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By: Natalie Smoot Will Kirven Andy Horne Casey Barfell

Hinduism. By: Natalie Smoot Will Kirven Andy Horne Casey Barfell. Hinduism. Hinduism believes in idol worship, casteism, reincarnation, 'karma', 'dharma' and 'moksha'. Customs. To greet someone you need to bow down with palms together and say Namaste.

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By: Natalie Smoot Will Kirven Andy Horne Casey Barfell

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  1. Hinduism By: Natalie Smoot Will KirvenAndy HorneCasey Barfell

  2. Hinduism • Hinduism believes in idol worship, casteism, reincarnation, 'karma', 'dharma' and 'moksha'.

  3. Customs • To greet someone you need to bow down with palms together and say Namaste. • The coming together of hands means, the joining of two people.

  4. Science • Yoga adds its eight limbs to the Sankhyasystem. These are: right attitudes, right observances, yogic postures, breath-control, control of the senses, attention, meditation, and absorption. • Ayurveda, “Science of Life,” is the science of Indian medicine. Indian medicines builds upon the tripartite Vedic approach to the world. • Hindus would do rituals that represented the way the sky looked. i.e. Third millennium BCE, they represented the stars with pebbles to see the sky.

  5. Scriptures • Religious literatures : primary literature and secondary literature. • Primary literature (Sruti) are of divine origin, whose truths were directly revealed to ancient sages in their deep meditations. • Secondary literature (Smriti) of human origin and were written to explain the Sruti writings.

  6. Reincarnation • In the sixth century BC, the idea of reincarnation had appeared. • Reincarnation is the belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form of death. • Karma was the importance to reincarnation.

  7. Karma • An action that brings back results in the present life, or in the next life. • “What goes around, comes around.” • If you do something good, you will be rewarded, if you do something bad, you will be punished. Whether if you get caught or not.

  8. Liberation • The highest goal in human life, in which everything is accomplished. • Also called, nirvana, kaivalya, mukti, and moksha. • It can only be brought about through self knowledge. • beyond all states of body and mind and not limited by them. • A liberated soul possesses divine qualities such as purity, omnipresence, omnipotence, and is beyond limitations.

  9. Yoga • practices certain disciplines to achieve freedom from the limitations of the flesh and lead to the fulfillment of knowledge. • self-control, religious observance, postures, regulation of the breath, restraint of the senses, steadying of the mind, meditation, and profound contemplation.

  10. Dharma Philosophy • The divine law • Requires all people to their duty • The peoples duties vary from their status in society.

  11. Worship • Involves images of gods and goddesses and prayers and chanting. • Worship can either take place in the home, or in the temple. • It is an individual act, involves making personal offers to deity • Worship involves repeating the names of the gods and goddesses • Water, flowers, and fruit were offered as sacrifices/gifts to the gods. • Hindu worship can be placed into three categoriesNityaNaimittikaKamya

  12. Nitya • There rituals are performed daily • Sometimes performed three times a day • Consists of offerings made at the home shrine • Performing puja to the family deities.

  13. Naimittika • Only occur at certain times of the year • Celebrating of the festivals

  14. Kamya • This type of religion is optional, but desirable. • example: pilgrimage • Pilgrimage allows a devotee to be see and be seen by the deity.

  15. Moksha • liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth and all the suffering and limitation entailed in embodied worldly existence.

  16. Gods and Goddesses • Annapurna- Hindu goddess of food and cookingGanesha-the Lord of all existing beings, elephant-headed godMaya-creates the ignorance of the individual selfBalrama-the protector of desiresGaruda-the king of the birds, and often acts as the messenger between the gods and men. Ram-the complete guide to God-realizationBhuvanesharwi-the Queen of the phenomenal worldHanuman-the monkey deity renowned for his courage, power and faithful, selfless serviceSaraswati-the goddess of knowledge, music and all the creative artsBrahma-the creatorIndra-king of the gods and ruler of the heavensShakti-the divine forceBuddha-the ninth incarnation of VishnuKali-a ferocious form of the Divine MotherShiva-the destroyer of the worldDhanwantari-the physician of the gods

  17. Gods and Goddesses Cont. Kartikay-symbolizes spirtual attitude, is actually the scientist of the gods Sita-married Ram. Dhumavati-the smoky form of Shakti, the eternal widow Krishna-eighth incarnation of Vishnu Vamana-fifth incarnation of Vishnu. Born as a dwarf. Durga-an incarnation of Devi or the Mother Goddess Kurma-second turtoise-incarnation of lord Vishnu Vishnu-the preserver and protector of creation Ganga-came from the Ganges River. “The Life of Ganga” Lakshmi-the goddess of light, beauty, good fortune and wealth Matanqi-the Dark One

  18. MEDIA PROJECTS • Radio Show • Movie

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