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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
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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
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Slide 10 – www.umysl.pl/astrolog/iko_bogowie/vishnu.jpg
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Slide 11 – http://www.monochrom.at/polytheism/pictures/TanzenderShiva.jpg
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Slide 12 – http://blog.shunya.net/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/23/vedas_2.jpg
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Slide 13 – http://lunaydragon.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/vedas2.jpg
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Slide 14 – http://www.siliconindia.com/books/newbooks/Pics/Upanishads_BIG.jpe
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Slide 15 – http://cci.wl.dvgu.ru/news/images/bigfoto/moksha.jpg
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Slide 16 – www.hknet.org.nz/changing-bodies2.jpg
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Slide 17 – http://www.spiritandsky.com/images/reincarnation2.jpg
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Slide 18 – www.smart-kit.com
Slide 19– made
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