Warm-up: Tuesday

1. What main countries make up “South Asia”?

2. What religions do you think are found in South Asia?

Warm-up: Wednesday

• Write 3 details about the religion you learned about yesterday

• Mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल Maṇḍala, 'circle') is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe. The basic form of most mandalas is a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Each gate is in the general shape of a T. Mandalas often exhibit radial balance.

Hinduism• Origins: Evolved in India about 1500 BCE

(blending of Indus Valley Civilization beliefs and Aryans)

• Beliefs: By leading a good life, a person can be released from the cycle of reincarnation and achieve union with God

• Adherents: about 800 million

Hinduism

• Caste – group of people born into a certain position in society, as in Hinduism, that restricts the occupation and associations of their members

Dalits, aka “Untouchables”

Hinduism

• Reincarnation – the soul is reborn again and again in different forms

Hinduism• Dharma – importance of doing one’s duty

according to one’s station in life (also means being a good person)

• Karma – positive or negative force caused by a person’s actions

• People who fulfill their dharma earn good karma and may be reborn as persons of higher status

Hinduism• Good karma =

• Bad karma =

Hindus don’t eat

beef…In Hinduism, the cow is revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed.

Hindus do not worship the cow, however, cows do not have especially charmed lives in India.

Death in Hindu society• For most Hindus, cremation is the ideal method for

dealing with the dead, although many groups practice burial instead; infants are buried rather than cremated. At the funeral site, in the presence of the male mourners, the closest relative of the deceased (usually the eldest son) takes charge of the final rite and, if it is cremation, lights the funeral pyre.

Hinduism• Ganges River: Holy for Hindus

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Buddhism• Origins: Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha,

founded Buddhism in northern India in the 5th or 6th century BCE

• Beliefs: By following the Buddha’s teachings, one can achieve

Enlightenment and be freed from

the cycle of reincarnation- 4 Noble Truths- 8 Fold Path

• Adherents: About 376 million

Buddhism

• The story of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha…

• http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=C14062CD-5CFD-4796-9C4C-36FE65D922DF&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US Ho tai – “Laughing

Buddha”

Sikhism• Origins: founded during the late 15th

century in Punjab area in northern India by Guru Nanak (1469-1538)

•Beliefs: Sikhs believe in one God and follow the teachings of 10 gurus (teachers) who lived during the 15th to 17th centuries

•Adherents: about 23 million

The Five “K”s

Each is a symbol of their faith and represent such things as cleanliness, eternity, strength, and goodness.

Jainism

• Origins: founded in the 6th century BCE in India by Mahavira

• Beliefs: Spiritual teachers help followers break free from the cycle of reincarnation

• Adherents: About 4 million

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Warm-up—Copy the definitions:

• Dharma –doing one’s duty according to one’s station in life

• Karma – positive or negative force caused by a person’s actions

• Reincarnation – the soul is reborn again and again in different forms

• Get out your caste worksheet from yesterday

Warm-up: Tuesday

1.India was a former colony of what European country?

2.What happened to India when it gained independence in 1947?

3.What two religious groups were fighting one another in India?

Experiencing India’s Caste System

• Read the handout and complete the notes for your caste only.

The Caste System Today• Practicing untouchability or discriminating a

person based on his caste is legally forbidden.• Along with this law the government allows positive

discrimination of the depressed classes of India. • In general the urban people in India are less strict

about the caste system than the rural. In cities one can see different caste people mingling with each other, while in some rural areas there is still discrimination based on castes and sometimes also on untouchability.