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Step 1:
Read History of Hinduism in your text pp 228-235 and read/answer the following:
234-1. Where does the word "Hindu" come from?
234-2. For what you have learned so far about Hinduism, create a diagram on
which you
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summarize key points from the chapter so far in one colour
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note your initial impressions in a second colour
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write two or three questions you have in a third colour
History - Completed Due Date: ____________________
Step 2: Read the
Rituals of Hinduism in your text pp 235- 237 and read/answer the following:
236-1. What is puja? Describe how it is offered.
236-2. What is a mandir? Describe its main features.
236-3. Imagine that you must explain how Hindus practice puja at home to
an eight-year-old Catholic friend. How would you describe it? What comparisons
and contrasts would you make?
237-1. For Hindus, what is the penalty for a harmful act?
237-2. Based on the chapter so far and some brief Internet research, write a
dictionary definition of the Hindu term "reincarnation" and illustrate it with
an example.
Figures of
Sundara and Paravai before and after being dressed for worship.
Hindu sacred sculptures are
used to help devotees understand the incomprehensible divinity. These images
may be anthropomorphic-that is, having a human likeness-or they may be
abstract. Whether made of clay or of gold, all these sculptures are considered
equally sacred. Hindu images serve as visual metaphors to express the
invisible divine reality.
Although many images of Hindu
gods, goddesses, and saints are believed to be always filled with the spirit
of the deity they represent, others are bathed and dressed to invite the deity
or saint to enter the image temporarily.
Rituals - Completed Due Date: ____________________
Step 3: Read about
the Caste System and Life Stages in your text pp 239-242 and read/answer the
following:
For Hindus, age determines an individual’s dharma, which means
duty.
Therefore, a 12 year old does not have the same dharma as a married
person.
Student
Around puberty a Hindu child enters the first stage of life.
Intense study of the Vedas and other sacred scriptures.
This stage lasts until marriage and they are to remain celibate.
Householder
During this stage worldly tasks of
pursuing a career and raising a family are central.
Forest dweller
The birth of the first grandchild,
gray hair, wrinkled skin, and retirement mark the beginning of the third
stage.
Husband and wife retire to the forest
to lead a simple life studying Hindu scripture in quiet.
Wandering Ascetic (Sannyasin)
The Sannyasin transcends the ordinary
ways of the world.
This stage is rare among Hindus.
Husband and wife live detached from
each other.
Their old personality is dead.
They own nothing live off food given to them and eat
only once a day.
239-1. Describe the Hindu version of salvation (the ultimate end).
240-1. Is it possible to move from one caste to another during a lifetime?
Explain.
242-1. Which of the four stages of life has an accompanying ritual? Which stages
have no ritual? Why do you think that is the case?
242-2. Create a timeline showing Hinduism's life stages and some milestones. How
do these stages and milestones reflect Hindu beliefs and values?
Hindu Society
Karma
Literally means “action” or
“deeds”.
Karma determines whether the
soul will be born into an avatar, god, a human, or an animal.
Human beings have the ability
to affect the status of their Karma.
If human beings have good karma
then they will be born into a better state than before.
Question:
Why do bad things happen to good people?
For the Hindu the answer is simple. Bad
things happen because of evil deeds in past lives.
Dharma
The standard that determines
the rightness or wrongness of an action.
Dharma means ethical duty.
All Hindus have a specific duty based on their caste.
The Caste System/ Life Stages - Completed Due Date:
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Step 4: Read about
Hinduism Central Beliefs in your text pp 242-248 and read/answer the following:
Avatars
Are also forms of Ultimate
Reality
An Avatar is the incarnation of
a god or goddess who has descended from the heavenly world to earth to rid the
world of evil.
Two most popular Avatars are
those of Vishnu named Krishna and Rama
KrishnaRama
244-1. Describe "revealed" scriptures and "remembered" scriptures, and give at
least one example of each.
244-2. What are the Upanishads? Why are they so important?
244-4. In what ways have you learned valuable life lessons? Possibly you have
learned through listening to a wise teacher, or by reading a story in which the
character faced an important decision. Or perhaps you have learned and followed
a particular set of rules. Describe a lesson you have learned and how you
learned it.
248-1.
Choose one deity and describe the iconography of this deity. Do some research
to discover why the deity is depicted with those characteristics. Submit a one
page report using 1/3 of the page for a picture of the deity, 1/3 the
description and 1/3 of the page outlining why you found this particular deity of
interest to you.
248-2. Outline Hindu beliefs about the Supreme Being, deities, and avatars. How
do these differ from Catholic beliefs? What questions do these Hindu beliefs
raise for you?
248-3. Why do you think destructive deities are popular in Hindu worship? Why
might they be more popular than the gentler forms? Explain.
Hinduism: Beliefs and Actions
There is
no single text, single deity, or single teacher that all Hindus believe in
Salvation
The Hindu term for salvation is “Moksha” which means
liberation or release from the cycle of birth and death.
Salvation or “Moksha” is the ultimate goal for Hindus
Hindus believe that salvation takes many lives to achieve.
(Reincarnation)
Deities
Hindus are polytheists because they worship many gods/deities.
For Hindus these many gods and goddesses are extensions of the
one ultimate reality, which is called Brahman.
Because it is impossible to comprehend Brahman, the worship of
deities help people to come into contact with Brahman and the divine.
Each deity is distinguished by special functions and unique
characteristics.
Three Forms of Brahman
Brahman is manifested in
creation as the many Hindu gods and goddesses.
Brahma - The Creator god
Shiva - The Destroying god
Vishnu - The Preserving god
Central Beliefs - Completed Due Date: ____________________
Step 5: Read about
Morality/Family in your text pp 248-256 and read/answer the following:
251-1. Identify and describe the three yogas practiced by Hindus.
251-2. With a partner, discuss what you have learned about yoga and meditation.
How has learning about Hinduism added to your understanding of these practices
and their purposes?
251-3. In your life, what goals, possible paths, techniques, and teachers do you
see? Write your thoughts or express them in a poster.
253-2. Explain dowry and arranged marriages. What are three reasons given in
support of arranged marriages?
253-3. Think about dowries and the arguments that might be made in favour of
them and against them. Then state your own opinion and reasons.
253-4. Imagine that your parents were arranging a marriage for you. How would
you feel? Why?
256-1. What are three examples of inter-religious dialogue between Christianity
and Hinduism?
256-2. What is the principle of ahimsa and how did Gandhi use it?
256-4. Gandhi practiced literally Jesus’ command to "turn the other cheek"
(Matthew 5:39). Respond to this personally. Do you believe that people can
oppose violence with peace? Or do you believe that violence must be checked with
violence? Explain.
Morality/Family - Completed Due Date:
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Last Step: Key
Terms to help you prepare for the test!
Ahimsa, Atman, Ariyan, Ascetic, Avatar, Bhagavad Gita,
Brahman,Caste, Dharma, Four Stages of Life, Ganges River, Ghandi, Deities, Guru, Havan,
Hindi, Icon, Indian Ocean, Indian, Karma, Krishna, Mandala, Mandir, Mantra,
Maya, Moksha, Murti, Namaste, Nirvana, Prince Arjuna, Puja, Rama, Ramayana,
Samsara, Sanskrit, Shiva, Sita, Brahma, Temple, Untouchables, Upanishads, Vedas,
Vishnu, Yogas.
