Zusammenfassung der Ressource
AS Level - Hinduism - WJEC
- Beliefs about the
Deity and
Humanity
- Concepts of God
- Henotheism
- Worship of 1
God, and the
acceptance of
other Gods
- Monotheism
- Belief in 1 God
who has
personal
qualities
- Monism
- Everything is made of 1
essential essence (atman),
God is impersonal
(Brahman)
- Polytheism
- Worship of
many Gods
- Relationship
Between
Brahman and
Atman
- Dualism
- Atman is part
of Brahman
- Non-Dualism
- Atman and
Brahman are
separate
- Brahman
- Impersonal
- Supreme/
Ultimate
Being
- Essence of Life
- Eternal and
Indestructable
- Same as reality as the atman
- Ultimate Spiritual Reality
- Universal
Spirit and
Life Force
- Vishnu & Avatars
- Means 'decent'
- 9 Avatars, 1 yet to come
- Vishnu's avatars
linked to evolution
- Humans don't
deserve God's
interventions; He
does it becuase
he cares
- When the world is in danger
from evil, God uses it to
restore moral order
- Whenever
Vishnu's avatar
is human,
Lakshmi
decends as an
avatar
- When Vishnu decends, He
takes the most suitable
form to help
- Vishnu
- Mace=Power
- Lotus=Glorious
Existance
- Discus=Wheel of Time
- Lakshmi
- Preserver
- Reminds followers
to follow religious
morals and laws
- Gandara=Half
man/Half bird
- Dark Blue/Black
- Dependant of Shakti
- Vaishnavism
- Dualism
- Men often shave
hair; leave a tuft at
back
- U Shape
drawn on
forehead
- Moksha
through
Bhakti
- Largest branch of Hinduism - 50%
- Monotheistic
- Ecstatic dancing and chanting of
Holy names
- Vishnu temples and
shrines=elaborate
- Usually Vegetarians
- Devotional-Personal
aspects of God
- Believe
that
other
Gods
serve
Him