Hinduism p 73-74

HINDUISM BELIEFS ARE:

LIST PARTS OF THE "WORLD SOUL":
Plants, animals, gods, man
THREE MOST IMPORTANT GODS ARE:
1.Brahma
2.Shiva
3.Vishnu

HINDU GOAL IN LIFE:
1. Reunion with the World Soul by salvation


SIX STEPS IN THE "Cycle of Life"
1. one is born from the world soul in a body
2. then one returns to the world soul
3.rarely happens in one life time
4.rebirth into new body, animal or human called reincarnation
5.in each, strive for release from the cycle of reincarnation
6.After release, re-absorption into the world soul

HINDUISM VS CHRISTIANITY (5 for Hinduism; 5 for Christianity)

Hinduism:


Christianity:

CASTES: DIVISIONS OF HINDU SOCIETY
1. What do Hindus believe about the Caste System?
The higher in the system, the closer to the world soul

2. What are the 4 main varnas (groups of castes)?
preist, ruler or warrior, merchant and trader, servant
WHAT ARE THE "UNTOUCHABLES OR OUTCASTS"?
non-hindus, anyone who works with dead flesh, or anyone expelled form their caste.

LIST 5 CASTE RULES THAT GOVERN ITS MEMBERS WHICH DETERMINE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN LIFE

1.what one eats
2.where one lives
3.what one wears
4.whom one marries
5.what one's job is

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HINDU DO MORE OR LESS THAN HIS CASTE DEMANDS?
is unlikely to be reborn on a higher caste

IN RECENT YEARS, WHAT HAVE INDIAN GOVERNMENTS TRIED TO DO?
change the caste system

SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

WHY DID GUATAMA REJECT HINDUISM?
the idea that only the person in the highest caste could be absorbed into the world soul

WHEN DID GUATAMA'S JOURNEY END?
when he ended up founding his own religion

GIVE 6 FACTS ABOUT WHO GAUTAMA WAS.
1.Son of a ruler, in a high caste
2.had great wealth and loving family, but felt unsatisfied
3.saw unhappiness and death out side the window
4.left at 29 to find peace for himself and those who suffered
5.tried living as a hermit, did not work
6.while meditating under a tree, Gautama was enlightened.

WHAT NEW NAME DID GAUTAMA NOW GO BY, AND WHAT DID IT MEAN?
Buddha; Enlightened One


LIST THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS THAT DESCRIBED BUDDHA'S NEW VIEW OF LIFE?
1.All life is suffering
2.Man's desire for power and possessions causes this
3.to stop suffering, man must remove all desires
4. by doing good works, man can overcome these desires

LIST BUDDHA'S EIGHTFOLD PATH
1.Right understanding
2.Right thought
3.Right speech
4.Right action
5.Right livelihood
6.Right effort
7.Right awareness
8.Right meditation

ISLAM

WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF ISLAM, AND WHERE & WHEN WAS HE BORN?
Muhammad; 570 A.D



WHAT DID THIS FOUNDER CLAIM? DESCRIBE HIS VISION.
Claimed an angel told him through visions that he was Allah's messenger




WHAT DID "ALLAH" TELL HIM TO WORSHIP?
Allah, and only Allah



WHERE WAS THIS FOUNDER'S HEADQUARTERS?
Mecca



WHERE DID PEOPLE GO EVERY YEAR, WHO DID THEY SEE?
Once in every Muslim's life, he must make a pilgrimage to Mecca, and visit the Kaaba, a sacred shrine.




SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKED THIS ANNUAL EVENT THAT THIS FOUNDER SENT WHAT OUT TO DO WHAT?
Armies to turn all people to Islam


WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ISLAM CUSTOMS?
5 times a day, a Muslim faces Mecca, removes his shoes, kneels on a prayer rug, and prays.




WHAT WAS THE NAME FOR THE ISLAM SACRED BOOK?
the Koran



LIST THE 5 PILLARS
1.Belief
2.Prayer
3.Alms giving
4.Fasting
5.Pilgrimage

HOMEWORK

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