Introductory facts:

Copy: Hinduism was not founded by an individual person and it

developed slowly over a long period of time, for these
reasons Hinduism is a varied religion.
Lets together explore the themes of variety, ideas and truth to
understand how Hinduism can be like this.

THE
THREE
AGREEMENTS?

…..pto
AGREEMENT 1: Do we agree?

WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT!

YO
U
AGREEMENT 2: Do we agree?

WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS!

YOUR
THOU
GHT

YO
U
AGREEMENT 3: Do we agree?

THE WAY WE THINK COMES FROM THINGS WE

HAVE SEEN, FELT, TASTED, HEARD and SMELLED.

YOUR
THOU
GHT

YOU
Tasks:
1.LISTEN to a STORY
2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
4.TALK ABOUT what we have
LEARNERD FROM EACH OTHER
THE ELEPHANT STORY
Once a group of curious people came to an
intelligent man. They asked:

“Sir, some people say that what is real is what

we see with our eyes and can feel with our
hands. Other people say that this is all an
illusion, that our minds cannot understand what
is really real. What do you say?”

The wise man told them a story similar to this

one…
Four blind men were given the task of finding out what an elephant
was. None of them had known an elephant before. Each one
created a different story about the elephant.
The first touched its tail. He said 'an elephant is a rope'.
The second touched its ears – he said 'an elephant is a rug'.
The third touched its leg – he said 'an elephant is a pillar'.
The fourth touched its trunk – he said 'an elephant is a hose'.
The blind men started arguing. They each thought his story about
the elephant was true and the only possible story to be told.
They all said:

I know
I knowI am
I am
right! right! I know
I know
I am
I am
I know
I knowI am
I am right! right! I know I am
right! right! right!
After that interesting discussion they started listening
to each other and their ideas about the elephant started
to change.

Hose Rug, Pillar

rope & & Rug
&
rope pillar hose &
hose
Finally, after some more discussion and thought, they came to
only two conclusions. Two blind men agreed that the elephant
was a man and the other two agreed that the elephant was a
bird. So, they went all around the world trying to convince
everyone that their stories were right!
In conclusion, all people are like the blind men because
different people understand the world in different ways
according to where they are coming from.

Like the blind men we keep trying to convince each other

that our stories are right – that what we think or
experience is what everyone else should think and
experience.

But no one knows for sure what the elephant/reality

REALLY looks like.

THE END
Tasks:
1.LISTEN to a STORY
2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
4.TALK ABOUT what we have
LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER
DRAW A PICTURE OF YOUR THOUGHTS
OR WRITE THEM DOWN
Tasks:
1.LISTEN to a STORY
2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
4.TALK ABOUT what we have
LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER
Task:
Write out the question and explain your ideas.

I WONDER…Explain, reflect, challenge!

1. Describe truths you know of that we cannot see

with our eyes or feel with our hands?
2. Is the elephant like the world around us?
3. Why do different people see things in different
ways?
4. Is what we learn at school only one version of a
story?
5. What did the elephant make of the blind men?
Tasks:
1.LISTEN to a STORY
2.TAKE A PICTURE of our THOUGHTS
3.EXPLORE some QUESTIONS
4.TALK ABOUT what we have
LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER
Task:
THINK ABOUT … Discuss, share, reflect!

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED…

1. ABOUT YOUR OWN THOUGHTS?

2. ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN YOUR CLASS?
3. ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD?