Living a Hindu life: Beliefs and actions
What does this picture Aim: suggest Copy: about the To explore how to live a good life? Why does Brahman want • soul? me to live like this? Hindus call the soul, the Atman
Starter:is (The Soul? ) and Hinduism teaches that each 1.What living being has a soul. The Atman it?1. Close you eyes and with your finger point to where your mind is,
is part of Brahman. (Our point to your heart, and pointindividual to your soul. soul is part of a 2.What universal soul.) does it
The brain is a complex mass; 1.5kg of blood and nerve cells, that your do? is a muscular pump the same size as your fist. heart ….so where is your ‘self’, what makes us unique? 3.How Some scientists argue that we are nothing but a mix of chemicals, shouldmuscles we and organs. bones, treat it? However, both religious and non-religious people believe that humans are much more than the physical body and that we have something special….a spirit, soul or self. Our soul is our self.
The part of Brahman which is in everything is the soul and this is called the Atman and it can’t be destroyed It can be described as the real you and the body is like a car that you’re driving for this life.
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The body is like a bag full of blood, bones and organs, and is not really that important.
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Cycle of Karma Hindu’s believe that when they die they will be reincarnated. What they come back as in their next life depends on the good and bad deeds that they do, this is called their karma. •The more bad deeds they do, the more chance they have of coming back as something like an insect. •The more good deeds they do the more of a chance they have of coming back as another human being. •The aim for a hindu is to come out of this cycle and be one with God. 08/21/15
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Earl trailer – Video Q: What are the consequences of good and bad actions? Q: Why are people so concerned with how to live? Q: How do people live a good life?
Beliefs about life and death – Video
1. Students could discuss karma and reincarnation and the belief that we only live once. 2. Discuss then how we face judgement to a heaven or hell.
Tasks: 1. Read p22-23 Hinduism Textbook; Sue Penney • Write down the key vocabulary: Atman, Dharma, Karma, Moksha, and Samsara. • Illustrate the important Hindu beliefs about karma, reincarnation and samsara in diagram. Q: What do you think about the idea that the way we live now affects what will happen to us?
Plenary: Suggested task / 1. Prayer; devise a prayer homework: about living life to the Design play aofsnakes gloryand of God. absolute and laddersactions/deeds karma game. goodness, etc… Eg. - Think Lord,squares help us…. • Dearabout labelled with specific ask….. • God, we karma. This could send recognise….. • Lets us a• player down Father, you or areupsoin cycle of samsara. good…… a world • I hope arefor good deeds? - What where….. are bad deeds? - What Q: Explain how our beliefs about living life be so different and so similar to
By the many arms of Vishnu, I swear it is a truth…. You can’t kill a Hindu!