Religious Groups of Southern and Eastern Asia

Religious Groups of Southern and Eastern Asia

 Hinduism Part 1

BuddhismShinto

ConfucianismIslam

Christianity 2.1 billion 33.0% Islam 1.5 billion 22% Hinduism 900 million 14%Buddhism 376 million 6% Sikhism 23 million 0.36% Judaism 14 million 0.22% Bahaism 7 million 0.1% Confucianism 6.3 million 0.1% Jainism 4.2 million 0.1%Shintoism 4 million 0.1%

NOTES: As of 2005

Religion Members by Percentage Worldwide

Culture and Religion in Southern and Eastern Asia

Ethnic GroupsChams from Vietnam

Tagalog from the Phillippines

Javanese from Indonesia

Religious GroupsHindus

Muslims

Buddhists

Culture and Religion in Southern and Eastern Asia

Religious Group

People who have a common belief in a religious claim.

Members can have different

cultures, languages, andraces.

Usually widespread over an entire region or many countries.

Ethnic Group

People who have similarlanguage and culture.

Often share commonvalues and religion.

Can be made up of members of the same race or peoplewith common ancestors.

Ethnic or Religious Group?“I am an Hispanic woman who speaks Spanish, is a Catholic, and has a siesta every afternoon.”“I am a Muslim man from New York who reads the Quran and prays five times a day.”“I am a Christian woman from Africa who reads the Bible and believes in Jesus Christ.”

Religious or Ethnic Group?“I am a Jewish boy who speaks Hebrew, has Jewish parents, and celebrates the Passover.”“I am a Cham boy from Vietnam who likes to play soccer.”“I am a teacher at Gardner Newman who goes to church every Wednesday and Sunday, sings in the choir, and celebrates Christmas and Easter.”

Show Me What You “Might” Know

On a sheet of paper, write the word “Hinduism” going down as for an acrostic.Ex: H

INDUISM

Now for each letter, write the words that you think of when you think of Hinduism and fit them into your acrostic. Oh, did I mention that the words have to start with each letter?

To get us started…

HINDUISM"Truth is one, paths are

many"

Om / Aum

Hinduism 

In short:Hinduism is largely practiced in India where over 80 percent of the Indians claim to be Hindu. Hinduism does not come from the teachings of one man. Hindus believe in many gods and goddess who are images of a single god.

When founded4000-5000 years ago, (around 3000-2000 BC)

1 AD

2010 AD3000 BC

2000 BC

1000 BC

1000 AD

Where founded?

India

Holy People

No known founder

Sacred TextsThere is not one text Hindus consider sacred, rather there are many texts like the Vedas that teach Hindus proper behavior.Shruti (“heard”) – oldest, most authoritative: Four Vedas (“truth”) – myths, rituals, chants

Upanishads - metaphysical speculation

Smriti (“remembered”) – the Great Indian Epics includes Bhagavadvita

MONO or POLY-THEISTICHere is the confusing part!

Monotheistic (one god) All parts of life (living & nonliving) are thought to be part of Brahman

Who do Hindus worship? – the major gods

Brahman, the creator god

All these gods are but

different forms of the

Brahman

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Christianity is older than Hinduism.

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Hinduism believes in many gods andis polytheistic

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Brahman is the founder of Hinduism

Jeremy Lin

LINSANITY!!!

Peter Parker

SPIDERMAN!

Who do Hindus worship? – the major gods of the Hindu Pantheon

Vishnu, the preserver god

Incarnates as ten avatars (descents) including:Rama (featured in the Ramayana)Krishna (featured in the Mahabharata)

(Each shown with his consort, Sita and Radha, respectively)

Who do Hindus worship? – the major gods of the Hindu Pantheon

god of destruction(the transformer)

lord of the dance of creation…

ShivaNataraj

and with his wife, Parvati, and son Ganesha (the elephant headed remover of

obstacles)

What about the goddesses?Devi – the feminine divine

Saraswatigoddess of wisdom, consort of Brahman

What about the goddesses?Devi – the feminine divine

Lakshmi, goddess of good fortune, consortof Vishnu

What about the goddesses?Devi – the feminine divine

Parvatidivine mother, wife of Shiva

What about the goddesses?Devi – the feminine divine

Durga, protectress

Kali, destroyer of demonsPlus about 330 million other deities

What do Hindus believe?

Samsara- process of death, life, and rebirthReincarnation – soul is reborn into another body after death (until the soul lives a life good enough to be united with Brahman)Karma – good and bad actions done during one’s life (affect you life after death)

Life

Death

Birth

Moksha

samsara

● The ultimate goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, which is freedom from the cycle ofreincarnation

What do Hindus believe?CASTE SYSTEM - inherited social classes

HinduismHindus live by a caste system that divides people into social classes:

 1. Brahmans (priests)2. Kashatriyas (soliders)3. Vaishyas (merchants)4. Shudras (laborers)

HOLY PLACES:All rivers especially the GANGES riverFalling from its

source of Vishnu’s feet onto Shiva’s head and out from his hair, the water of the Ganges is sacred enough to purify all sins.

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Hindus believe in salvation after death.

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Hindus worship in churches.

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Hindus believe that you can be anything you want in life if you work hard enough.

Countries where Hinduism is practiced…

IndiaNepalSri Lanka Bangladesh

Now “tell” me what you know.On a sheet of paper, write the following sentence:What I think I learned about Hinduism is…Make a quick list (10?) of words that you think of when you think of the lesson on Hinduism.Now, use those words to write a paragraph explaining what you learned about Hinduism. Make sure you use the topic sentence above to start your paragraph. Have you included all of the words from your list? Give it to your elbow partner to have them circle the words.Care to share?