By Olivia Carter Hinduism Originating in India Dating back to 1400 to 1500 BC E arly Hinduism history is up for much debate for 3 reasons First there was no Hinduism before modern times although the sources of Hindu traditions ID: 259337
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Hinduism
By: Olivia CarterSlide2
Hinduism
Originating in India
Dating back to 1400 to 1500 B.C.
Early Hinduism history is up for much debate for 3 reasons.First, there was no 'Hinduism' before modern times, although the sources of Hindu traditions are ancient.Second, Hinduism is not a single religion but contains many traditions.Third, Hinduism has no definite starting point. The traditions which flow into Hinduism may go back several thousand years and some practitioners claim that the Hindu revelation is eternal.Slide3
Hinduism Scriptures
Hindu literature is split into two categories.
Shruti: that which is revealed.
Smriti: that which is remembered.The shruti are considered divinely revealed and so they are sacred scriptures.All shruti scriptures are made in Sanskrit.Slide4
Hinduism Beliefs
Hinduism likes you have an absolute and complete freedom of belief and worship.
Hinduism
thinks of the whole world as a single family that deifies the one truth, and so it accepts all forms of beliefs and dismisses labels of distinct religions which would say a division of identity.Slide5
Devas and Avatars
The Hindu scriptures refer to celestial entities called
Devas,
"the shining ones", which means "gods" or "heavenly beings“.Hindu epics and the Puranas relate several episodes of the descent of God to Earth in corporeal form to restore dharma to society and to guide humans to moksha. This is called an Avatar. The most prominent avatars are of Vishnu and include Rama and Krishna.Slide6
Karma and Samsara
Karma means action, work
, or deed, and
is described as the "moral law of cause and effect".The linga sharira, a body more delicate than the physical one but less delicate than the soul, retains impressions, carrying them over into the next life, establishing a unique path for the individual. Therefore, the concept of a universal, unbiased, and never-failing karma basically relates to reincarnation as well as to one's personality, characteristics, and family. Karma binds together the notions of free will and destiny.His cycle of action, reaction, birth, death and rebirth is a
range
called samsara
.