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4. How is religious education incorporated into daily life?



Significance of the Hindu Culture- Riowena Beliefs- Chris/Dong How Geography has influenced Hinduism- Michael Hindu Gods- Michael Daily Diet- Dong/ Chris Daily Rituals- Dong

Chris (graphic designer) Riowena (writer) Michael W. (curator) Dong (collector/researcher)
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 DISTRIBUTED JOBS - ALWAYS CHECK YOUR JOB
 * Religion: Hinduism**
 * [[image:http://www.waterworldwide.org/Yoga/Indian%20Philosophy/IndianPhilo_BrahmaVishnuShiva.jpg width="310" height="431" caption="The Hindu Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva "]] ||
 * The Hindu Trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva ||

Image URL: [|http://www.waterworldwide.org/Yoga/Indian%20Philosophy/IndianPhilo_BrahmaVishnuShiva.jpg]

Writer: Question for my group - Do you think that three festivals are enough? I have Diwali, Holi, and am looking for another major one. Also, for the person researching Hindu gods, I found this website which has tons of gods and goddesses with all of their respective info. [|http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses.htm] Also, there was this website which has some Hindu rituals on it [|http://www.hindunet.org/day_as_hindu/pancha_nitya_karmas.htm]


 * [[image:http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/55083/256260/t/2090963-Om-1.jpg width="235" height="251" caption="The sacred Hindu symbol Om"]] ||
 * The sacred Hindu symbol Om ||

Image URL: [|http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/55083/256260/t/2090963-Om-1.jpg] Source: "Omkar and Swastika", Hindu Culture. 1997. Hindu Books Universe. 18 Nov. 2008. [|http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/omkar.html]
 * Om is the most sacred of all the Hindu symbols.
 * Occurs in prayers
 * Used in the beginning of prayers to every god, goddess or deity


 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/HinduSwastika.svg/245px-HinduSwastika.svg.png width="187" height="189" caption="Hindu Swastika"]] ||
 * Hindu Swastika ||

Image URL: [|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/HinduSwastika.svg/245px-HinduSwastika.svg.png] Source: "Swastika". Hindu. 2008. Hindu Dictionary on Swastika. 18 Nov 2008. [|http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Swastika/id/62199] Vedas: 4 of them, contain rituals, prayers, etc. Ramayana: all about Rama's life Puranas: contain mythology, history, hymns and much much more.
 * Second most important symbol in Hinduism
 * Symbol of good fortune.
 * Arms denote the indirect way that Nirvana can be reached
 * Sacred Texts:**

Source: "Hindu Sacred Texts". Religion Facts. 2004-2008. Religion Facts.com. 18 Nov 2008. [|http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/texts.htm]
 * Practices Regarding Food**

Source: "Heart of Hinduism: Food". Heart of Hinduism. 2008. hinduism.iskcon.com. 18 Nov 2008. < [|http://hinduism.iskcon.com/lifestyle/809.htm]> Source: "Hinduism, Food, and fasting". 2008. Hinduwebsite.com. 18 nov 2008. < [|http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_food.asp]? 
 * Prasadas are offered to the gods before eating a meal
 * Avoid beef to respect the cow
 * Vegetarianism is practiced but has a large variety of foods so that karma is kept "good"
 * Eat food in a clean place
 * prayers to purify food for the gods
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HINDUISM RITUALS SERIES

Summarized and picked from URL: http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/practices.htm

Intro The religious life of many Hindus is focused on devotion to God (perceived as Brahman, Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti) or several gods. This devotion usually takes the form of rituals associated with sculptures and images of gods in home shrines. More philosophically-minded Hindus ignore the gods altogether and seek Realization of the Self through intense meditation. Still others focus primarily on fulfilling the social and moral duties appropriate to their position in life.

