Buddhism and Hinduism

Question 1

Name the four rites of passage of Hinduism

Question 2

Explain the Birth RITE OF PASSAGE

in HINDUISM

Answer 2

• Before Baby is born hindui’s perform rituals
• Recite prayers to fetus to protect it from harmful spirits
• The mother eats only healthy food to protect the baby
• After baby is born, father performs ritual where he dips a gold pen into honey and writes the Sanskrit symbol OM onto the babies tongue (the hope is the baby will only speak truth which is as sweet as honey
• After one week babies name is given - the name of a favorite god or goddess
• Within first year of life Hindu girl has an ear piercing ceremony
• Both girls and boys have haircut symbolic of renewal and the shedding of the wrongdoing of past lives
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Question 3

Describe the RITE of PASSAGE of the Ceremony of Sacred Thread of Hinduism