Team Pao

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Team Pao
HINDUISM

• Luis Pina
• Joelle Julve
• Gerald Godoy
• Dalton Guzman
• Jen-Pu Tseng
• Michelle Lee

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History

• One of the oldest religions.
• Roughly founded around 2000 750 BCE
• Said to have been evolved from Vedic religion
  (Early Harappan 3300 2600 BCE).
• Shiva Lingam found during Indus Valley
  Civilization (Mature Harappan 2600 1900 BCE).

DALTON GUZMAN
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Hinduism Dominated Countries

• Hinduism is the third largest religion next to
  Christianity and Islam.
• The top two countries where Hinduism is the
  dominant religion with a leading 80 are India
  and Nepal

DALTON GUZMAN
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Dharma in Hinduism

• Hinduism is commonly referred to as Sanatana
  Dharma.
• Spiritual laws which govern human existence.
  (Moral Laws)
• Human Tolerance.
• Dharma is the "law of being" without which things
  cannot exist.

DALTON GUZMAN
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Dharma vs. Adharma

• Patience
• Forgiveness
• Piety or Self Control
• Honesty
• Sanctity

• Control of Senses
• Reason
• Knowledge or Learning
• Truthfulness
• Absence of Anger

DALTON GUZMAN
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Hinduism through the Periods

• The Pre-Vedic Period
• The Vedic Period

GERALD GODOY
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Hinduism through the Periods

• The Upanishad Period
• The Puranic Period

GERALD GODOY
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Hinduism through the Periods

• The Medieval Period
• The Modern Period

GERALD GODOY
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The Gods of Hinduism

• Brahman The supreme Godhead, beyond all
  distinctions or forms ultimate Reality.
• Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the
• preserver and Shiva the destroyer.
• Out of 4000 Hinduism Temple
• there is only 2 for Brahman

JEN-PU TSENG
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The Gods of Hinduism

• Vishnu, Visnu A Hindu god. With Brahma and Shiva
  forms the Trimurti Vishnu is the preserver and
  protector of creation.

JEN-PU TSENG
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The Gods of Hinduism

• Shiva Shiva is the destroyer of the world,
  following Brahma the creator and Vishnu the
  preserver. Shiva is responsible for change both
  in the
• form of death and destruction and
• in the positive sense of the
• shedding of old habits. Shiva also
• represents the most essential
• goodness.

JEN-PU TSENG
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The Concept of Moksha

• moksha release liberation from samsara, the
  cycle of death and rebirth or reincarnation and
  all of the suffering and limitation of worldly
  existence after realization of God
• the way of knowledge (jnana)
• the way of action (karma) and
• the way of devotion (bhakti)

JEN-PU TSENG
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The Concept of Maya

• Maya Literally means "Not this." Usually, it
  refers to illusion, where the eternal soul
  identifies itself with temporary matter such as
  the body, material goods etc. Maya can mean power
  which creates and maintains the universe's
  apparent diversity, or to put it in other words,
  that which causes the One to appear as many.

JEN-PU TSENG
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The Caste System

• Caste system
• Brahmins - Priests and scholars
• Warriors
• Merchants
• Workers
• Harijans "untouchables.

MICHELLE LEE
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The Concept of Atman

• The external soul in every creature, which is
  divine.
• Self the immortal aspect of the mortal
  existence.
• The external soul is born each time depending
  upon karma.

MICHELLE LEE
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The Concept of Karma

• The law of cause and effect
• Deed or act
• Action and reaction
• Kar means organs of action
• ma means producing or creating
• Good deeds and bad deeds

MICHELLE LEE
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The Texts The Four Vedas

• The Veda is subdivided into four great books
• Rig Veda subdivided into 21 sections
• 1500 B.C.E. 1000 B.C.E.
• A collection of inspired hymns and is a main
  source of information on the Rig Vedic
  civilization.

LUIS PINA
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The Texts The Four Vedas

• Sama Veda subdivided into 1,000 sections
• The Sama Veda is purely a liturgical collection
  of melodies (saman).
• Yajur Veda subdivided into two parts and 101
  sections
• A liturgical collection made to meet the demands
  of ceremonial religion.
• Served as a guidebook for the priests who
  executed sacrificial acts

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The Texts The Four Vedas

• Atharva Veda subdivided into 50 sections
• The last of the Vedas
• completely different from the other three Vedas
  and is next in importance to Rig Veda with regard
  to history and sociology

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The Vedas

• Each Veda consists of four parts
• Mantra-Samhita
• Hymns in praise of the Vedic God
• Brahmana
• The Brahmana portions guide people to perform
  sacrificial rites.

JOELLE JULVE
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The Vedas

• Aranyakas
• The forest books, the mystical sylvan texts which
  give philosophical interpretations of the
  rituals.
• Upanishads (700 B.C.E.)
• The most important portion of the Vedas.
• Contain the essence or the knowledge portion of
  the Vedas.

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The Vedas

• The Mantras and the Brahmadas
• Karma-Kanda (Ritualistic)
• The Aranyakas
• Upasana-Kanda (Worship)
• The Upanishads
• Jnana-Kanda (Knowledge)

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Other Sacred Texts

• Ramayana (Romance of Rama 200 B.C.E.)
• The Laws of Manu (the first man, like Adam - 200
  After Christ)  
• Puranas (myths and legends - 400-500 After Christ)

• Classificaiton of Hindu sacred texts
• Shruti
• Smriti

LUIS PINA JOELLE JULVE
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