INTRO TO THE WORLD

• HINDUISM the third most popular religion in the world • it started or have approximately of 4000

  years ago or c. 2000

  -1500 BCE
• third most

  popular religion in the world

  • 4000

  years ago or c. 2000

  • -1500 BCE

  HINDUISM
• a persian word which originally meant only the people living around and beyond the river Indus.


  HINDU
• This migration created the theory that ARYANS form the roots of EARLY HINDUISM • but SCHOLARS of the faith DISPUTED SUCH CLAIMS.
• What does Aryan migration theory say

  Foreigners from the north are believed to have migrated to India and settled in the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from 1800-1500 BCE. The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language.
• These are the information about Hinduism

  • It has 750 million "Hindus" in india
  • While in abroad it has 30+ million "Hindus"
  • Third larger religion in the world
  • It has 33 million gods
  • Has no specific founder
  • No strong organizational structure to depend
  • No creed to to define it and stabilized its beliefs
  • Hinduism united the worship of many gods with a belief in single divine reality
• One supreme god or Ultimate reality in Hinduism

  BRAHMAN
• Trimutri - Three male deities or also known as Hindu Trinity

  And they are

  • Bhrama (creator) - knowledge and wisdom
  • Vishnu ( preserver)- balance and order, righteousness, and peace
  • Shiva (destroyer) - transformation and renewal, removing obstacles

  This each male deities have their own avatar
• Who were the Hindu Trinity

  Bhrama, Vishnu, Shiva
• Three scared texts of Hinduism

  Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita
• Vedas

  consist of hymns, philosophy and guidance on ritual for the priest

  HINDUISM is also known as Vedic Religion
• UPANISHADS is philosophical-religious texts known as Sanatana Dharma (Eternal Order) written in late Vedic Sanskrit text.
• BHAGAVAD-GITA the most prized sacred scripture It tells about Dharma (Sacred Duty), disciplined action and self-knowledge
• SHRUTI - is knowledge that was revealed by the Brahman itself. Shruti is knowledge that was heard

  • SMRITI - is knowledge that is remembered and passed over down over time.
• FOUR GOALS OF HUMAN LIFE

  SECONDARY GOALS

  1. What do I need - ARTHA- that means SECURITY

  2. What do I want?- KAMA- that means PLEASURE

  3. Why am I here?- DHARMA- means DUTY

  PRIMARY GOAL

  4. Who am I?- MOKSHA- means LIBERATION
• What are the four paths to yoga 


  • Jnana-Yoga - The path of knowledge • Dhyana-yoga - The path of meditation • Bhakti-yoga - The path of Devotion • Karma-yoga - The path of good works
• THe FOUR PATHS TO YOGA

  Jnana-Yoga - The path of knowledge • Dhyana-yoga

  - The path of meditation

  • Bhakti-yoga

  - The path of Devotion

  • Karma-yoga

  - The path of good work
• ISSUES ON HINDUISM - GENDER INEQUALITY- women are down or IMMOLATION - CHILD MARRIAGE 30- 1/4 age or 10-15 ung age gap - GENDER-BIASED ABORTION- pinapatay ung girl na fetus - CASTE SYSTEM- discrimination l, complimentary to dharma
• SECTS OF HINDUISM

  • Vaishnavism
  • Shaivism
  • Shaktism
  • Smartism