hinduism

1. Hinduism
WHI. 4c

2. The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
Beliefs
Hinduism

3. Hinduism
The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
Main idea
is about…
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Essential details
Main idea
Essential details Essential details
Main idea
What are the basic ideas of Hinduism?

4. Hinduism Today
 3rd largest religion in
the world
◦ After Christianity and
Islam
 70% of India are
Hindu
◦ 700 million people in
India
 More than a billion
followers world wide
 Evolved over 3500
years ago
◦ Oldest living religion
today

5. Hinduism: The Basics
 No single founder or sacred text
 Largely classified as polytheistic, but
the concept of god is much more
complex
◦ Possibly henotheistic, pantheistic, or even
monotheistic
 All powerful force known as Brahman
◦ Source of all matter
◦ Manifested in all matter

6. Hinduism
Oldest living Religion
3rd largest in the world
All powerful “Brahman”
No single founder or text
Basic Background
The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
Main idea
is about…
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Essential details
Main idea
Essential details Essential details
Main idea
What are the basic ideas of Hinduism?

7. Hinduism: The Basics
 Atman is the “true self” or soul
◦ The eternal self
 Atman is not distinct or separate from
Brahman
◦ Human error/ignorance separates the two
 The goal is to unite atman and
brahman
◦ Realize atman is brahman

8. Hinduism: The Basics
 The ultimate goal for Hindu’s is moksha
◦ Liberation of the spirit
 To reach moksha you must free yourself
of desires
◦ Greed and selfish desires separate atman
from brahman
 When Moksha is reached there is no
longer conception of self
 This cannot be accomplished in one life
time
◦ Leads to concepts of karma

9. Hinduism
Oldest living Religion
3rd largest in the world
All powerful “Brahman”
No single founder or text
Atman: The True Self
Re-unite with Brahman
Basic Background Goals of Hinduism
The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
Main idea
is about…
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Essential details
Main idea
Essential details Essential details
Main idea
What are the basic ideas of Hinduism?
Called Moksha
Takes multiple
lifetimes

10. Purusarthas: Four Objectives of
Human Life
1. Dharma
◦ Religious and moral duties
◦ Allows people to move up social order of
reincarnation along with karma
2. Artha
◦ Material pursuits
3. Kama
◦ Pursuit of sensual pleasure
◦ Kamasutra
4. Moksha
◦ Liberation from samsara

11. Hinduism
Oldest living Religion
3rd largest in the world
All powerful “Brahman”
No single founder or text
Atman: The True Self
Re-unite with Brahman Artha: Material pursuits
Basic Background Goals of Hinduism Purusarthas
The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
Main idea
is about…
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Essential details
Main idea
Essential details Essential details
Main idea
What are the basic ideas of Hinduism?
Called Moksha
Takes multiple
lifetimes
Dharma: Duties
Kama: Sensual
pursuits
Moksha: Liberation

12. The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
Beliefs
Hinduism
How Hinduism influenced Indian society

13. Beliefs of Hinduism
 Believe in many forms of
one God
Not really mono or
polytheistic
 Karma is the belief that
thoughts and actions
result in future
consequences
 “What goes around. Comes
around”
 Reincarnation: rebirth is
based on karma

14. The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
Beliefs
- Believe in many forms of one god
 Not really monotheistic or polytheistic
- Karma: thoughts and actions result in
future consequences
 “What goes around. Comes around”
- Reincarnation: rebirth is based upon karma
Hinduism

15. Sacred Texts
1. Vedas
2. Upanishads

16. Vedas
 Means “books of knowledge”
 Earliest and most sacred
 Consists of four books
◦ Rig-Veda being the most important
 Deals mostly with Hindu rituals

17. Upanishads
 Focus on the teachings of Hinduism
◦ Ex. Atman, Brahman, samsara, etc.

18. The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
Beliefs
- Belief in many forms of one god
 Not really monotheistic or polytheistic
- Karma: thoughts and actions result in
future consequences
 “What goes around. Comes around”
- Reincarnation: rebirth is based upon karma
Hinduism
1) Vedas
2) Upanisha
ds

19. How did Hinduism spread?
 Along major trade routes

20. The FRAME Routine
Key Topic
is about…
Beliefs
- Belief in many forms of one god
 Not really monotheistic or polytheistic
- Karma: thoughts and actions result in
future consequences
 “What goes around. Comes around”
- Reincarnation: rebirth is based upon karma
Hinduism
1) Vedas
2) Upanisha
ds
Along major trade
routes
How Hinduism influenced Indian society

21. Hinduism Video and Quiz
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