Lesson 6.02 Hinduism

Assignment 602 Now, open your 602 template that I sent you and save to your flash drive. Let’s complete it together.

Hinduism In ancient times, Indians of India traveled trade routes throughout Asia. This is how Hinduism spread throughout southeast Asia. Hinduism is now the 3 rd largest religion in the world.

Caste system The caste system in Hinduism started with the Aryan people and their religion. There were four categories. There was one more category not even part of the system—the untouchables. The untouchables did jobs that no one else wanted to do—like cleaning toilets, handling the dead. They ate and drank the food and water thrown out by the other castes. The caste system was very oppressive. In many cases, Hindus could not eat with or even speak to members of other castes. Marrying someone of another caste was forbidden. For a long time, Hindus believed that people deserved to be in whatever caste they belonged, and that a person’s caste placement was the result of actions during previous lives. In the 20th century, India's government outlawed the caste system because it was unfair. However, even today, castes still exist in some parts of India.

Brahma, Vishnu,Shiva, Parvati, and others Take some time now to complete the names of the different categories of the caste system.

More beliefs of Hinduism! Reincarnation is the belief that a person is reborn as someone else after his or her death. Karma is the idea that a person who performs good deeds will be rewarded in the next life. A person who does bad deeds will be punished. If a person is kind and generous, they can come back in a higher caste in their next life. Moksha is the ultimate goal of the Hindu. The soul is freed. Moksha is reached when a person stops wanting and becomes content with what has been given. After reaching moksha, a person’s soul becomes one with Brahman. That is the ultimate goal!

Social structures in your life There is a social structure in my ___________________. I can see proof of the social structure because there are different groups of people who (what does this group do). There is a different group for each task. There is someone who is in charge and that person is called the _________________________. The benefits of the social structure in my ____________________ are (give 2 benefits). There are some drawbacks too! One of the problems that can exist in this social structure is (give 1 drawback).