Transcript Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma)

Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma)
What Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) means ?
Yogesh Mehla
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What is Hinduism?
• Hinduism is the dominant religion of the
Indian subcontinent, and consists of many
diverse traditions. a wide spectrum of laws
and prescriptions of "daily morality" based
on karma, dharma, and societal norms.
Hinduism is a categorisation of distinct
intellectual or philosophical points of view,
rather than a rigid, common set of beliefs.
Their are 330 millions gods/goddesses in
Hinduism.
Detail:
• You will find many people saying Hinduism
is not a religion it is way of life.
• Because Hinduism doesn't force any one
to follow a belief.
• Most commonly you will find maximum
families consist of 4 people and you can
even find all members worshiping different
deities/gods/goddesses. Also in different
ways. Also respecting others belief.
• But their are common beliefs too:
1.Taking bath before worshiping because
body is consider as 1st temple
man/women should worship.
2.Taking bath before cooking as kitchen is
consider as 2nd temple of every home.
Who is Hindu?
• To be a Hindu you can be:
• Polytheism is the worship of or belief in
multiple deities usually assembled into a
pantheon of gods and goddesses, along
with their own religions and rituals.
• Monotheism is defined by the
Encyclopædia Britannica as belief in the
existence of one god or in the oneness of
God.
Who is Hindu?
• Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection
of belief in the existence of deities. In a
narrower sense, atheism is specifically the
position that there are no deities.
Who is Hindu?
• Hindus worships nature (trees, rivers, sun,
moon, cow, dog, cat, lion, tiger, etc).
• So If I combine my last three slides.
• To be a good hindu you can worship one
god or multiple gods/goddesses or tree or
cow or river or no god then also you can
be a good Hindu.
Who is Hindu?
• According to our sacred text name
Bhagavad Gita.
• Hindu or can say any Human is defiend by
his Karma (means deeds) done by
Human.
• It is not important that you worship a god
or goddess or not.
• If you have done any sin then even if you
worship a god you will be punished as an
act of your deed.
Who is Hindu?
• What are punishments ?
• Their is no punishment like burning in hell
or other things. Yes their is also place
consider where suffering after lifes are
given.
• But if you did any thing like murder or any
other crime and you get punished by your
court and sent to jail then also it is
considered as punishment as result of
your Karma (deed).
What is Karma?
• Karma means action, work or deed it also
refers to the principle of causality where
intent and actions of an individual
influence the future of that individual.
Good intent and good deed contribute to
good karma and future happiness, while
bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad
karma and future suffering.
Way to God?
• Karma yoga: As noted by various commentators,
the Bhagavad Gita offers a practical approach to
liberation in the form of Karma yoga. The path of
Karma yoga upholds the necessity of action.
• (Karma yoga also include full filling your all
duties on time is also way to god)
• Bhakti yoga: The introduction to chapter seven
of the Bhagavad Gita explains bhakti as a mode
of worship which consists of unceasing and
loving remembrance of God. Faith (Śraddhā)
and total surrender to a chosen God (Ishtadeva) are considered to be important aspects of
bhakti.
Way to God?
• Jnana yoga: Jnana yoga is the path of
wisdom, knowledge, and direct experience
of Brahman as the ultimate reality. The
path renounces both desires and actions,
and is therefore depicted as being steep
and very difficult in the Bhagavad Gita.
About Peace
• In Hinduism Peace holds a great part. If
you under stand theory of Karma then it is
very easy to understand that if you will
give love then in return you will get love if
you will impart peace then you will get
peace in return. Fruit you get is from seed
you planted.
• Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism are
religions which were formed from
Hinduism. Lots of learning and knowledge
between these four religion is common.
Out of which PEACE is one.
Worshiping images
• According to Hindu God is every where,
God is in stone, is in river, is in child, is in
human, is in air or every where.
• People worship images, stones, statues
even food as Hindu beliefs God is every
where.
MAN and WOMEN
• Both are consider as equal. As one of the main
god that is shiv is not full without shakti which
represents women.
MAN and WOMEN
• To support this:
• It is considered that all 3 essentials things
which are:
– Money/Property
– Power/Strength
– Knowledge
are gift of 3 goddesses which are:
Laxmi
Durga
Saraswati
Life of a man and women
• Life of man and women are divided into
stages:
– Student till 25
– Martial life (25-50)
– Devoting them self to Bhakti
Why so many gods/goddesses? Is it
mandatory to worship all?
• In Hinduism it is not important to worship
all or any god/goddess. It totally depends
upon you.
Why so many gods/goddesses? Is it
mandatory to worship all?
• Apart from this, In Hinduism their are gods in
every family. E.g.
• Mother is considered as biggest god for his
son/daughter
• Fathers comes after.
• Teacher are also consider as god as they give
lessons of life and knowledge.
• For women her husband is also god.
• Even if their is a case son or daughter is grown
up by some other man and women then that
person is consider as god for that child.
Why so many gods/goddesses? Is it
mandatory to worship all?
• It is first Duty or Dharma of every
individual to first complete his/her
responsibilities
for
their
mother/father/children. If he/she fails then
his/her worship is not accepted by any
god/goddess he/she follows.
Other Religion
• In Hindu families respecting other religion
is specially taught as, it is saying that if we
don't know much about any thing then we
should not discriminate that also we
should respect others feelings.
• There is no restriction on any one on
visiting other religious places.
History which effected Hindu and India
• Gurukula or gurukul (Sanskrit: गुरुकुल) is a
type of school in India, residential in
nature, with pupils (shishya) living near the
guru, often within the same house. Prior to
British rule, they served as South Asia's
primary educational institution. The gurushishya tradition (parampara) is a
hallowed one in Hinduism and appears in
other religious groups in India, such as
Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
History which effected Hindu and India
• Nalanda University was the first great university
in recorded history and one of the world's first
residential university as it had dormitories for
students. It is also one of the most famous
universities. In its heyday, it accommodated over
10,000 students and 2,000 teachers.The
university was considered an architectural
masterpiece, and was marked by a lofty wall and
one gate. Nalanda had eight separate
compounds and ten temples, along with many
other meditation halls and classrooms. On the
grounds were lakes and parks. The library was
located in a nine storied building where
meticulous copies of texts were produced.
History which effected Hindu and India
• The Manu smṛti (or "Laws of Manu", Sanskrit
Manusmṛti मनस्
ु मतृ ि; also known as MānavaDharmaśāstra मानवधममशास्र), is the most
important and earliest metrical work of the
Dharmaśāstra textual tradition of Hinduism.
• The text presents itself as a discourse given by
Manu, the progenitor of mankind to a group of
seers, or rishis, who beseech him to tell them
the "law of all the social classes“
Lesson from Bhagavad Gita
• Whatever happened, happened for good.
Whatever is happening, is happening for good
and whatever will happen will happen for good.
What have you lost that you are crying for?
Whatever you have gained, you have gained
here. Whatever you have lost, you have lost
here. What belongs to you today, belonged to
someone else yesterday and will belong to
someone else tomorrow. CHANGE is the eternal
rule of life. So don’t focus on the result but do
your karma.
Thank you
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