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- 1Who are the 3 main gods of Hinduism? Who is Brahman? What is it called when a god appears on earth?Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu.
The one supreme being, who is everywhere.
An avatar. - 2what are the three parts of worshipping?Bhajan, singing of hymns.
Havan, offerings (to the god of fire)
Arti, when five lights are waved in front of the multi. - 3What are the 4 stages of life?Brahmachrin - the student
Grihastha- the household
Vanaprastha - the retiring
Sannyasin - the monk - 4What is the Atman? What is Karma?The Atman is what Brachman in all living things is called.
Karma is who your life will be depending on your good or bad deeds. - 5What is it called when you try to break the cycle of birth? And give an example of how Hindus do this.It is called Moksha. Hindus do yoga and meditating to break the cycle.
- 6What is the Vedas?It is a book that contains collections of hymns and religious texts, ritual, mythical accounts, poems, prayers and sacred formulas.
- 7Why is the bell an important symbol?The Hindu bell rings when entering the mandir. The sound that the bell make represents air (sound travels through air)
- 8what does the swastika represent?The four directions (N,S,E,W)
The four seasons
the four Vedas (book of knowledge)
The four Hindu goals in life. - 9What does the Arti lamp represent?it symbolises the removal of darkness, sun and fire. It teaches Hindus to remove fear and ignorance.
- 10tell me what you know about the symbol om?It id the Hinduisms holy symbol, it is said at the beginning and end of every meditation. It represents the cycle of life. it is made up of 3 parts, the 3 states of life: Birth, life and Death.
- 11Who's symbol is the shell/conchsha shell?Vishnu's symbol is the shell, it is the symbol for air and for the destruction of evil.
- 12Give 3 things in the pictures of Shiva.The river ganges flowing from his head, 3 pronged fork to symbolise destruction and and extra eye- see all.
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