HINDUISM

Vocab.

• Brahaman- a force in the univeres, a form of ultimate god.
• Atman- the indivdul self whose duty it was to seek and to know Brahman
• Karma- the force of a person's actions in this life in determing rebirth in a next life.
• Yoga- union,a practice developed by the Hindus that is a method of training design to lead to union with God.
• Dharma- Divine law
• Reincarnation- the belief that the indivdual soul is reborn ina different form after death.

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HINDUISM Hinduism its orgins in the relgious beliefs of the Aryan people who invaded and settled in India after 1500 B.C. Evidence about the relgious belief came from the Vedas, which are collections of hymes and relgous ceremonies that were passed on orally through the centuries by a Ayran priest. Hindusim is known to be the greatest relgion practiced next to Buddhaism. The way that this relgion started was by the Aryan priest writing the hymes down and pasing them on to other people. Hinduism began in India and is still practiced there. Hindus believe that there is a single universe, a form of ulitmate realilty of god named Brhamn. It was the duty of the indivdual self Ataman, to seek the god, Brahman. By doing so, the self will merge with the god after death. by the sixth century B.C, another new comcepty' came to mind, Reincarnation. Hindus velieve that a person is reborn after death. After a number of reincarnation, the self will finally merge eith the god, Brahman. To get to this goal you have to believe that there is a single universe and believe in what the Hindus believe would happen after death.the Hindus developed a method to get closer to the god, Brahman. They have dufferent methods because everyone is different.This method is known as yoga. Yoga has four types. ONE: The path of knowledge. TWO: The path of love. THREE: The path of work. FOUR: The path of meditation. In following the last path, the follower seek to still the mind and achieve to merge with Brahman. the final goal of any path is to leave behind the cycle of exitence and reach the goal to the spirtual union of Brahman.