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Hinduism Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved. Lets Take a Hindu Start • Rise early and bathe in the Ganges River –Cleansing body and soul Lets Take a Hindu Start • Burn incense and offer prayer Lets Take a Hindu Start • Yoga – breathing exercises Background • No real founder • No formal church • Almost considered a way of life Aryan Invaders • Aryans and nonAryans followed their own forms of religion • This resulted in the blending of different forms of the religion Polytheistic? Monotheistic? • One god or world soul = Brahman –He has three personalities 1.Brahma – the creator •Vishnu – The Preserver • Shiva – The Destroyer Vedas • Collection of sacred writings –Hindu teachers try to interpret and explain the meaning of the Vedic hymns The Upanishads • Teachers’ asked questions as they meditated –Later the teachers’ comments were written down in the Upanishads Moksha • State of perfect understanding of all things and release from life in this world Reincarnation • Means ‘Rebirth’ • An individual spirit (ATMAN) is born again and again until Moksha is achieved Karma • Means good or bad deeds • Your Karma determines your state of reincarnation Caste System Brahmins - Priests Kshatriyas - Warriors Vaisyas - Merchants Sudras - Untouchables Pictures Cited • • • • • • • • Slide 1 – http://www.unitedindia.com/INDEX_files/Hindu_Om_Aum.jpg Slide 2 – http://www.cardsunlimited.com/largeimage/SaddhuatGanges.jpg Slide 3 – http://www.shantishop.com Slide 4 – http://www.harunyahya.com/images_books/images_buddhism/budizm36.jpg, http://blog.insideoutmag.com/outabout/Incense%20at%20Hindu%20temple.png Slide 5 – http://www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/health/images/yoga-1.jpg, http://gymnasticscoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/yoga.jpg Slide 6 – www.theholidayspot.com Slide 7 – http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM107Lab/Syllabus/blender.jpg Slide 8 – http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/4d/250px-Trimurti.jpg Slide 9 – http://www.hknet.org.nz/brahma.jpg • Slide 10 – www.umysl.pl/astrolog/iko_bogowie/vishnu.jpg • Slide 11 – http://www.monochrom.at/polytheism/pictures/TanzenderShiva.jpg • Slide 12 – http://blog.shunya.net/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/23/vedas_2.jpg • Slide 13 – http://lunaydragon.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/vedas2.jpg • Slide 14 – http://www.siliconindia.com/books/newbooks/Pics/Upanishads_BIG.jpe • Slide 15 – http://cci.wl.dvgu.ru/news/images/bigfoto/moksha.jpg • Slide 16 – www.hknet.org.nz/changing-bodies2.jpg • Slide 17 – http://www.spiritandsky.com/images/reincarnation2.jpg • • Slide 18 – www.smart-kit.com Slide 19– made •