What do Hindus believe about God Learning Objectives: To explain: The Hindu belief about their Gods Key words Brahman 20 July, 2018
What is the meaning of this story? Six blind men meet an elephant for the first time, each man touches a different part of the animal and predicts what an elephant is like. The first touches the body, it is hard and wide so he concludes an elephant is like a wall. The second touches the trunk and describes it as long and wiggly like a snake, the third touches a leg and describes it as thick and hard like a tree. The onlooker concludes that this is because each man only touched part rather of the elephant rather than the whole of the animal.
Watch the video on Hindus belief in God Answer these questions? What is the view of God from a Hindu ? Explain why Hindu’s have many gods and then state they have only one? If you lived in India what would be your favourite God and why?
ONE GOD – MANY FORMS BRAHMAN BRAHMA VISHNU SHIVA DESTROYER PRESERVER CREATOR ONE GOD – MANY FORMS Known as the Trimurti Tri = three Murti = image
Discuss: Do you agree? When people think that they alone have the whole truth, then they are mistaken. People need to respect the beliefs of others and realize that they can only have part of the truth.
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