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Hinduism & Buddhism

Hinduism & Buddhism. SSWH2 b. Explain the development and impact of Hinduism and Buddhism on India and subsequent diffusion of Buddhism. Warm Up. If you could be reborn as someone else, who would it be, and why? What have you done in this life to deserve the change (new life) you want?

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Hinduism & Buddhism

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  1. Hinduism & Buddhism SSWH2 b. Explain the development and impact of Hinduism and Buddhism on India and subsequent diffusion of Buddhism.

  2. Warm Up • If you could be reborn as someone else, who would it be, and why? • What have you done in this life to deserve the change (new life) you want? • Define reincarnation.

  3. SSWH2 The student will identify the major achievements of Chinese and Indian societies from 1100 BCE to 500 CE. • b. Explain the development and impact of Hinduism and Buddhism on India and subsequent diffusion of Buddhism.

  4. Hinduism • Mix of Aryans and non-Aryans • Collection of religious beliefs that developed over a long period of time • Cannot be traced back to one founder with set of beliefs • Over 1 billion practicing today, nearly 900 million in India

  5. Hinduism • Religion as a way of liberating the soul from the illusions, disappointments, and mistakes of everyday existence • Between 750 and 550 B.C., priests attempted to interpret and explain Vedic hymns

  6. Hinduism • Moksha-state of perfect understanding • Reincarnation-rebirth; spirit is born again and again until achieving moksha • Karma-good or bad deeds; influences specific life circumstances such as caste born into, state of health, wealth, etc.

  7. Hinduism • Today Hindus free to choose which gods/goddesses they will worship or can choose to worship none at all • Thousands of gods/goddesses • Usually what family history has done • Caste system • Determined by previous life’s karma

  8. Buddhism • Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 B.C.) • Wandered the forests of India for six years seeking enlightenment-wisdom • Four Noble Truths • Life is filled with suffering and sorrow • The cause of all suffering is people’s selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of this world • The way to end all suffering is to end all desires • The way to overcome such desires and attain enlightenment is to follow the Eightfold Path, which is call the Middle Way between desires and self-denial

  9. Buddhism • Eightfold Path-master one step at a time • Would most often occur over many lifetimes • Right Views • Right Resolve • Right Speech • Right Conduct • Right Livelihood • Right Effort • Right Mindfulness • Right Concentration • Achieve nirvana-release from pain and selfishness

  10. Buddhism • Reincarnation • World is created and destroyed over and over again • Rejected many gods of Hinduism • Rejected caste system • Goal is to break cycle of reincarnation and attain enlightenment

  11. Buddhism Spreads • Missionaries and traders • Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Silk Roads to China, Korea, and Japan

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  13. What are the terms for Englightenment for each religion? Buddhism only Both Hinduism only

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