Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Hinduism
- Brahman
- Aum - Symbolises
Brahman
- Sound of creation which
continues throughout life and
death
- Day begun by
uttering Om.
- Chanted when starting
work or going on a
journey
- Aum - Sanskrit for all
- Ome - Latin for all
- Symbol drawn on tongue
at birth to bring Aum into
their life.
- All Powerful, All
Knowing, Everywhere
- Responsible for making life,
preserving life and destroying to
allow new life
- Trimurti
- Brahma - Creator
- Four heads, two hands, sits in
lotus, meditating, holds goblets
and beads, one of the least
worshipped gods
- Vishnu - Preserver
- Blue, sits on a curled-up, many
headed cobra, 4 hands, holds
discus, big snail shell and mace,
wears crown, worshipped by
about 1/4 of Hindus
- Shiva - Destroyer
- Holds any of: hourglass-shaped
rattle drum, a deer and flames,
often has an upraised hand,
surrounded by fire, one of the most worshipped gods
- Atman
- Samsara Cycle
- The circle of life, death
and rebirth
- Caste System
- High to low: Brahmins,
Kshatriyas, Vaishyas,
Sudans, Dalits
- When reborn as a human, you
enter the Caste System
- Samskara
- Turning points in life to
celebrate
- There are 16 samskaras
- The piece of Brahman
within every living
thing