Do Now: What does it mean if something is considered

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Do NowWhat does it mean if something is
considered classic?

• Can you think of an example?

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The Classics
500 BCE 0
500

• India
• China
• Greece
• Rome

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Do Now Personal Questionnaire

1. What are some of your goals in life?
2. Is there any way that your goals can lead to
   unhappiness?
3. Do you believe the saying, what goes around
   comes around? Why? Why not?
4. Do you have greater loyalty to society or to
   yourself?

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Social Hierarchy Caste System
(Priests)
CASTES
Brahmins
(Warriors)
Kshatriyas
(Farmers, artisans, merchants)
Vaisyas
(The conquered, servants, laborers)
Sudras
Pariahs Harijan ? Untouchables
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Hinduism Beliefs

• God is ONE force BUT represented in many gods
• BRAHMA

Monotheistic or Polytheistic?
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• Peoples soul is part of a universal soul ATMAN
  (unity)
• GOAL OF LIFE
• Free soul from individual existence
• Union with Atman MOKSHA

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• PROBLEM People pursue imperfect goals keeps
  soul separate from universal soul

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In order to get to Atman

1. Freeing soul takes more than 1 lifetime
2. Soul passes through series of rebirths when body
   dies, soul is reincarnated (reborn) in another
   bodily form

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Reincarnation cycle continues until soul is
reunited with ATMAN
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How do you stop this cycle?

• Moksha is achieved by obeying the principles of
  dharma and karma
• Dharma duties vary according to caste
• Karma actions in a persons life (things that
  happen) i.e. being born into a high/low caste
• Obedience to caste leads to reincarnation in a
  higher caste - MOKSHA
• Ignoring dharma lead to lower caste BAD KARMA

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How does Hinduism impact the life of its
followers? (actions?) Why?
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Do Now

• Create a sentence using the following words
• 1. dharma
• 2. karma
• 3. reincarnation
• 4. caste
• 5. moksha
• Sentence must be factual!

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Do Now Do women have different roles in society
based on where they live in the world?

• Explain your answer!

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Buddhism
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Siddhartha Guatama Buddha The Enlightened One

• High ranking family (prince)
• Sought to discover realm of life where there is
  no suffering left palace to explore the world
• Meditated until he understood the cure for
  suffering
• Became enlightened extinction of human desire
  and suffering
• Spent remainder of life teaching others

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Buddhist Teachings 4 Noble Truths

1. All life is suffering, pain, sorrow
2. The cause of suffering is desire
3. The cure for suffering is to overcome desire
4. Overcome desire by following Eightfold Path

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• Final Goal
• Nirvana Union with Universe release from cycle
  of rebirth
• Obtained by following Eightfold Path and
  meditation enlightenment
• EQUALITY Rejects caste system nirvana to all

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Spread of Buddhism Gupta DynastyReign of Asoka
Golden Age of India
Trade, Prosperity, Tolerance, Public Works
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