Hinduism

Question 1

Hinduism is the ancient religion of _____ it’s the ______ largest religion in the world with over 1 -______ followers. The majority of Hindus live in India, which is the ______ Hindu majority country in the world.

Answer 1

India, third, billion, only

Question 2

for many people, it’s very difficult to understand what Hinduism is because in so many ways it is more like disorganized religion than an organized religion.Hinduim has no ____, no common _____, no common ______ , no common ______ ,no common _______- all the things that we think about when we think about bounded, organized religion.

Answer 2

disorganized, founder, language, deity, scripture, ritual

Question 3

most hindus would believe that we all have a soul and that soul is a _______. the ____ that we all possess means that our ______ are _______ and that we can know God by going inside of ourselvess

Answer 3

God. soul, natures, inherently Devine

Question 4

for hindus, the soul is _____ over many lifetimes and the goal of Hindu life is to achieve ______from the cyclicale of rebirth, liberation from the cycle of suffering. for hindus it’s not just that humans have a soul but all ______ have a soul including animals. In India, one will se the multiplicity of _____ of the divine. You will see the divine represented in animal form.

Answer 4

reincarnated, liberation, sentient beings, depictions

Question 5

one way to think about this notion of our souls being inherently divine is through the Hindu greeting of namaste which is traditional greeting in India and it literally means the divinity within me ________ the divinity within you. In the simple greeting, we see a core Hindu theological belief that’s articulated.

Answer 5

acknoloeges and salutes

Question 6

in the most ancient hindu text, the rigged there is a verse that says god is one but the wise call god by many names, or truth is one but the wise call truth by many names. built right into the heart of the tradition is this notion of _____

Answer 6

pluralism

Question 7

there is no way to convert to hinduism; it’s different strokes for different folks. my hindu parents would tell me there are many paths up the mountain but they’re all leading to the same place. At its core, hinduism has a great deal of _______for the other world religious traditions and recognizes them as ________ paths to understanding __________ and understanding _________

Answer 7

respect, equally legitimate, ourselves, God