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• Story handout
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• Fact file handout
• Class activities
• Class activities handout
• Quiz
• Quiz handout
Linking to Key Stage 2
Curriculum
• Religious Education
 Mathematics
My Religion
There are many Buddhists
too and a Christian and
Muslim minorities
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• My family,
as most of
the people in Nepal, is
Hindu
• I never
• Hindu
people believe in
dharma, karma and
reincarnation
eat beef- it’s
against my beliefs.
FACTFILE: Religion
•There are many religious beliefs
coexisting in Nepal
•The supreme God is called
Brahman
•The most wide spread religion is
Hinduism
•The cow is a sacred animal for
Hindus and is never eaten
•80% of people are Hindu
•Most of the festivals celebrated in
Nepal are of religious significance
•Almost 11% of the Nepalese are
Buddhists
•4% of the population are Muslim
•There are other beliefs as well,
including Christianity, which is
practiced by less than 0,5% of
population
•Hindus believe in karma, dharma
and reincarnation
•Until 2006 Nepal was officially the
only Hindu state in the world. Nepal’s
Head of State was a Hindu King, but
now it is a secular state.
•It is believed that Buddha was born
in Nepal, in a place called Lumbini.
This town is now a popular
pilgrimage site for Buddhists.
My Religion
Most of the people in Nepal are Hindu,
and so is my family. However, there are
many Buddhists in my country, too.
Muslims and Christians constitute small
minorities.
Being a Hindu means believing that
there is one supreme God called
Brahman, who is present in all things
and gives life to all living things.
In the picture above, you can
see a traditional Hindu temple!
To Hindu people, the cow is a
sacred animal and they never
eat it.
Hindu people always try hard to be
better people. We believe in dharma
(that everyone has their place in the
society), karma (that there is universal
justice) and reincarnation (that the spirit
returns after death but in a different
form).
Religion: Activities
Describe the most important
aspects of Hinduism.
[link with Religious Education 1.1]
What are the similarities and
differences between Hinduism and
Christianity? Can you compare
Hinduism with any other religion?
[link with Religious Education 1.3]
How is every day life for a
Christian different from Hindu life?
[link with Religious Education 3.5]
Can you explain what it means to be
a Hindu? What are the expectations,
responsibilities and customs? How
does Hinduism impact on people’s
lives in Nepal? [link with Religious
Education 1.2]
What are the examples of Christian
pilgrimage places? Try to find out
about pilgrimage places for Hinduism
and
Buddhism? [link with Religious
Education 3.7]
Write a story about what it is like to
be Hindu in Nepal. Think of traditional
celebrations, holidays, food… [link
with Religious Education 3.9, 3.11,
3.12]
Religion: QUIZ
There are three quizzes in this section.
1. Can you remember?
a) What is the main religion of
Nepal?
The population of Nepal is 28,563,377
b) How is the supreme Hindu God
called?
Religions in Nepal
0.9%
c) Which animal is sacred for the
Hindus?
3.6%
4.2%
10.7%
d) What is the second biggest
religion?
Hindu
Buddhist
Muslim
Kirant
Other
e) Where was Buddha born?
f) Looking at the pie chart, what
percentage of the population is
Buddhist and what percentage are
Muslim in Nepal?
80.6%
Religion: QUIZ
2. True or false?
3.Match a word with its definition.
a) The majority of people in
Nepal are Christians.
The ultimate goal of life, union
with God
b) Over 80% of the Nepal
population is Hindu
Karma
Destiny, a belief that God gives
people what they deserve and
c) The three main religious
beliefs are practiced by 99%
of the people.
nothing happens without a
Dharma
reason
A belief that after death of the
d) There are only two religions
practiced in Nepal
e) Hindus believe that after
death the soul comes back in
a different body
body, the soul comes back to life
Reincarnation
in another body
A belief that everyone has their
duty and their own path in life;
Nirvana
natural justice
Religion: QUIZ Answers:
1. Can you remember?
3.Match a word with its definition
a) Hinduism
Karma - Destiny, a belief that God
b) Brahman
gives people what they deserve
c) Cow
and nothing happens without a
d) Buddhism
reason
e) Lumbini
Dharma - A belief that everyone
f) Buddhists: 10,7%; Muslims: 4,2%
has their duty and their own path in
2. True or false?
life; natural justice
a) false- they are Hindu
Reincarnation - A belief that after
b) true
death of the body, the soul comes
c) false- by 95.5%
back to life in another body
d) false
Nirvana - The ultimate goal of life,
e) true
union with God