the topic is about religion in india

1. HINDUISM
GROUP 5

2. BELIEF AND DOCTRINES
• The hindu faith offers its followers many path to
salvation.
• They may find liberation from cycle of life through
devotion to one or more gods.
• Gods and goddesses can worshipped at their temples.
• The devotees can pray any offer sacrifices so that they
can gain favor from deities and assist them in their
struggle for salvation.
• Bhakti stands for the soul’s longing for and clinging to
god.

3. DEVOTION TO THE TRIMURTI
Hindu Gods and Goddesses
• The main core of hindu faith is the Brahman who is regarded as
the ultimate reality, one, and undivided.
• The Brahman is often seen in three forms of functions.
Trimurti these are creation, preservation, and destruction.
• These functions are expressed in god forms,namely:
Brahma
The creator
Shiva
The preserver
Vishnu
The Destroyer

4. BRAHMA
• The God responsible for the creation of
the world and all living things.
• He has four heads and eight hands
• He’s vehicle is a swan or goose which
symbolizes knowledge
• He often pictured holding a holy
scriptured
• Lord of Sacrifices
• His consort is Saraswati, the goddess of
science and wisdom
• Orginated as a river goddess. her name is
Sanskrit for “she who has lakes or pools.

5. VISHNU
• Know as a god of love, benevolence, and
forgiveness
• Has four arms holding; conch shell, discus, lotus
and mace
• Vishnu has appeard on the earth in the different
form and will come to tenth time to end the present
era or kalpa
• Snake in Garuda’s claws represents water
• His Consort is Lakshmi Goddess fortune, who is
seated on a lutos between two elephants with their
trunks raised above her.
• Rides a bird called Eagle mount or Kite Garuda
symbolized sky and sun

6. The Ten Avatars of Vishnu
• Matsya (fish)
• Kurma (turtle)
• Varaha (boar)
• Narasimha (man- lion)
• Vamana (dwarf)
• Parashurama (Brahmin)
• Rama (man)
• Krishna (man)
• Buddha (man)
• Kalki (Horse)
- Saved humanity and sacred Veda text
from flood
- Helped create the world, by supporting it
on his back
- Raise the Earth out of water with his tusks
- Destroyed that tyrant King
-Subdued King Bali, a powerful demon
- Destroyed the warrior class
- Rescued his wife Sita, and killed the
Demon Ravana
-Told the epic poem Bhagavada gita to the
warrior arjuna
-the enlightened man
- Yet to come to Earth

7. SHIVA
• The god of death, destruction, and disease
• He is also god of dance, vegetables, animals,
and human reproduction.
• Often revered through the Lingam, the male
surrounded by Yoni the female source of
energy.
• He is describe as having a constantly erect
penis and sexually alert at all time.
• He rides a white bull symbolized purity and
justice
• Often seen wearing a tiger skin

8. SHIVA CONSORTS
• His consort in kali, depicted wearing a garland of human
skull,
• Kali is also the ferocious form of consorts Durga And Parvati
• Durga is a powerful goddess created from the combined for
of anger of several gods.
• Parvati daugther of the sacred mountain Himalaya and the
Goddess of love, fertility and devotion, the modest
conservative, and benign of shiva’s consort
• Her son with Shiva include Ganesha, the elephant-headed
deity remover of obstacles
• Kartikeya, hindu god of war

9. ROUTES TO MOKSHA
• From the Upanishads one may find the three principal and
inter-related doctrines within the indian religion.
• First, every soul dies and is reborn a new form (this cycle
is called samsara). Second,one’s deeds have have an
effect in this or a future life. Lastly,one may escape the
weary round of death and birth.
• Within every human in an enternal soul or atman that is
being reborn many times and in various forms in
accordance to the moral law or karma.
• A soul may escape the cycle of rebirth and attain moksha.

10. THE FOUR YOGAS
• The yoga is derived from the root word yuj which translate
to yoke or to join
• Yoga was developed by the sage Patanjali who lived in
the second century B.C.E
• He is considered as the father of modern yoga
• He is condified the teaching of yoga in his Yoga stura

11. THE FOUR YOGAS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING
PRACTICES
THE FOUR YOGAS PRACTICE
Jnana Yoga
(The Way of Knowledge)
The path of knowledge,wisdom,
introspection, and contemplation
Bhakti Yoga
(The way of Love)
The path of devotion, emotion, love, compassion,
and service to God and other.
Karma Yoga
(The Way of work)
The path of action, service to others, mindfulness, and
remembering the levels of our being while fulfilling our
actions of karma in the world.
Raja Yoga
(The Way of
Meditation)
The path of meditation that directly deals with the
encountering and transcending throughts of the
mind.

12. The four desirable goals of life (Purushartha)
- Dharma ( appropriate behavior)
- Artha ( the pursuit of legitimate worldly success)
- Kama ( the pursuit of legitimate pleasure)
- Moksha( release from birth)