Asian Religions

and Philosophies
Lesson 5
HINDUISM
JAINISM
JUDAISM
ZOROASTRIANISM
SHINTO
BUDDHISM
ISLAM
CONFUCIANISM
TAOISM / DAOISM
SIKHISM
What is RELIGION?
•is belief in a god or gods and the
activities that are connected with
this belief.
 Praying

Worshipping
Building a
church or a
temple
What is PHILOSOPHY?
• is a systematic study of general and
fundamental questions concerning
topics like existence, reason,
knowledge, value, mind, and
language.
"philosophy" means,
"love of wisdom"
 RELIGIONS that
ORIGINATED in SOUTH
ASIA
HINDUISM
•World’s oldest religion.
•It emerged in India.
•It has no specific founder.
HINDUISM
•It evolved from
the beliefs of
ancient Aryans.
 VEDAS
•meaning “knowledge”

•are the oldest texts of Hinduism.

HINDUISM
 Samsara
• the cycle of birth and rebirth (or
reincarnation)
•is governed by how karma is created
and balanced.

HINDUISM
 Karma
•the universal Hindu law of cause and
effect which holds a person
responsible for his or her actions and
effects.

HINDUISM
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 Moksha
•derived from the Sanskrit word, muc,
which means to free.

HINDUISM
The Four Purposes in Life
in Hinduism
The TRIMURTI
 BRAHMA
•God of Creation
•He is associated with
creation, knowledge,
and the Vedas.

HINDUISM
 VISHNU
•God of Preservation
•the preserver and
protector of the
universe.

HINDUISM
 VISHNU
•His role is to return to
the earth in troubled
times and restore the
balance of good and
evil.

HINDUISM
 SHIVA
•God of Destruction.
•The symbol of death.

HINDUISM
BRAHMA VISHNU SHIVA
The Creator The Preserver The Destroyer