featuring… megan prokop victoria spooner & jimmy yoder
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Featuring…Megan Prokop
Victoria Spooner&
Jimmy Yoder
History
• Dates back to 2000 B.C.- one of the oldest surviving religions.
• Earliest writings have not been deciphered.
• Indus River Valley civilizations have evidence Hinduism was practiced there.
• Original language is Sanskrit.
• Name comes from the Indus River.
COOL STUFF ABOUT HINDU!
• Doctrine- to attain liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.
• Experiential- during one’s life as a Hindu, one must go through four stages in life…
– brahmacharga, which takes place during the school years, is focused on acquiring knowledge and developing character;
– grastha, the middle years, is focused on worldly pursuits and pleasures such as marriage, family and career;
– vanaprastha, when one's children reach adulthood, is a time of increased focus on spiritual things; and
– sanngasu, in the last years of life, one may abandon the world entirely for a life of contemplation.
COOL STUFF ABOUT HINDU! CONT…
• Ritual- no strict ritual. They believe that it is up to the individual to choose the best way to worship God.
• Ethics- – 1. Ahimsa - do no harm
2. Satya - do not lie3. Asteya - do not steal4. Brahmacharya - do not overindulge5. Aparigraha - do not be greedy6. Saucha - be clean7. Santosha - be content 8. Tapas - be self-disciplined9. Svadhyaya - study10. Ishvara Pranidhana - surrender to God
FAST FACTS ABOUT HINDU!Name of Deity(s) Shiva and Vishnu
Holy Book(s) Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita and Brahma Sutra
Day of Worship Erryday
Place of Worship Temple or Home Shrine
Holy Places Ganges river, or remote location in the Himalayas
Title of Leader Guru
Divisions Saivism, Vaisnavism, Saktism
Holidays Mahashivaratri (honoring Shiva), Holi, Ramnavani, Dusserah, Diwali
Symbol Aum, Bindi, Linga, Lotus, Pratik, Swastika, Tilak, Trishula, Yantra
YOGA TIME!!!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iewRkQSTlTI • 1st pose- Crescent moon pose• 2nd pose- Tree• 3rd pose- Cobra• 4th pose- Child’s pose
Works Cited
• Religionfacts.com• http://www.eternity-yoga.com/yoga-positions-for-
beginners.html