SET 1  Hatha Yoga  Outside of Hindu culture, the word "yoga" is usually understood to refer to the practice of meditative movement and bodily postures. However, this is only one type of yoga, whose full name is **Hatha Yoga **. Hatha Yoga is one of the paths that lead to the ultimate goal of Raja Yoga, or contemplation of the One Reality. Hatha Yoga was first propagated by Swami Swatamarama, a yogic sage of the 15th century in India. Hatha (pronounced "ha-tuh") yoga is also known as //hatha vidya // or the "science of hatha" yoga; this word comes from combining the two sanskrit terms //hat // meaning "sun" and //ha //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> meaning "moon". The former refers to the solar nadi (pingala) in the subtle body and the latter to the lunar channel (ida). < yoga movement <span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The Practice and Meaning of Hatha Yoga <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The purpose of Hatha Yoga is to locate and activate the chakras (centers of energy), thereby raising the kundalini (dominant spiritual power ). This in turn is believed to help remove blockages (disease) in the mind and body. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Hatha yoga attempts to balance mind and body via physical postures and exercises ( //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">asanas //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">), controlled breathing, and the calming of the mind through relaxation and meditation. Asanas teach poise, balance & strength and were originally (and still) practiced to improve the body's physical health and clear the mind in preparation for meditation in the pursuit of enlightenment. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">It is common for yogins and tantrics of several disciplines to dedicate their practices to a deity under the Hindu ishta-devata concept while always striving to achieve beyond that: Brahman. Hindu philosophy in the Vedanta and Yoga streams, as the reader will remember, views only one thing as being ultimately real: Satchidananda Atman, the Existence-Consciousness-Blissful Self. Very Upanishadic in its notions, worship of Gods is a secondary means of focus on the higher being, a conduit to realization of the Divine Ground. Hatha Yoga follows in that vein and thus successfully transcends being particularly grounded in any one religion. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">By balancing two streams, often known as ida (mental) and pingala (bodily) currents, the sushumna nadi (current of the Self) is said to rise, opening various chakras (cosmic powerpoints within the body, starting from the base of the spine and ending right above the head) until samadhi is attained. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">It is through the forging a powerful depth of concentration and mastery of the body and mind <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, Hatha Yoga practices seek to still the mental waters and allow for apprehension of oneself as that which one always was, Brahman. Hatha Yoga is essentially a manual for scientifically taking one's body through stages of control to a point at which one-pointed focus on the unmanifested brahman is possible: it is said to take its practicer to the peaks of Raja Yoga. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Hatha Yoga is still followed in a manner consistent with tradition <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> throughout the Indian subcontinent. The traditional guru-student relationship that exists without sanction from organized institutions, and which gave rise to all the great yogins who made way into international consciousness in the 20th century, has been maintained in Indian, Nepalese and some Tibetan circles. <span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The //<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hatha Yoga Pradipika //<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The most fundamental text of Hatha Yoga is the //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Hatha Yoga Pradipika //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, written by Swami Swatamaram a, a disciple of Swami Goraknath. In great detail it lists all the main asanas, pranayama, mudra and bandha that are familiar to today's yoga student. It runs in the line of Hindu yoga (to distinguish from Buddhist and Jain yoga) and is dedicated to Lord Adinath, a name for Lord Shiva (the Hindu god of destruction and renewal), who is alleged to have imparted the secret of Hatha Yoga to his divine consort Parvati. SET 2

