Agendas
• Tomorrow– 8/23
– Religions Quiz
– Study Guide due
• Tuesday – 8/27
– Vocab due
• Thursday – 8/29
– Unit 1a Test
– Test Study Guide due
GOOD MORNING!
Buddhism Review
True or False
• With your partner, decide if it is true or
false. If it’s false – tell me why!
• 1. The god of Buddhism is Buddha.
• 2. The Four Noble Truths believe that life is
filled with happiness. To enjoy that
happiness, you must get rid of desires.
• 3. Buddha reached enlightenment by sitting
under a tree.
• 4. The final stage of peace is called
enlightenment.
• 5. Buddha believed in reincarnation.
• 6. Buddha believed in the caste system.
Buddhism
• Followers worldwide: 362 Million
• Name of Deity: No personal deity
Founder
• Siddhartha Gautama:
Buddha
• Born into a noble
family - prophecy
• Saw old man, sick man,
dead man, holy man
• Only a religious life
offers escape from
suffering
• Meditated under tree –
achieved
“enlightenment”
Holy Book
• No one book – sacred texts
Leadership
• Buddhist monks and nuns
Basic Beliefs
• Four Noble Truths –
1.
2.
3.
4.
Life is filled with suffering
Cause of suffering are selfish desires
To end suffering…end…? Desires
End desires by following Eightfold Path
Basic Beliefs
• Eightfold Path- right views, right speech,
right conduct….etc
Basic Beliefs
• Nirvana – release from selfishness & pain
– What does this sound like?
Buddhism Today
• Found primarily in China
(but also throughout SE Asia)
• Indian Buddha
• Chinese Buddha
• Does anyone know where
Hinduism originated?
• Last time we studied India,
what happened to the Indus
River Valley?
– Tectonic plate movements?
– Civilizations declined
Indo-Europeans
• The Indo-Europeans – group of nomadic peoples
• Aryans – group of nomads who entered India
Aryan
• Aryans were taller, lighter in
skin color
– Spoke a different language
• Left almost no archaeological
record,
– Sacred literature remained
– Vedas
• Collections of prayers, hymns
to gods, spells, and ritual
instructions
– Rig Veda
Hinduism
• Collection of religious beliefs that developed
over a long period of time
Followers Worldwide
• 820 Million
Name of Deity
• Three main gods:
– Brahma
– Vishnu
– Shiva
Founder
• No one founder
Holy Book
• No one book – sacred texts:
– Vedas
– Puranas
Leadership
• Guru
• Holy Man
• Brahmin Priest
Basic Belief
• From your own experience,
what have you noticed
about Hinduism?
• Main goal:
– Liberate themselves from
desires and suffering
Basic Beliefs
• Reincarnation: The
soul never dies, but
is continually reborn
Basic Beliefs
• Moksha – Perfect understanding and release
from life
– Lifetime of worship and virtuous acts
Basic Beliefs
• Karma – Good or bad deeds that follow
one from reincarnation
The Caste System
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Brahmins (priests)
Kshatriyas (Rulers and warriors)
Vaishyas (Peasants and traders)
Shudras (laborers)
Hinduism Review
• 1. How were the Aryans connected to
Hinduism?
• 2. Name the three gods that serve as the
main gods for Hinduism.
• 3. Who is the top of the Hindu caste system?
• 4. How are moksha and reincarnation
related?
• 5. The Hindus have more than one holy texts.
Name the one that gives us information about
the creators of Hinduism.
How are Buddhism and
Hinduism similar?
• Both believe in:
• Reincarnation
• Nirvana/moksha
• Karma
How is Buddhism different
from Hinduism??
• 1. Buddha rejected the many gods of
Hinduism
• 2. Did not like the privileges of the
Brahmin Priests and rejected the caste
system