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GCSE Hinduism: Practices - Coggle Diagram
GCSE Hinduism: Practices
Why do Hindus worship?
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Shaivism/ Vaishnavism
Shaivism
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Shaivites worship while focusing on the importance of Shiva and practise Astanga/ raja yoga. There is great emphasis on internal focus and asceticism
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Shaivism does not teach the existence of avatars. For Shaivites these are just extraordinary humans, not deities
Vaishnavism
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Vaishnavite worship tends to focus on chanting and hymns (japa/kirtan): external, communal and devotional, though can be personal devotion (bhakti)
Vaishnavites worship avatars as deities. They focus their worship on the ten incarnations of Vishnu, which include Rama and Krishna.
Personal Deities
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Bhagavad Gita 12:5 – ‘It is much more difficult to focus on God as the unmanifested than God with form, due to human beings having the need to perceive via the senses’
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Pilgrimage
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Vrindavan
Vaishnavites, Vrindavan (city) one of the most sacred places. Thought to be the birthplace of Krishna.
Mount Kailash
Shaivite - abode of Shiva, not because he is sitting on top of Kailash, but everything that he knew he stored in this mountain.
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Gurus
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What is a Guru?
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be honest, sincere, trustworthy
Modern Gurus
Amma
compassion, selfless, hugs
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"The pearl (enlightenment) is found in the oyster and the oyster is in the sea. The diver brings it up. No one else has the power to do this." Guru Kabir
Yoga
Astanga
"With upright body, head and neck, lead the mind and its powers into thy heart." Upanishads
Jnana
"When a man knows God, he is free" Upanishads
Bhakti
"A leaf or flower, water, fruit, a devotee in love may bring: I cherish from the earnest soul the love that make the offering." Bhagavad Gita
Karma
"The Gift derived from Good seeks no returning grace, but gives because 'it must be done' to worthy ones and time and place." Bhagavad Gita
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Environment/ charity
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"The Gift derived from Good seeks no returning grace, but gives because 'it must be done' to worthy ones and time and place." Bhagavad Gita