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If you had a magic wand and could conjure up one person who you most wanted to meet in your
life – who would you want to meet?
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Now imagine this person is coming to visit your house ……
• How would you prepare for their visit?
• How would you prepare your house and also yourself???
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Darshan – to “ be seen by God”
L.O To enquire into the concept of Darshan (being seen by God) – the Hindu idea of worship
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Hindu Gods
• We have already learned that Hindus worship many deities (gods) – who are all part of the ONE god – just different aspects.
Hanuman
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Some of the gods
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1. Shiva & Parvati 2. Lakshmi 3. Durga
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Temples – places of worship
A Hindu temple is believed to be the earthly seat of a god and the place where the god waits for itsworshippers.
As such, temples are sacred spaces where people can be with the gods.
Many temples look like palace architecture; this is not surprising, as deities are often consideredkings.
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Looking after the gods
• Hindus believe that if proper care is not taken of the temple's gods they will abandon the temple.
• Priests live at the temple and take care of the gods' needs.
• Each day the god is washed, their clothes changed and offerings are brought to them.
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But Hindus don’t have to worship at a temple!
• The heart of every Hindu home is its shrine: the sacred space set apart for honouring and worshiping the gods.
• While a particularly devout Hindu may visit a temple every day, others go there only to request a favour from the god or on festival days.
• Temple worship needs a priest to speak to the god for you, so most Hindus prefer to worship at home.
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Puja – worshipping God at home• The pujas that take place in
the household shrine are the foundation of all family actions and decisions.
• In the home the contact between devotee and deity is direct.
• The size and decoration of a household shrine do not matter. The shrine may be large and impressive, an entire room or a or it may be simply a tiny niche, or even just a row of religious prints pasted on a wall.
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Praying every day
• Everyday, one or more people in the family will honour the family’s god or goddess at their home shrine.
• To worship the god properly at home you have to connect to god with all your senses – worship becomes a multi sensory experience.
• Prayers will be chanted to the god or goddess, people bow before the god .
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The five senses
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The five main things used in Puja
Can you match the item to the sense it uses
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Let’s check your answers
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Why do you think it might be important to use all the senses when
worshipping God
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Here’s one Hindus description of Puja
I perform Puja before I go to school. First I wash myself and then I wash the Murti. On my shrine the Murti is the Goddess Saraswati – the goddess of learning. I place a mark on the Murtis forehead with Tikka powder.
The arti tray is placed in front of the Murti. I make offerings of flowers , fruit and holy water and burn incense sticks. I light the arti lamp and ring the bell to let saraswati know I am ready. We turn around three times to show God is all around us. Then we pray or meditae. Afterwards we share prashad ( holy food)
Explain the similarities between this and how you prepared for your
special visitor.
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Evaluation
If Hindus believe Brahman is everywhere and in everything – is there any point in performing Puja?
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• On the hand performing puja is important because………………
• On the other hand performing puja is not important because…………
• Overall I think puja is/is not important because……………..