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Hinduism

Hinduism. By Todd Christensen. History. Early Harappan period (5500-2600 BC) Modern Hinduism grew out of the Vedas date back to 1700-1100 BC. Trimurti. Brahma – Creation - father of Manu, great grandsire of all human beings Vishnu – preserver of the universe and never sleeps

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Hinduism

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  1. Hinduism By Todd Christensen

  2. History • Early Harappan period (5500-2600 BC) • Modern Hinduism grew out of the Vedas • date back to 1700-1100 BC

  3. Trimurti • Brahma – Creation • - father of Manu, great grandsire of all human beings • Vishnu – preserver of the universe and never sleeps • Shiva – Destroyer • - followers are Shaivites or Shaivas

  4. Devis and Devas • Saraswati –knowledge, music, and the arts • - mother of the Vedas • Lakshmi – wealth, prosperity, light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity, and courage • Parvati – power • Shakti – Shakti is the divine force, manifesting to destroy demonic forces and restore balance. • Durga – Durga is an incarnation of Devi or the Mother Goddess, a unified symbol of all divine forces. • Kali – ferocious for of the Divine Mother, who sent her Shakti, the Mother Gauri, to free the god from the dominion of the demonic forces Shumbh and Nishumbh, who had conquered the 3 worlds of earth, the astral plane and the celestial plane

  5. Devis and Devas • Ganesha – brings spirituality • - has an elephant head and wrote the great epic Mahabaratha • Kartikay – symbol of rationality and science • - brother of Ganesha • Annapurna– food and cooking, empowered with the ability to supply food to an unlimited amount of people • - incarnation of Parvati • Ganga – incarnated as the Ganges river, live is depicted in epic “The life of Ganga” • Hanuman – Symbol of selfless service and courage • -hero of the Ramayana epic • Indra – king of the gods, god of thunder and rain, a symbol of courage and strength • - has a golden chariot drawn by ten thousand horses

  6. Philosophical Concepts • Brahman – The eternal, unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond this Universe. • Om – sacred syllable • - placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or prior to any prayer or mantra. • Ishvara – controller or the Supreme controller in a monotheistic school of thought or the Supreme Being, or as an Ishta-deva of monistic thought.

  7. Scriptures • The Rigveda, containing hymns to be recited by the hotr • The Yajurveda, containing formulas to be recited by the adhvaryu or officiating priest • The Samaveda, containing formulas to be sung by the udgatr • The Atharvaveda, a collection of spells and incantations, apotropaic charms and speculative hymns.

  8. Practices • Worships - Puja, Japa, Bhajana, Tapa, Dhyana, Yajna, Homa • Festivals – Navaratri, Vijayadashami (Dasara), Deepavali, Shivaratri, HoliKumbhaMela, RathaYatra

  9. Philosophers • Gandhi – early 20th century • - pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement • - pioneered satyagraha (resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience)

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