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What are some quick facts about? Hinduism
• It is a religion.• Polytheistic• 80% of people in
India are Hindu.
The Story of Hinduism
• Aryan People migrated to Pakistan and India about 1500 years before Jesus was born.
• Aryans spoke Sanskrit
Aryan People
The Story of Hinduism• Aryans had a religion
that was spread through hymns and chants.
• The books were called the Vedas or Books of Knowledge.
(If the Vedas are the sacred text of Hinduism…)
• What is the sacred text of Christianity?
Bible• What is the sacred text of Islam?Qur’an• What is the sacred text of Judaism?Torah
(Lets review so far…)• What is Hinduism? A religion• Where did Hinduism start?Pakistan and India• Who started Hinduism?The Aryans• What is the sacred Hindu text?The Vedas
Hindu BeliefsReincarnation is the idea that after death a person’s soul is reborn into a different body.
Hindu Beliefs Karma is the idea that a person’s actions
determine what will happen after his or her death.
Moral Life = Wealthy or wise reincarnationImmoral Life = Poor or sick person
Hinduism
1. Hinduism is considered a _____________, but not an ethnic group
2. Hinduism is _____________ which means a belief in more than one god.
3. Hinduism started in ________________, but has spread across the world.
4. The __________ people brought an early version of Hinduism to the Indus River Valley.
5. The Aryans were different from the people of India and Pakistan. They even had their own language called ________________.
6. The sacred text of Hinduism is called the _______________.
religion
polytheistic
India
Aryan
The VedasSanskrit
(Final Review)• What is Karma?… a person’s actions determine what will happen after his or her death.
• What is Reincarnation?…idea that after death a person’s soul is reborn into a different body.
• What do Karma and Reincarnation have in common?
If you live a good life you will be reincarnated as a something good, and vice versa.
Warm Up
• Name two ways that Christianity and Hinduism are both the same and different.
Two ways Hinduism is the same as Christianity.
Two ways Hinduism is different from Christianity
Islam• Not just in the
Middle East.• Believe Allah
sent Muhammad as a prophet.
• Five Pillars• Qur’an is sacred
text.• Pray in Mosques
1. Faith2. Prayer3. Charity4. Fasting5. Hajj
Buddhism• Siddhartha Gautama,
Buddha• 4 Noble Truths and the
Eight-Fold Path• Trying to reach
Nirvana.
Remember the Story Board
Shinto• Means “the way
of the gods”• No sacred
writings, no founder.
• Believes Kami, spirits, are in everything.
• Tori, shrine
Confucianism
• A way of life or philosophy• Developed from the
teachings of Confucius.• His teaching focus on human
morals and making the “right action.”
Confucius Sayings• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig
two graves.• Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.• It does not matter how slowly you go so long as
you do not stop.• Respect yourself and others will respect you.• Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.• Study as if you were never to master it; as if in fear
of losing it.