NAMASTE~


<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">The gesture (or mudra) of namaste is a simple act made by bringing together both palms of the hands before the heart <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, and lightly bowing the head. In the simplest of terms it is accepted as a humble greeting straight from the heart and reciprocated accordingly. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Namaste is a composite of the two Sanskrit words, //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nama //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">and //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">te //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">. //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Te //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">means you, and //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nama //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">has the following connotations: <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To bend <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To bow <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To sink <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To incline <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">To stoop <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">All these suggestions point to a sense of submitting oneself to another, with complete humility. Significantly, the word "nama" has parallels in other ancient languages also. It is cognate with the Greek //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nemo //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nemos //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> and //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nosmos //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">; to the Latin //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nemus //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, the Old Saxon //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">niman //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">, and the German //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">neman //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> and //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nehman //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">. All these expressions have the general sense of obeisance, homage and veneration. Also important here is to note that the root //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nama //<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> is a neuter one, the significance of which will be elaborated upon later. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Simply put, namaste means the following: **<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The God in me greets the God in you **<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;"> **<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Spirit in me meets the same Spirit in you. **<span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In other words, it recognizes the equality of all, and pays honor to the sacredness of all. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Translated into a bodily act, namaste is deeply rich in symbolism. Firstly the proper performance of namaste requires that we blend the five fingers of the left hand exactly with the fingers of the right hand. The significance behind this simple act in fact governs the entire gamut of our active life. The five fingers of the left hand represent the five senses of karma, and those of the right hand the five organs of knowledge. Hence it signifies that our karma or action must be in harmony, and governed by rightful knowledge, prompting us to think and act correctly. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">By combining the five fingers of each hand, a total of ten is achieved. The number ten is a symbol of perfection, and the mystical number of completion and unity. It is true for all ancient traditions. Ten is the number of the Commandments revealed to Moses by God. In the Pythagorean system, ten was a symbol of the whole of creation. Ancient Chinese thought too thought of ten as the perfectly balanced number. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Another significant identification of namaste is with the institution <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> of marriage, which represents a new beginning, and the conjoining of the male and female elements in nature. Marriage is a semi-divine state of wholeness - a union between the opposite principles of male and female necessary to crate and protect new life. The idea of human divine association was often expressed in terms of marriage, as in the description of nuns as "brides of Christ". Thus in the exhaustive marriage rituals of India, after the elaborate ceremonies have been completed, the new husband and wife team perform namaste to each other. Wedding customs, full of symbolic meanings, attempt to ensure that marriages are binding, hence fruitful and happy. Namaste is one such binding symbolic ritual. The reconciliation, interaction and union of opposites is amply reflected in this spiritual gesture. It is hoped that the husband and wife team too would remain united, as are the hands joined in namaste. By physically bringing together the two hands, namaste is metaphorically reconciling the duality inherent in nature and of which the marriage of two humans is an earthly manifestation, a harmonious resolution of conflicting tensions. Thus namaste, which symbolizes the secret of this unity, holds the key to maintaining the equilibrium of life and entering the area where health, harmony, peace and happiness are available in plenty. ....<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> << this is "the namaste position" <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">At its most general namaste is a social transaction. It is usual for individuals to greet when they meet each other. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> It is not only a sign of recognition but also an expression of happiness at each other's sight. This initial conviviality sets the positive tone for the further development of a harmonious relationship. Namaste as a greeting thus is a mosaic of movements and words constituting an intimation of affirmative thoughts and sentiments. In human society it is an approach mechanism, brimming with social, emotional and spiritual significance. In fact it is said that in namaste the hands are put together like a knife so that people may cut through all differences that may exist, and immediately get to the shared ground that is common to all peoples of all cultures. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In this context, a comparison with the widely prevalent "handshake" is inevitable. Though shaking hands is an extremely intimate gesture, namaste scores over it in some ways. Primarily is the one that namaste is a great equalizer. You do namaste with God (and not shake hands!). A king or president cannot shake hands with the large multitude they are addressing. But namaste serves the purpose. It is the same gesture one would have exchanged with a king when with him alone. So no incongruity arises. In the absence of namaste, those facing a large audience will have to make do with a wave of the hands, a much less congenial greeting, and indeed which does not state the essential equality of all people, but highlights the difference even more. But on a parallel level it has been conjectured that both the namaste and the handshake developed out of a desire on the part of both the parties to show themselves to be unarmed and devoid of malicious intention. The outstretched hand, and the palms joined together, both establish the proponents as disarmed and show that they come in peace.

