1. 10 December 2014 Bellringer – Have your HW on your desk Hinduism
Turn to bellringer section and # 1 - 5
Hinduism
Ppt. Notes
HW – Read Section 5.2 (130 – 135)

2. Bellringer Use your HW for # 1 - 5
1. Along what river did the first civilization in India develop? 2. What mountain range’s snow caused the river to flood? 3. This civilization is considered to be India’s first. 4. What are the vedas? 5. What is Sanskrit? 6. What is karma?  Give an example.

3. The Indian Caste System & Hinduism

4. The Indian Caste System
The Indian caste system has been in use for many years. 
Still today the values of the caste system are held strongly. 
It has kept a sense of order, and peace among the people.

5. Brahma
According to an ancient text known as the Rigveda, the division of Indian society was based on Brahma's divine manifestation of four groups.
Priests and teachers were cast from his mouth, rulers and warriors from his arms, merchants and traders from his thighs, and workers and peasants from his feet.

6. The Indian Caste System
Aryan Society became divided over the years.
Usually this division was decided by occupation.
These divisions were called the Varnas

7. Caste System

8. The Caste System
Brahmins (BRAH-muhns)- The Brahmin were the priests, teachers, and judges who understood dharma. Dharma are the spiritual laws that govern the universe. The Brahmin often lived apart from the rest of society in temples

9. The Caste System
Kshatriyas (KSHA-tree-uhs)- The Kshatriya were the warrior caste who made everyday decisions and ran the government. The Kshatriya had most of the power in everyday life, but their decisions could be overruled by the Brahmin.

10. The Caste System
Vaisyas (VYSH-yuhs)- Farmers (landowners), craftspeople, and merchants skilled farmers and merchants. They occasionally had leadership positions in local villages

11. The Caste System
Sudras (SOO-drahs)- Workers and Servants

12. The Untouchables
In addition to the varnas, there is a fifth class in Hinduism. It encompassed outcasts who, literally, did all the dirty work. They were referred to as "untouchables" because they carried out the miserable tasks associated with disease and pollution, such as cleaning up after funerals, dealing with sewage, and working with animal skin.
Brahmins were considered the embodiment of purity, and untouchables the embodiment of pollution. Physical contact between the two groups was absolutely prohibited. Brahmins adhered so strongly to this rule that they felt obliged to bathe if even the shadow of an untouchable fell across them

13. The Caste System
Harijan (Untouchables)- Did all the jobs that no one else wanted to do.
These girls, who belong to the Untouchable caste, make dung patties which are used for fuel and heat by members of all the castes. This job was considered so unclean that other castes did not associate with the members of society that performed it.

14. Caste System

15. These groups were later divided into groups called castes.
Castes- Divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s wealth, birth, or occupation.

16. Caste Rules Caste is a matter of birth
Each group has rules of conduct to be obeyed.
People were not allowed to marry outside of their caste
It was forbidden to eat with members of another caste

17. Hinduism
Hinduism is a code of life — a collection of attitudes, personal experiences, and spiritual practices. It is, in essence, defined by behaviors rather than beliefs

18. Hindu Beliefs:
There are 3 major Gods (Each part of Brahman – so…monotheistic – 1 God)
Brahma – the Creator
Siva – the Destroyer
Vishnu – the Preserver

19. Basic Beliefs of Hinduism
Each god is part of a single universal spirit called Brahman
The Brahman preserves the world.
Everyone has a soul, atman.
The world that we live on
is an illusion.
We are all reborn many times in the process of reincarnation.

20. 11 December 2014 Write this in your planner : India Quiz Thursday, 12/19
Bellringer – Answer the “Dear History Student” Questions! 
Hinduism
Finish Hinduism Notes
Caste Man!
HW – No Homework (if you read Section 5.2)

21. Bellringer – Dear History Student,
1. I am a Sudra farmer, but I have been practicing my skills, and think I would make the best warrior ever (Kshatriya)! What should I do? ~Wishful Warrior
2. I am a member of the Brahmins, but I think I am falling in love with a Vaisya! What should I do? ~ Love Torn
3. Can you please explain Karma to me? I have heard, “What goes around, comes around.” My teacher says it is also related to Hinduism? Please explain. ~ Confused Student

22. Karma
The effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s soul is called karma.
This will determine what a person will be reborn as.
If you have bad karma – you will be born into a lower caste in your next life.
If you have good karma – you will be born into a higher caste in your next life.

23. Moksha
If you have enough good karma you can reach a salvation called moksha.
Moksha – the freedom from life’s worries and the cycle of rebirth

24. Other Important Terms
Dharma- The duty to accept one’s place in the world without complaint. Hinduism is a way of life – not a religion
Samsara – refers to the cycle or reincarnation
The Vedas - are the oldest religious texts in Hinduism.
The word Veda means knowledge.
The Vedas are mainly comprised of of hymns or mantras written in the Sanskrit language. The books are so special that they are often kept in glass cases.

25. Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaisyas
Sudras
Harijan
Thighs
Arms
Mouth
Feet

26. “Purusa”- The Caste Man
Brahmins- The mouth, they speak the faith
Kshatriyas- The arms and chest, they are the warriors
Vaisyas- The thighs, they are the farmers and craftspeople. (They support the upper levels)
Sudras- The feet, they do all the “running.”
Harijan (Untouchables)- They aren’t worthy to be on the body

27. The Sacrifice of Purusa Sanskrit puruṣa, पुरुष "man, cosmic man"
When they divided the Purusa [as the victim at the cosmic sacrifice], into how many parts did they separate him?...
The Brahman [“priest”] was his mouth,
his two arms became the Rajanya [“ruler”];
his two thighs are the Vaisya [one of “the people,” an artisan, merchant, or farmer],
from his two feet the Sudra [“serf” or “servant”] was produced.
The moon sprang from his thought organ [manas],
the sun was produced from his eye;
from his mouth Indra and Agni, from his breath Vayu [“the wind” was produced.
From his navel arose the atmosphere,
from his head the heaven evolved;
from his two feet the earth,
from his ear the directions.
Thus they fashioned the worlds. (Rg Veda X ) [Thomas J. Hopkins, The Hindu Religious Tradition, 24]