Jamilla Ardon & Lotte van den Heuvel
4AA
• The origin of Hinduism lies in India, near the
river Indus, which now belongs to Pakistan.
• The Indians called their belief Dharma; eternal
order or truth.
• Hindu is Persian for Indian, that’s why the
belief is called Hinduism. This also proves that
Hinduism did originate in India.
• We’re not absolutely sure when Hinduism was
founded, because there’s no exact date.
• Because of some archaeologists, we suspect
that about 4000-5000 years ago, some people
already believed in Hinduism.
• This picture shows the oldest
Hindu temple in the world.
• In India, the caste system is the base of the
social structure, also called the varna and jati
system.
• Varna divides people in 4 different castes, the
jati divides people in sub-castes.
• Because many Hindu's live in
India, they are also part of this
system.
• You belong to a certain caste when your family
is part of it.
• Your birth therefore decides your social status,
for example; you are born in a family with
teachers, then you belong to
the Brahmins.
• Karma comes from Hinduism and Buddhism.
• It means that what you do will have
consequences for you.
• In Hinduism, people believe in reincarnation
and they believe that what you do in this life
will determine what your next life will look
like.
• Brahman is the term for “the unchanging
reality amidst and beyond the world” which
cannot be exactly defined.
• It’s the highest reality for Hindu’s, it is that
what you can’t change.
• Brahman was founded by a philosopher called
Shankara in the year 800 (approximately).
• The picture at the top shows a drop water in
water, a common analogy for Brahman.
• The ultimate goal is called moska; salvation
from samsara.
• Samsara is the endless reincarnation cycle.
• In order to do that, the people have to
become one with the universal soul and debar
all desires on earth.
• Hinduism can be considered as both monoand polytheistic.
• Hindu’s have many gods and goddesses, but
some people say that they’re all different
forms of one god.
• Others say that all gods and
goddesses are different.
• So there are mono- and polytheist ic
Hindu’s.
• ‘Aum’ consists out of 3 letters and it’s symbolic
for 3 triads:
– Worlds: earth, atmosphere, heaven
– Major Hindu gods: Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu
– Vedic scriptures: Rg, Yajur, Sama
• ‘Aum’ can also be described as the “essence of
the entire universe”.
• In Henotheism, there are multiple gods and
goddesses, but one of the is the “leading”
one.
• Subtypes are monolatrism or kathenotheism.
• The founder of Henotheism, Max Müller, said
that Hinduism is a Henotheist religion too.
• The picture shows Henotheist ideas
in Christianity. >
• Brahma is the personification of the holy
trinity in Hinduism.
• He is said to have come out of Vishnu’s
umbilicus.
• Brahma is also related to Brahman/Aum, the
creator of everything and the student
of the Veda’s.
• Brahma is described as a male god
with four faces.
• Shiva is worshipped as the supreme God.
• He is the destroyer and restorer and is the
most multifaced God of all hinduist Gods.
• Shiva belongs to the Trimurti,
together with Brahma and
Vishnu.
• Together with the godess Parvati,
Shive stands for true love.
• Vishnu rules the balance between good and
evil and stands for the protector of the
universe.
• There also exists a group of people that only
worship Vishnu; the monotheism Vaishnavism.
• Hinduist say Vishu has reincarnated 9
times and he will do so once again,
close to the end of the world.
• Durga is the Mother Godness.
• Durga is also the power behind
the creation, protection and destruction of
the world.
• She is worshipped as the Supreme Power and,
according to some, Durga is the wife of Shiva.
• Durga has 3 eyes representing the moon, the
sun and fire (desire, action and knowledge).
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