Re Report

HINDUISM

Basic Principles of
Hinduism
 Hindus believe in a one, allpervasive Supreme Being.
 Hindus believe in the divinity of the four Vedas, the world's most ancient scripture.
 Hindus believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.

 Hindus believe in karma.
 Hindus believe that the soul reincarnates, evolving through many births until all karmas have been resolved, and moksha, liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained.
 Hindus believe that divine beings exist in unseen worlds and that temple worship, rituals, sacraments and personal devotionals create a

 Hindus believe that an enlightened master, or sat guru, is essential for Self-Realization.
 Hindus believe that all life is sacred.  Hindus believe that no religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others. "All paths are true. Your path for you. My path for me."

Dharma
 Practice of virtue.
 Living of ethical & ritually correct life.
 Fulfilling the duties assigned. Artha
 wealth and power.
 working for and achieving of success. Kama
 pleasure and desire.  aesthetic pleasure of all kinds.

Moshka
 spiritual liberation, union with the Supreme.
 the striving for release from life.

HINDU PHYLOSOPHY
OF SHIKSHA
(education) & VIDYA
(knowledge)

 Hindus focus on shiksha (education) as value based worthwhile learning.
 They believe that through education, one can attain the skills essential for living/survival but vidya is attained for life.
 Through shiksha, one can become successful but having vidya, is having the ability to attain wisdom.
 Thus not all educated

PRASHIKSHAN (training)
 the ability to master skills and carry them out practically. Like that of the
Pacific Island cultures, Hinduism also depends on the informal ways of teaching to pass on skills and knowledge from generations to generations. Here the guru’s or elders of the community train the youth in skills such as crafting, farming, cooking etc.