founder

Holy Book

• No one book – sacred texts:– Vedas– Puranas

Leadership

• Guru• Holy Man• Brahmin Priest

Basic Belief

• From your own experience, what have you noticed about Hinduism?

• Main goal:– Liberate themselves from

desires and suffering

Basic Beliefs

• Reincarnation: The soul never dies, but is continually reborn

Basic Beliefs

• Moksha – Perfect understanding and release from life– Lifetime of worship and virtuous acts

Basic Beliefs

• Karma – Good or bad deeds that follow one from reincarnation

The Caste System

• Brahmins (priests)• Kshatriyas (Rulers and warriors)• Vaishyas (Peasants and traders)• Shudras (laborers)

Hinduism Review

• 1. How were the Aryans connected to Hinduism?• 2. Name the three gods that serve as the main

gods for Hinduism.• 3. Who is the top of the Hindu caste system?• 4. How are moksha and reincarnation related?• 5. The Hindus have more than one holy texts.

Name the one that gives us information about the creators of Hinduism.

How are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?

• Both believe in:

• Reincarnation• Nirvana/moksha• Karma

How is Buddhism different from Hinduism??

• 1. Buddha rejected the many gods of Hinduism

• 2. Did not like the privileges of the Brahmin Priests and rejected the caste system