1. Chapter 4 Section 2
Hinduism

2. Hinduism No Religious leader
850 million practice this religion in India alone.

3. Brahma
He holds Vedas, Water Pot for prayer, lotus flower for purity, Rosary for meditation.
Born from a golden egg
Created Earth and everything on it

4. Vishnu Kindly god, cares about humans
Visits earth from time to time in different forms.
Guides humans and protects them from disaster.
Holds a conch, sound of creations, discus represents the mind (chakra), lotus flower represents creation of man, and mace represents strength.

5. Why is Vishnu Blue? He is limitless, like the sky. Taken the form of
Fish
Turtle
Boar
dwarf
Warrior
Kings

6. Third Eye represents wisdom.
Shiva
Third Eye represents wisdom.
Not concerned with human matters
Powerful, destroys only to recreate.
Develops from Rudra
Creator of the thunderbolt

7. Upanishads “sitting near a teacher.”
Question and answer session with teacher.
Use the Hindu religious books called, Vedas.

8. What are the duties of Hindu’s?
Dharma – fulfill your role or duty on Earth
Men protect woman
Rulers protect subjects
Ahisma – be nonviolent, remember Brahman is in all things

9. Yogi Physical activity with special breathing exercises
Helps to “free the soul fom the cares of the world”
Yoga means union

10. How do Hindu’s Pray? In temples Show devotion privately at home
Many choose a personal God, honor with gifts, food, prayer at home altar.