7.2 HuGeo Q3 World religions: Hinduism & Buddhism

Indus Valley (now called Pakistan / India)

Minnesota

Islam

Hinduism

Abraham

No real founder

true

false

The rebirth into another body

The 52nd birthday

karma

caste

bible

dharma

moksha

St. Paul

you are born into Hinduism. To be Hindu, you MUST be born Hindu.

you are born into a caste system. You are born into a socio-economic-political station in life.

you will stay Hindu and stay in your class. There is no moving up in class. Many people want to change this.

They were born into it

They got to choose their caste

True

False

Confucius

Siddhartha Guatama

The Ten Commandments

The Four Noble Truths

reincarnation

kharma

Each soul is reincarnated after death.

Everyone has the same social status.

Siddartha Gautama

There is no god or supreme deity

Hinduism has a founder and Buddhism does not have a founder. Both have gods.

Hinduism has a caste system. Buddhists do not believe in the caste system. Hinduism has gods; Buddhism does not have gods.

China. Leading faith in the Americas and Middle East.

India. There are many Buddhists in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan & Korea, and the world

Hinduism is practiced in two countries: India and Nepal. Hinduism has not spread to other countries. You need to be born into Hinduism.

Hinduism is practiced all over the world. Hinduism is the biggest religion in Minnesota. Many people have converted to Hinduism.