Universidad Latina de PanamáBranch of David

Oratory IProfessor: Vielka Rosas

By: Amilcar Contreras, Maritza Rodríguez, Ezeida Santamaria and Yack

The Religion Hinduism• Hinduism is the dominant religion, or way of life, in South Asia.

• It includes Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism among numerous other traditions.

• Hinduism, has more than one billion followers.

"Oldest Religion"• Hinduism has been called the "oldest

religion" in the world, and some practitioners refer to it as Sanātana Dharma, "the eternal law" or the "eternal way beyond human origins.

• Western scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion or synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions, with diverse roots and no single founder.

• It prescribes the "eternal" duties, such as honesty, mercy, purity, self-restraint, among others.

Etymology• Originally the word comes from the Hindu Persian language, which was the way the Persians pronounced the name of the Sindhu river (in Spanish, Indus River, which was formerly Hindustan border).

• According to (RAE), the Spanish word comes from the French hindou (/ Hindu /).

Etymology• It is called "Hindu" to the person who practices any of the religions of Hinduism, but also designates who is part of that culture.

Location and chronology

• Hinduism is the majority now only three states in the world: India (birthplace of Hinduism and its holy land), which is 81% of the population, Nepal, with 80%, and the African island of Mauritius with 48 %.

Location and chronology

• There are also a large number of Hindu followers in Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

• In the West, there are Hindus in most of Western Europe, are also remarkable in America.

• There are Hindu minorities in many Latin Americans, most notably in Panama and Trinidad and Tobago countries.

Hindus by regions Hindus are in the majority in:

•Bali :93,1%

Nepal: 81,3%

•India: 80,5%

•Mauricio: 54,0%

Prominent Hindu communities in

• Bangladesh (second religion after Islam).• Bhutan (second religion after Buddhism).

• Fiji (second religion after Christianity).• Guyana (second religion after Christianity).

• Pakistan (second religion after Islam).• Singapore (third religion after the budismo and

islamismo )• Sri Lanka (second religion after Buddhism).• Suriname (second religion after Christianity).

• Trinidad and Tobago (second religion after Christianity)

Panama

Peninsula arabiga

Mexico

Tailandia Sudafrica

Estados Unidos Indonesia

4.Beliefs

 Include:

• Dharma (ethics/duties)

•  Karma (action, intent and consequences)

• Moksha (liberation from samsara or liberation in this life).

karma

The theory is a combination of:

1. Causality that may be ethical or non-ethical.

2. Ethnicization that is good or bad actions have consequences.

3. Rebirth.

Moksha

Is understood in several different ways: As the realization of one's union with God;

As the realization of one's eternal relationship with God;

Realization of the unity of all existence;

Perfect unselfishness and knowledge of the Self;

As the attainment of perfect mental peace.

Context

• The Hinduism is structure by its different religion that are very like and contrary to its forms. Inside the Hinduism there are different religious ideologist.

Inside the Hindus culture exist

Politeismo

6.Practices of rituals

Life-cycle rituals

• a baby's first intake of solid food 

• a child's first introduction to writing and other arts

• sacred thread ceremony.

Mantra

• invocations

• praise

• prayers

Disputes• One of the disputed in Hinduism is the disadvantaged

position of women. As in Islam (the other major religion in India), in Hinduism women are ritually inferior. In the 2011 census of India, 10 found that for every 100 females there were 109 males. One reason behind this phenomenon is that women abort female fetuses. In Hindu families, daughters are undesired, since daughters to marry the father must pay a dowry, and often the dowry leads to the destruction of the family. But this is more a cultural tradition of India Hindu religious sanction, like genital mutilation of women in Africa is not prescribed by Islam or Christianity.