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How does Hinduism guide followers and shape identity and culture? - Coggle…
How does Hinduism guide followers and shape identity and culture?
Where do Hindus live?
They mainly live in Nepal, India and Bhutan.
There are 1.2 billion Hindus.
There are 100 thousands Hindus in HK.
How do Hindus believe the world was created? (Think)
No Earth, no heaven, no hell, only emptiness. The M sounds filled the emptiness.
five thousands years old
Hinduism is a polytheistic (they believe in many gods)
Gods
Brahma: the creator of the universe.
Sheva: The destroyer
Vishnu: Created by the Brahma, take care of the world.
Ganesh: Son of Shiva, remover of obstacles
What do Hindu's believe?
Universal soul: if a body die, the soul lives.
Karma: good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people, even when they are dead.
Vedas: the holy books
Dharma: the usual behavior as a human.
Atman: A belief in an immortal individual soul.
Time is a cycle, it has no beginning or end,
it will just continue on and on.
what do they do?
They celebrate Diwali (the celebration of lights)
They buy good clothes and make good food. They share their food with their neighbour. Also, they open the lights.
They celebrate Holi (The celebration of good over evil)
Colourful Hindu festival, Throw brightly coloured powder and water, in a public celebration, dedicated to worship of vishnu, Last full moon of the lunar month of Phalguna.
They celebrate Maha Shivarati (celebrates the God Shiva)
They spend a whole night in deep meditation and, they surround the Sheva temples to gain the god's favour. This celebration is very important to the women. There is a plat form build around the fire, the top one is heaven, the second on is represent space, the bottom one present Earth.
what do they have?
They have temples to pray.
They have shrine to pray at home.