HINDUISM

A REPORT BY:
Roann Giselle Leala
Jennefer Braze
Christine Joy Veloso
WHO ARE THE FOUNDERS OF
HINDUISM?

There is no single founder of Hinduism as Hinduism

was not founded as a religion.
SACRED TEXTS
VEDAS
The Vedas (/vedz/; Sanskrit: veda, "knowledge")
are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the
ancient Indian subcontinent. Composed by ancient Aryans
in VedicSanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of
Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
VEDAS
UPANISHADS
The Upanishads are a collection of texts of religious
and philosophical nature, written in India probably between
c. 800 BCE and c. 500 BCE, during a time when Indian
society started to question the traditional Vedic religious
order.May 4, 2014
UPANISHAR
BHAGAVAD-GITA
The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit: , bhagavad-gt in
IAST, Sanskrit pronunciation: [bad ita]; lit.
"Song of the Lord"[1]), often referred to as simply the Gita,
is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the
Hindu epic Mahabharata (chapters 2340 of the 6th book
of Mahabharata). The Bhagavad Gita is a Bhagavata
explanation of the Purusha Sukta and the Purushamedha
Srauta yajnadescribed in the Satapatha Brahmana.[2]
BHAGAVAD-GITA
DOCTRINES
DHARMA-DUTY
Dharma is an important term in Indian religions. In
Hinduism it means 'duty', 'virtue', 'morality', even 'religion'
and it refers to the power which upholds the universe and
society.
DHARMA-DUTY
KAMA-PLEASURE
Kama is pleasure, usually understood as aesthetic pleasure
of all kinds. This includes: the producing and enjoyment of
art, music, dance, drama, literature, poetry, and sex. (The
"Kama Sutra," which may be one of the best known Hindu
texts in the West, is about the aesthetic pleasure of men and
women; it discusses beauty, music, dance and sexual activity.)
It is thus religiously praiseworthy to take part, to support, or
just to appreciate any form of pleasure. This should always be
done, of course, within the realm of dharma (i.e., in a virtuous
manner).
KAMA-PLEASURE
ARTHA-WEALTH
Artha (Sanskrit: ) is one of the four aims of human life in Indian
philosophy. The word artha literally translates as "meaning, sense, goal,
purpose or essence" depending on the context. Artha is also a broader
concept in the scriptures of Hinduism. As a concept, it has multiple
meanings, all of which imply "means of life", activities and resources that
enable one to be in a state one wants to be in.
Artha applies to both an individual and a government. In an individual's
context, artha includes wealth, career, activity to make a living, financial
security and economic prosperity. The proper pursuit of artha is considered
an important aim of human life in Hinduism. At government
level, artha includes social, legal, economic and worldly affairs. Proper
Arthashastra is considered an important and necessary objective of
government.
ARTHA-WEALTH
MOKSHA-LIBERATION
Moksha is also called mukti, which essentially means to
attain freedom from any further forms of differentiated,
temporal, and ordinary material existence in the mortal world. It
also means, quite simply, becoming free from samsara, or the
continued rounds of birth and death in the material realm, which
is caused by the accumulation and continuation of karma. So it
also means becoming free from karma. It is karma, no matter
whether it is good or bad, which keeps us bound to material
existence. So one of the main goals of human life is to attain
freedom from this material existence, and enter the spiritual
realm. That is moksha, liberation.
MOKSHA-LIBERATION
BRAHMAN
Brahma () (nominative singular), brahman (stem)
(neuter gender) means the concept of the transcendent and
immanent ultimate reality, Supreme Cosmic Spirit in
Hinduism. The concept is central to Hindu philosophy,
especially Vedanta; this is discussed below.
BRAHMAN
 ATHMAN
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and
require several outlets for your energies. You are not a
builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out
your plans.You are bold, independent, inquisitive and
interested in research. You know what you want and why
you want it.
ATHMAN
THE FOUR YOGAS
1.) Yoga of Knowledge
2.) Yoga of Work
3.) Yoga of Devotion or Love
4.) Yoga of Psychological Exercises
YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE
YOGA OF WORK
YOGA OF DEVOTION OR LOVE
YOGA OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
EXERCISES
GODS AND GODESSES
SOME OF THE GODS AND GODESSES
Brahma, the Creator
Vishnu, the Preserver
Shiva, the Destroyer
Ganapati, the Remover of Obstacles
Avatars of Vishnu
Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning
Lakshmi
Durga Devi
BRAHMA
VISHNU
SHIVA
GANAPATI
AVATARS OF VISHNU
SARASWATI
LAKSHMI
DURGA DEVI
ISSUES
GENDER INEQUALITY
Gender inequality is the idea that women and men are
not equal. Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or
perceptions of individuals wholly or partly due to
their gender. It arises from differences in socially
constructed gender roles.
CASTE SYSTEM
The caste system resulted in lot of evils because of its
rigid rules. Society was divided into strict compartments
and those belonging to higher castes exploited the lower-
caste people. A person born in one caste was doomed to
remain in it forever.
The Shudras and untouchables had to perform all the
menial tasks. They could not do anything to make things
better for themselves. Worse, they could not even think of
anything better for their own children who remained slaves
or bonded labourers.
POVERTY
In India, the root cause of poverty is Hinduism, which maintains a cruel
class system based on the idea that some are more worthy to live than others...
it is their place in life to keep the rich rich.
Three thousand years ago the fair-skinned Aryans (the ideal according to
Hitler) invaded India, where skins were much darker. To make sure their
blood-lines were not 'contaminated' by the indigenous population, the Aryans
invented the still-used caste system, with themselves as the highest.
Just 5% of the castes are of this highest group, the Brahmins. The
remaining 95%, the 'untouchables' or Dalit, are the lowest of the low... they are
considered to be unclean or worthless. The others in this evil system of the
lowest caste, are the OBC's (Other Backward Castes). Though slightly higher
than the Dalits, they are still separate from the Brahmins, and are just as poor
as the Dalits.
Hinduism strictly keeps this cruelty going and so 95% of the population
are poor because of this godless religion. And even when Brahmins emigrate
to the West their mind-set is the same.