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Hinduism and Buddhism Guided Notes
1. Hinduism Background Information
a. Hinduism is a ___________________________religion that started in India.
b. Sacred Texts: ___________________, Ramayana, Bhagavad-Gita
c. There is no ________________founder of the religion
i. Hindu beliefs are a combination of the beliefs of the early
______________Valley people and the Aryans.
2. Hindu Gods
a. Polytheistic: Hindus believe in _______________ gods; gods can be in many forms
including animals and humans
i. Brahma-the ________________
ii. Vishnu- the ________________________
iii. Shiva- the __________________________
3. Many Beliefs of Hinduism
a. Reincarnation: after ________________ souls are reborn into another form
i. Reincarnation is determined by __________________ and dharma
b. Ahimsa: moral principle of ____________________________
i. Hindus believe that all things are aspects of brahman, therefore they should be
____________________
c. Karma: all actions of a person’s life that affects his or her ___________in the next life
i. People who earn good __________________are reborn at a higher level of
existence
d. Dharma: the religious and _____________________duties of an individual
i. Duties very according to class, occupation, gender or age
1. Obeying one’s dharma, a person acquires ________________for the
next life
a. Karma=actions, dharma =duties
ii. If you obey your dharma and have good ______________ you will be
reincarnated to achieve moksha.
4. How does the caste system influence Hindu beliefs?
a. Caste System=_________________classes into which you are born and cannot change
i. After death Hindus hope to be reincarnated into a ________________caste
ii. Each caste has its own _______________
5. Sacred Animals/Rivers
a. ______________, elephants and other animals are viewed as sacred
i. The _________________river is the most sacred river to Hindus
6. Buddhism-Background Information
a. Buddhism stared in ________________by the “Buddha” or Siddhartha Gautama.
b. Founder: Siddhartha Gautama= and Indian ________________who sought to eliminate
suffering and devoted his life to achieving nirvana.
7. Main Beliefs of Buddhism
a. Karma, Dharma, Reincarnation
i. Buddhists believe in NO______________
1. The Buddha was not normally viewed as a god
b. Eightfold Path/ Middle Way
i. The _______________way, ,making the right decisions, actions, effort, etc
c. Four Noble Truths
i. Life is full of ___________________
ii. Suffering is caused by _______________________
iii. Eliminate suffering by eliminating ____________________________
iv. Eliminate desire by following the ______________________Path/ Middle Way
d. Buddhists do not believe in the __________________System
i. Buddhists believe anyone, at any time can achieve __________________
e. Nirvana=the goal of every Buddhist, ____________________enlightenment
f. Ahimsa=______________________________