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1 Warm Up – January 26 5 minutes to review for your test
After the test – Grab a chrome book, go to sagerapworld.weebly.com, today’s date and click on the CNN article – answer the following questions on a post it: 1. How has the government of India attempted to make the caste system a thing of the past? 2. Why is there a feeling of resentment in regards to the attempts to rid India of the caste system? 3. What is the meaning of Hardik Patel’s quote “either free the country from reservation or make everybody a slave of reservation?” 4. Do you see any similarities between the topics discussed in this article with the present day United States?

2 Period 1: Foundations- 600 B. C. E
Period 1: Foundations- 600 B.C.E. (Technological and environmental transformations)  Hinduism and Buddhism

3 Language & Traditions Traditions were passed down verbally for centuries because there was no written language People sang songs & recited epics = long poems celebrating their heroes Texts eventually written down in Sanskrit

4 Hinduism Many deities Based on different beliefs & practices -- not founded by one person Doesn’t have one, single holy book 3 gods are most important = Brahma (creator), Vishnu (preserver), and Siva (destroyer)

5 Vishnu = Preserver Brahma = Creator Siva = Destroyer

6 Cycle of Rebirth Believed in samsara = reincarnation/rebirth of the soul Soul passes through many lifetimes and continues until spiritual liberation = moksha Karma = how a person lives in this life determines what form the person will take in the next life Liberation achieved through a life of prayer, strict self-denial, and rejection of all worldly possessions

7 Buddhism Founder = Siddhartha Gautama Prince from northern India
Lived a sheltered and luxurious life Asked his charioteer to drive him around the city outside of the palace walls Was shocked to see the violence, old age, sickness, disease, and hardship that existed

8 Siddhartha Gautama Set out on a 6-year quest to find spiritual enlightenment and an answer to why this suffering existed Taught what he learned --> his followers renamed him the Buddha = the Enlightened One

9 Four Noble Truths Everyone in life suffers
People suffer because they desire. To end suffering, you must end desire People can eliminate their desires by following the Eight-Fold Path.

10 Eight-Fold Path Know the truth Resist evil Say nothing to hurt others
Respect life Work for the good of others Free your mind of evil Control your thoughts Practice meditation

11 Nirvana Following this path would lead to nirvana = state of enlightenment Not a place (like Heaven) State of peace and serenity

12 Buddhism vs. Hinduism Similarities
Karma Rebirth/reincarnation Practice of meditation Final release from cycle of rebirth

13 Buddhism vs. Hinduism Differences
Buddhism rejects: Religious authority of Hindu Brahmins Hindu caste system Hindu deities


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