1. What do I know? What do I want to know? Page 21 in your religion notebook

2. Facts and Stats Hinduism originated in India around 3000BC It is the world’s third largest religion with 1 billion in India, Nepal(23 million), Bangladesh (14 million) and the Indonesian island of Bali (3.3 million). It is a polytheistic religion (although they do believe that all gods are different aspects of the Supreme Being), which is also intertwined with their social system. Page 22 of your religion notebook.

3. Ghandi Satya - truth Ahimsa – non violence

4. Caste System Officially banned (but still practiced) Brahmin – priests/intellectuals (highest in the caste system before attaining salvation) Kshatriyas – warriors/rulers Vaishyas – merchants/land owners/businessmen/farmers Shudras – manual workers Dalits– untouchables, slaves, not considered human

5. Gods Brahman – the all being and non-being, the universal soul, ultimate reality Brahma - creator Vishnu – preserver Shiva – destroyer Avatars – reincarnations of the gods to bring balance to the universe Buddha RamaKrishnaJesusMohammad

6. BrahmaVishnuShiva

7. Religious texts Their main divine writings are the Vedas or Upanishads and the Mahabharata (The Bhagavad Gita is 18 chapters of this epic poem and includes the teachings of Krishna)

9. Sacred Cow

10. yoga The Sanskrit word yoga has many meanings, and is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to control,“ "to join" or "to unite."

11. Salvation through yoga The three ways to salvation (release from reincarnation) according to Hinduism (these are the teachings of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita): the karma-yoga ("the path of duties"), ritual and social obligations – watching your karma and following your duty/path in life.

12. yoga the jnana-yoga ("the path of knowledge"), the use of meditation preceded by ethical and contemplative training, yoga, to gain insight into one's identity with the Supreme Being the bhakti-yoga ("the path of devotion"), the devotion to a personal God. Every act one does (eating, praying, dancing, working) must be an act of devotion to the Supreme Being