1. Collection of texts compiled by Brahmins
Hinduism
The word Hindu is derived from word Sindhu which means Indus in English
No historical founder
Do not proselytize
Vedas
Brama
Sanskrit
Collection of texts compiled by Brahmins
Poems
Hymns
Prayers
Rituals
Many rituals performed by Brahmins
Written down in 600 B.C.E.

2. Power of Brahmins Moksha Brahman World Soul
freeing from the cycle of death and reincarnation to attain unity with Brahman.
Brahman
World Soul
Human soul (atman) is part of Brahman
Leads to Upanishads
B.C.E.
What is the principle behind the rituals?
Power of Brahmins
Ritual fees

3. Hindu Beliefs
I believe in the divinity of the Vedas, the world's most ancient scripture, and venerate the Agamas as equally revealed.
I believe in a one, all-pervasive Supreme Being who is both immanent and transcendent, both Creator and Unmanifest Reality.
I believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.
I believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words and deeds.
I believe that the soul reincarnates, evolving through many births until all karmas have been resolved, and moksha, spiritual knowledge and liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained. Not a single soul will be eternally deprived of this destiny.
I believe that divine beings exist in unseen worlds and that temple worship, rituals, sacraments as well as personal devotionals create a communion with these devas and Gods.
I believe that a spiritually awakened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute, as are personal discipline, good conduct, purification, pilgrimage, self-inquiry and meditation.
I believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, "noninjury."
I believe that no particular religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others, but that all genuine religious paths are facets of God's Pure Love and Light, deserving tolerance and understanding.

4. Buddhism Originated in India – 2,500 years ago
Became popular in China During Tang 600 C.E.

5. Buddha Born Siddhartha Gautama Awakened One Son of feudal lord
Four encounters
Six years living an austere life
Enlightenment - Bohdi tree
45 years of teaching
Old – Disease – Funeral – Monk
Tried six years of austere life – starving himself
Vision of harp string – no sound, break, just right
Began to eat normally again
Bodhi tree – found enlightenment – birth and death, wheel of life
Spoke to all castes – in local dialects
Women
Untouchables

6. Four Noble Truths Life has suffering (Dukkha)
Suffering comes from desire
If attachment to desire ends so will suffering
To end suffering follow the middle path (the Noble Eightfold Path)
This painting was drawn on a wall of a Buddhist temple in Yuhu Village in Tibet. The Monkey represents the mind of the Monk and the elephant represents the body. As the Monk works his way up to reach Nirvana, his body is purified and his mind is lost!
 Birth is suffering, decay, sickness and death are suffering. To be separated from what you like is suffering. To want something and not get it is suffering. In short, the human personality, liable as it is to clinging and attachment brings suffering.“
In the same way that a child wants a new toy and then, having achieved that, will long for yet another, we seek fulfilment of our desire, to then move on to another. All the time, our lives are only temporarily satisfied.
This is not intended to lead to a cancellation of the zest for life, but to an understanding of the nature of life and to controlling those desires which come from that lack of understanding.
Right – view, intentions, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, concentration

7. Karma
"Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel."

8. Nirvana To be free of what binds you Rebirth Nirvana and parinirvana
All karmic debts are repaid
Nirvana literally means extinguishing or unbinding