Download - A Jeopardy Game on Hindu Saints
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Shiridi Sai Baba
Saint Kabir
Goswami Tulsidas
Who is a
Saint?
Swami Vivekananda
In Sai Baba, what does “sai” mean?
“Sai” means saint.
There are two saints with the same name: Sai Baba. There is Shiridi Sai Baba and Sri Satya
Sai Baba. From the picture, which Sai Baba is this?
Sai Baba of Shiridi. He embraced both Hindu and Muslim religions
and tried to teach using words froom both religions.
Sai soon began to attract followers who addressed him by the name Baba , which means.
Baba means father
What did Sai Baba encourage the most?
Charity
Why is he called Sai Baba of Shirdi?
• ANSWER: No one knows his origin, but at the age of 16 he arrived at the city of Shirdi in Maharashtra.
Kabir’s greatest work was the Bijak, what does this word mean?
Answer: It means seed.
Kabir is looked up and adored as the Satguru. What does this mean?
Satguru means the true teacher.
Looking at the grinding stones, Kabir laments
In the duel of wheels, nothing stays intact.
Look at the text, what is it,a story a epic…..This is what Kabir is famous
for
It is a poem. Kabir ranks among the world's greatest poets. In India, he is
perhaps the most quoted author.
Kabir’s life was centered on Kashi which is also known as….?
As……the Banaras. The most important person from the city
of Banaras today is Saint Kabir.
Kabir contributed a lot to the Bhakti Movement What does
Bhakti mean?
Bhakti means devotion in Sanskrit.
Tulsidas is regarded as an incarnation of the famous author
of Ramyama, who is?
Valmiki, the author of Ramyana.
Tulsidas was born in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Is this in North or
South India?
North India
Tulsidas studied in a city, 30 miles west of Ayodhya. Ayodhya
is the setting of what book?
The famous book of Ramyana.
His name, Tulsidas, is related with what.
His name is relates with a tulsi plant because he spent a lot of
time with Tulsi plants.
• Tulsidas's greatest poem is called Tulsi-krita Ramayana, but entitled by its author Ramacharitamanasa.
A clue: Charita means lake
Ramacharitamanasameans "the Lake of Rama's
Deeds.”
What does “saint” mean?
It means holy person.
Name 3 famous saints.
Swami Vivekananda, Shirdi Sai Baba, Adi Shankaraya.
(answers may vary)
Name 3 of the 5 names that also mean saint?
Mahatma, Paramahamsa, Swami, Sri, Satya
Sometime the word, “sant” is used for saint. This word comes from the samskrit word “sat”.
What does this mean?
This means truth or reality. For example
Satya Sai Baba.
Do saints only exist in Hinduism or are there saints in other
religions?
Saints exist in almost all religion groups around the world.
What is special about Jan 12, 1863?
This was the day of Swami Vivekananda’s birth.
What was Swami Vivekananda’s original name? Clue: It is written in Hindi below.
His original name is Narendranath Dutta.
Swami Vivekananda’s made a trip to what country, making
India famous.
Swami Vivekananda came to America to deliver a historic
address ("Sisters and Brothers of America") at the Art Institute of
Chicago on Sept. 11, 1893.
Swami Vivekananda’s teacher was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
What does Paramahamsa mean?
It is another word that means saint.
What is the famous quote that Swami Vivekananda spoke in the
World Parliament of Religions held at Chicago?
It is still remembered today.
“Sisters and Brothers of America”