World History - Week 5

Hinduism
Short Video about
Hinduism
General information
 Hind
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• "Sanatana Dhrarma" - सनातन धर्म
• A set of religious beliefs or practices
• the 3rd biggest religion
• 1.2 billions adherents
 Belief in
sacred cow
 cow tiger

elephant snake
 WHY ????
- a gift from god

- beneficial to mankind:
+ meat, hides
+ dairy products
+ cow dung
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
314121278_Antimicrobial_activites_of_cow_dung_extracts_against_human_pathogens
 Uncertain
origins
- may have derived from the value of cattle in Aryan
pastoral society

- may have entailed from the sacred bull in Harappan

culture in Indus Valley civilization (now in Pakistan).
 Linking
- On 14 example
March 2020, a Akhil Bharat
Hindu Mahasabha hosted a cow urine
drinking party with over 200 people in
attendance to ward off COVID-19

- No clinical studies to back up the

Corona Virus prevention of cow urine

==> It is purely a blind faith. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cow-urine-pa/hindu-group-offers-cow-

urine-in-a-bid-to-ward-off-coronavirus-idUSKBN2110D5
Markings
forehead
2 types

Tilak Bindi

Materials:
• ashes - combine with sandalwood, vermillion, clay, or
turmeric, etc
 Tilak
• Represent for which Hindu religious
group or the God/Goddess a person is
following

• Many Hindu temples keep kumkum

paste at the entrance, and all who visit
place a dot of it on their foreheads.
Shaktas: (worshippers of Devi — the
feminine manifestation of the Divine)
• draw a single red vertical line, or place
a red dot
• as a symbol of her divine energy and
power.
Example
 Bindi
• Which means “a drop, small
particle, and dot”

• For Hindu women, it shows their

marital status

Example:
Young, unmarried women
Married women
Widows, whose husbands have died
(or no bindi)
Forehead marks also Represent
for the third eye

• Hindu tradition believes that the two physical eyes - seeing the
external world
all people have a third inner
the third focuses inward toward
eye
God.
WORSHI
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Worship at home
• Rituals are a part of their lives in
happiness and in sorrow.
• One of the most popular forms of
rituals is daily worship at home.
• Common rituals: puja, meditation,
reading religious books,...
Pumsavana/Prayer for the
fetus - Gods of fertility
Annaprashana/First meal

Antyeshti/Funeral rites
Significance
• Bring God and spirituality into human life.
• Reinforce one's faith in religion and God.
• Acquire education and shape one’s character.
• Enhance spiritual betterment.
 Worship at temples

Hindus need never worship in public.

Images of deities in the temple are treated like royalty

When going to Hindu temples, they must:

• Keep their body clean

• Do not wear costumes or wear accessories made
of leather
• When offering the ceremony, in addition to the
items, the marigold wreath is indispensable
In temple worship, the priest performs the puja, then on behalf of the god he returns to
the people some of what they first brought as offerings—food, flowers, etc.
 The city of Florence was ruled by wealthy families. This political
system was known as

c. An oligarchy

Wealthy families like the Sforzas and the Medicis controlled the government and economy of their city-
states.
 This Renaissance philosopher, diplomat, and politician is credited with
the quote "the ends justify the means."

Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli wrote the famous political treatise, The Prince, and is considered to be the one of the
forefathers of modern political philosophy.
During the renaissance, Italy was split into _________, which were wealthy and independent
cities that were headed by a specific ruler or group of people.

C__y S_at_s
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