<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Set 3 MEDICAL PRACTICE - "Ayurveda" <span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Ayurveda Practice in History Dhanwantri, physician to the gods and god of Ayurveda <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">At the closing of the initiation, the guru gave a solemn address to the students where the guru directed the students to a life of chastity, honesty, and vegetarianism. The student was to strive with all his being for the health of the sick. He was not to betray patients for his own advantage. He was to dress modestly and avoid strong drink. He was to be collected and self-controlled, measured in speech at all times. He was to constantly improve his knowledge and technical skill. In the home of the patient he was to be courteous and modest, directing all attention to the patient's welfare. He was not to divulge any knowledge about the patient and his family. If the patient was incurable, he was to keep this to himself if it was likely to harm the patient or others. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; background: yellow; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">The normal length of the student's training appears to have been seven years. Before graduation, the student was to pass a test. But the physician was to continue to learn through texts, direct observation (pratyaksha), and through inference (anumāna). In addition, the vaidyas attended meetings where knowledge was exchanged. The doctors were also enjoined to gain knowledge of unusual remedies from hillsmen, herdsmen, and forest-dwellers. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In 2001, archaeologists studying the remains of two men from Mehrgarh, Pakistan, discovered that the people of Indus Valley Civilization, even from the early Harappan periods (circa 3300 BC), had knowledge of medicine and even dentistry. The physical anthropologist that carried out the examinations made the discovery when he was cleaning the teeth of one of the men. <span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Ayurveda Today <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Ayurvedic physicians were traditionally supported by their patients and the communities they worked in, with a minority gaining royal patronage. Under the centralised governments systems established by the Mughals and subsequent British rule in India, many Ayurvedic physicians were paid small stipends by the state. But when the British government in India began to establish hospitals and organised state-wide healthcare institutions, leading eventually to the Indian Medical Service, Ayurveda was not included. In the early 20th century, Ayurvedic physicians began to organise into professional associations and to promote the case for national recognition and funding. This began to become a reality after Indian independence in 1947.Today, Kerala is the state in India which promotes research and practices ayurveda the most. There are many famous Ayurvedic centers ( Vaidya shala) all over Kerala. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Today, Ayurveda is gaining lots of interest in the Western countries. Ayurvedic treatments in the West are primarily massage, and dietary and herbal advice, due to the strong regulations surrounding medical practice in Europe and America. Patients are classified by body types, or prakriti, which are determined by proportions of the three doshas. Illness and disease are considered to be a matter of imbalance in the doshas. Treatment is aimed at restoring harmony or balance to the mind-body system. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In India, Ayurveda is gaining a lot of prominence as an alternative to western medicine. However, the traditional methods of teaching ayurveda - such as undergoing a rigourous study of sanskrit - are being discarded and only diseases and cures are being taught in most Ayurvedic colleges across India. For the next generation of Ayurvedic doctors, this reduces the basic understanding of Ayurveda as a comprehensive system. Also, not being able to comprehend the original Vriddha Trayi in Sanskrit may lead to different interpretations of the ancient texts and possibly to deviations from traditional Ayurveda. <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Ayurvedic massage courses and diplomas are given in western countries. In the Indian ayurvedic universities there are degrees or diplomas and there are well recognised qualifications such as Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery and registers such as British Register of Complementary Practitioners. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(70,164,75);"> <span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: black; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 굴림; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Set 4 Puja lighting a candle is also a part of puja Puja takes many forms, the simplest of which is // darsan //, gazing upon an image. The image is not believe to be divine itself; rather, it embodies the divine energy of the deity and provides a connection to the god or goddess. Puja also usually includes providing an offering to the object of puja, such as flowers or food, and possibly lighting a candle or incense. The ritual may be observed in silence or accompanied by prayers. Hindu priests chant prayers in Sanskrit or another language while performing puja. Puja may be performed by an individual worshipper or in gatherings. Sometimes a puja is done for the benefit of certain people, for whom priests or relatives ask blessings.
 * Puja ** (alternative spelling ** pooja **; Sanskrit: "reverence" or "worship") is a religious ritual which most Hindus perform every morning after bathing and dressing but prior to taking any food or drink . Puja is seen as a way of relating humans to the domain and actions of the divine, and can be performed for anything considered divine, from Vishnu to a holy tree.

HINDUISM CUISINE

1. HOW CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED (ENCOURAGED) TO HAVE HINDU DIET - Food is God -Vegeterianism http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_food.asp

PREPAREING FOOD IN TEMPLE

2. Types of hindu's religious food and learning to prepare them http://hinduism.iskcon.com/lifestyle/809.htm

There are no forks or spoons, they are learned to eat with their hands

> > 3. RESTIRCITION IN HINDU FOODS <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: 굴림; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> > http://hinduism.ygoy.com/hindu-culture/index.php >
 * Rice – usually boiled, and served plain or garnished
 * Sabji – any preparation made from vegetables and usually spiced
 * Samosa – a fried pastry stuffed with spicy vegetables
 * Dahl – a soup made from lentils or beans
 * Puri – a flat, round bread, deep-fried in ghee or oil
 * Chapatti (or Roti) – a flat, round bread toasted on a skillet
 * Popadom – a crisp savoury (like a large potato crisp)
 * Barfi – a sweet made by condensing milk and adding sugar
 * Laddu – a sweet made with chick-pea flour
 * Dosha – a simple dumpling, popular in South India
 * Chutney – often sweet and hot, made from fruit, coconut, etc.
 * Lassi – a refreshing drink of yoghurt and water; sweet or salty
 * Googra – a sweet coconut pastry, popular at Diwali

Chutney doesn't actually have any ingredients, its basically just mixed up anything, fruit, vegatables, not very likely(meat). Roti- many different types of bread
 * a flat bread
 * a giant ball of dough
 * hollow shell of bread.

A woman always carries a special spice box, everywhere she goes. It is a very important part of their tradition

this is basically the outline of the power point add images or your stuff on it so then i'll put it together and stuff after you put your pics and other information sry its on the top part of the page

HINDUISM EDUCATION (THIS CAN BE USED AS BASE INFO OF OUR TOPIC) http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_education.asp this website talks about education in universities, lower or higher knowlege etc, just general websites.

