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Do Now. Who are the Aryans? Pg 37. Where are the Religions?. Ancient India. Caste System. No mobility until death ( reincarnation ) Karma determined how you would be reborn. Hinduism. Symbol - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Do Now
• Who are the Aryans? Pg 37
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Where are the Religions?
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Ancient India
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Caste System• No mobility until
death (reincarnation)
• Karma determined how you would be reborn
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Hinduism
• Symbol• Hindus begin their day or any work
or a journey by uttering Om. Om represents “Brahman”. Their god takes many different forms.
• Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948) is NOT a Hindu god, but is a famous Hindu. His use of non-violent resistance led to India’s independence from Britain (1942) and inspired Martin Luther King to use the same technique in American Civil Rights movement.
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Location Where Began
• Cannot be traced to any one individual. The earliest of the Hindu scriptures – The Vedas – was composed by the Aryan priests The term "Hindu" was introduced by foreigners who referred to people living across the River Indus or Sindhu, in the north of India.
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Where are the Religions?
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Structure
Monotheistic There are thousands of various forms of a single Supreme Being= Brahman.
Religious Figure• The most fundamental of
Hindu deities is the Trinity.• Hindus also worship spirits,
trees, animals and even planets.
• Cows are a sacred animal, they represent all living creatures. Many Hindus are vegetarians!
Brahma :creator
Vishnu: The Preserver
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The Trinity
Brahma :creator
Vishnu: The Preserver
Shiva: The Destroyer
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All these deities areforms of the
Brahman
All these deities areforms of the
Brahman
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Ganesh: remover of obstacles
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Holy Book
• The basic scriptures of Hinduism, are the Vedas (sometimes called the Rig Veda).
• Two types of sacred writings comprise the Hindu scriptures: "Shruti" (heard) and "Smriti" (memorized). They were passed on from generation to generation orally for centuries before they were written down mostly in the Sanskrit language.
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Do NowComplete the paragraph assignment for your caste…
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The Caste System
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Beliefs
• Reincarnation – individual soul is reborn in a different form after death
• Samsara – Repeating cycle of life and death• Karma – right action in life – determines rebirth• The goal is to achieve oneness with god, Brahman – a
union.• atman – the individual self – is the Brahman that is part
of everyone. This is what is united with Brahman through strict practice
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Samsara =(rebirth) Reincarnation
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Moksha =(liberation from the cycle of Samsara/Reincarnation)