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Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”?

Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”?. Targets Identify the core beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism Analyze the positives & negatives of social classes. Beach Ball Toss: Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”?. What do you know about Hinduism?.

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Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”?

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  1. Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”? Targets Identify the core beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism Analyze the positives & negatives of social classes

  2. Beach Ball Toss:Do you believe in the saying “What goes around comes around”? What do you know about Hinduism?

  3. Religions in India

  4. Religion Population Percent All religions 1,028,610,328 100.00% Hindus 827,578,868 80.456% Muslims 138,188,240 13.434% Christians 24,080,016 2.341% Sikhs 19,215,730 1.868% Buddhists 7,955,207 0.773% Jains 4,225,053 0.41% Others 6,639,626 0.645% Religion not stated 727,588 0.07%

  5. Hinduism • No single founder • Began in India (Over 3,000 years old) • 81% of India’s pop. practices Hinduism • All powerful spiritual force of Brahman • Polytheistic religion • Primary gods: (can take any form) Brahma: the Creator Vishnu: the Preserver Shiva: the Destroyer • Hundreds of gods • cows are sacred • Sacred text: The Vedas

  6. Goal of Life • Goal is to achieve moksha (Union with Brahman) • Free yourself from selfish desires & live virtuously • No selfish desires = attain union with Brahman • Most can’t do this in 1 lifetime So…

  7. Reincarnation • Reincarnation: rebirth of the soul in another bodily form • Keep working toward moksha through several lifetimes • Obey the laws of karma & dharma • Karma: all actions in life affect your fate in the next life • Dharma: religious & moral duties of an individual • Humans or animals (move up and out of the caste system)

  8. The Caste System • Brought to area by ancient Aryans • Organized Society (L.J.H.S.) • Reflected social & economic roles • Became intertwined in with Hindu beliefs • Social Hierarchy: (5 major castes) • Brahmins: Priests • Kshatriyas: Rulers & Warriors • Vaishyas: Merchants and Craftsman • Sudras: Laborers • Outcastes/Untouchables/Dalits Notice the gap

  9. Impact of Caste System • Born into your caste • Can’t change caste until reincarnation • Determined jobs you could hold • Determined who you could marry (arranged marriages) • Who you can eat with • What you eat • Where you live • What you wear • Still effects life in India, yet, laws have weakened it considerably, especially in cities

  10. Untouchables/ Dalits (broken/oppressed) • Life very harsh & restrictive • Life of poverty • Given worst/ “impure jobs”: digging graves, cleaning streets, cleaning toilets, cleaning animal hides, garbage collectors • “Untouchable” because a touch would carry disease**** • Shadows & cups • Total separation (ostracized) • Wooden clappers • Denied education • Violence towards untouchables ***

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxe21shqabo

  12. School Luncheshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oicO50rTYMU

  13. Into the sewershttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2bg6rh9lI

  14. What are two things you learned about Hinduism yesterday?Targets1. Identify key features of Buddhism2. Compare & contrast Hinduism & Buddhism

  15. Buddhism • Began in India • Founder: Siddhartha Gautama (566 B.C.) • Born into elite high caste Hindu family • Mom’s vision • Father’s reaction • Gautama’s disobediance • A sick person, an old person, a dead body, and a wandering holy man • Suffering new & scary, need to escape • Wandered, sought guidance, meditated, & fasted (Socrates Anyone?) • 48 days meditating under a tree • Arose as the Buddha, “Enlightened One”

  16. Four Noble Truths • All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow. • The cause of suffering is the desire for things that are really illusions, such as riches, power, and long life. • The only cure for suffering is to overcome desire. • The way to overcome desire is to follow the Eightfold Path

  17. The Eightfold Path • Right views • Right aspirations/intentions • Right speech • Right conduct/actions • Right livelihood • Right effort • Right mindfulness • Right contemplation/ concentration

  18. Clarify Please… • Live a moral life (good karma) • Avoid evil words & actions • Be honest • Be charitable • Be kind • Keep religious & moral duties (dharma) • Non-violence important • Meditation important *Goal: achieve nirvana Union with the universe, Release from reincarnation

  19. More on Buddhism • 360-375 million followers • 4th largest religion (Christianity 1, Islam 2, Hinduism 3) • Priests called monks or lama • Some sects worship many gods, others don’t believe in any god • God(s) are not the focus, the focus is the release from samsara(cycle of rebirth) and the attaining or nirvana • Lotus flower a key symbol • Prayer wheels (calming, opening your mind) • Prayer flags (generate peace & good wishes)

  20. Now… Complete your venn diagram as thoroughly as you can. Now, pair up with the person next to you and compare your diagrams adding ones you missed.

  21. Hinduism Both Buddhism

  22. What is 1 similarity and 1 difference between Hinduism & BuddhismTarget1. Further examine India’s culture

  23. Comparisons • Both began in India • Buddhism has a known founder • Siddhartha’s family was Hindu • Both stress nonviolence • Both believe in karma, dharma, and reincarnation • Buddhism rejects formal ceremonies • Buddhism rejects the Caste System *Turn your venn diagram paper over

  24. India’s Culture (Miscellaneous) • Chess invented in India • Sports: Soccer, field hockey, & cricket • Cricket (From U.K., yet India’s “national past time” • Diwali: “Festival of Lights” (lights, decorate home, fireworks, exchange sweets, new clothes) (Late Oct or Nov/5 days long) • India’s movie industry (“Bollywood”/centered in Mumbai) creates more films than Hollywood

  25. Miss O, you forgot to tell us about the Taj Mahal in India

  26. The Taj Mahal • Built by Shah Jahan (Muslim King) • Grave site for his wife • Died shortly after delivering their 14th child • Took 20,000 people 22 years to build • Tallest point 213 Feet • Made of white Marble

  27. Moment of Zenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORhFXecmnHQ

  28. Introducing India United Streaming Video

  29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYMhT_wgBwE&feature=related

  30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrNvrUanN7A

  31. Moment of Zen 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhcHbIsIDg

  32. Moment of Zenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORhFXecmnHQ

  33. Caste Activity • Social Hierarchy: (5 major castes) • Brahmins: Priests • Kshatriyas: Rulers & Warriors • Vaishyas: Merchants, Traders, Farmers • Sudras: Peasants bound to the land • Outcastes/Untouchables/Dalits

  34. India’s Geography • Major Mountain Ranges: North: Himalayas South: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats Middle: Satpura Mts. • Major River: Ganges • Ganges Plain (40% of India’s pop.) • Deccan Plateau (forests, farms, & mineral deposits) • Great Indian Desert

  35. Caste Role PlayI need 5 volunteers. You will go into the hall and be called in. You have to correctly guess your caste. You can’t ask what caste am I in!!! Choices: Outcaste, Brahmin, Sudra, Vaishya, Kshatriya

  36. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaGDnMSK8xc&feature=related

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