Warm Up # 5 What is “karma” and how does it affect the life of a Hindu person?
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Today’s Goals Learn basic beliefs of Hinduism. Practice developing questions.
Hinduism Notes
Essential Question What are the ‘core principles” that Hinduism is based on?
Samsara Cycle/wheel of life Time is cyclical, not linear- cycles of creation and destruction in the universe
Reincarnation Series of lifetimes needed to achieve the goal of liberation/release from this world Usually cannot remember past lives Reborn as: people, animals, gods and goddesses in many heavens, demons in many hells other steps in between Even gods are reincarnated
Moksha Liberation or release from the cycle of reincarnation characterized by union with the divine, awareness, bliss- a mystical state of being
Brahman The shared divine essence of all things The god in you, you should meditate to get in touch with it
Halftime Draw pictures or symbols that help you to remember what each word means. Samsara Reincarnation Moksha Braham
Polytheistic Over 330 million gods, all faces of the one, points of contact with the divine Animism: Aspects of nature
Karma Moral law of cause and effect Souls record of good and bad deeds Determines your next reincarnation as good or bad, close or far to realizing moksha Only humans can change their karma by doing deeds that produce merit Bad things happen to good people because those good people were bad in a past life
Dharma Your role in life The standards on which to judge karma Complete rule of life, not just right vs wrong, but compassion or golden rule Determined by gender, caste, stage of life Supports caste system- you are in a lower class because you did not follow your dharma and accumulated bad karma
Essential Question What are the ‘core principles” that Hinduism is based on?
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