This articles talks about 'how hinduism beliefs has affected education" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/why-britain-is-getting-its-first-hindu-state-school-514589.html =Why Britain is getting its first Hindu state school=

There are more than 6,000 state-funded Church of England and Catholic schools in Britain, but so far none for Hindus. Now that is about to change. Steve McCormack reports Buried in the small print of last month's government announcement of grants of more than £1bn for new school buildings across the country were a few words of historical significance. Among 150 new projects rising out of the ground will be the first ever Hindu state school in the country. It will be built in Harrow, on the north-western fringe of London, which has by far the biggest concentration of Hindus in the United Kingdom.

More than 20 per cent of Harrow's population are followers of the religion that has its roots in India. That means that there are 40,000 Hindus, hence the demand for a publicly funded school. It will be a primary school, and could be open in three years, depending on agreement on a site, and the subsequent building process. Behind the project is an organisation called the I-Foundation, a group of British Hindu businessmen, working closely with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement, the mainstream branch of Hinduism in the UK. Influential figures within the I-Foundation in Harrow successfully lobbied the council to support its bid for government money to set up the school. Their motivation was twofold: first, the belief that Hindu families, like those of other great religions, should have the chance to choose a publicly funded school for their children; second, a growing desire to anchor Hindu children more securely to the central principles of their faith. "In recent years, we have seen a slow but steady deterioration of cultural and spiritual values in the Hindu community," says Nitesh Gor, a director of the I-Foundation. "In the 1960s and 1970s, when Hindu communities were establishing themselves in the UK, there was a concentration on material endeavour, and our values were not the prime focus." The aim of the school will thus be to re-establish Hindu values, and to ensure that emerging generations follow the tenets of the religion and its approach to life. This echoes similar arguments put forward by leaders of other minority faiths in support of their applications for publicly funded schools. At the moment, alongside more than 6,000 Church of England and Catholic state schools in the country, there are 45 Jewish, five Islamic, two Sikh, one Greek Orthodox and one Seventh Day Adventist school. The new Hindu institution in Harrow will, in common with all state schools, teach the full national curriculum, but in an atmosphere where Hinduism is prominent for much of the day. Every morning, as you would expect, there will be an assembly with Hindu prayers. But Gor also promises that a subtle Hindu presence will reach right across the timetable. "Even within the national curriculum, we will be looking to intertwine Hindu values and messages," he says. As an example, he cites Hinduism's core belief that humanity should be close to nature and the environment. This, he says, can manifest itself in science and geography lessons, for example, as well as in the environmentally friendly use of materials throughout the school. The promotion of good behaviour and character, also based on Hindu values, will be a strong theme - an implicit recognition of the increasing difficulty some mainstream state schools are experiencing in this area. Although the school is bound to have a practising Hindu as head teacher, and, in all probability, in the majority of teaching roles as well, this will not be allowed to get in the way of the central pursuit of academic excellence. "If we find it difficult to appoint a very good maths teacher who is a Hindu, we will just appoint a very good maths teacher," says Gor. Harrow Council's backing for the plan did not come without extended debate and heart-searching within the local education community. Any new school, particularly one likely to be very popular and hence to draw children away from other local state schools, can have a potentially destabilising effect on the local education landscape. This danger was clear to councillors, particularly as there is a surplus of more than 2,000 primary places in the borough, a situation prompting the need to slim down provision rather than open a new school. In addition, Department for Education and Skills' rules for the allocation of grants for new schools require that there to be a "pressing need" for the investment. In the light of these two factors, Bill Stevenson, the Labour councillor responsible for education in Harrow, acknowledges the sensitivity of the Hindu request. However, he supported it because of his belief that the large concentration of Hindu families locally deserved the same choices as their neighbours. Harrow already has one Jewish and 10 Christian state schools. To ease the knock-on effect on neighbouring primaries, the new school will have to grow slowly, in the first year taking only year-1 children, and increasing in size thereafter by only one class a year, until it has children up to the age of 11, and reaches its capacity of about 240 pupils. The head teachers of primary and secondary schools in Harrow have all been consulted, Stevenson says, and have shown broad support for the idea of a new Hindu school. These consultations will continue into the planning and building phase. In parallel, the surplus of places across the primary sector in Harrow will be tackled. The council also emphasises what it sees as the benefits of having a Hindu school in a borough where 55 per cent of school-age children are from ethnic-minority backgrounds. "The school will be an integral part of a partnership and a mosaic of local schools working with everyone, irrespective of faith and cultural background," says Stevenson. For the Council leader Navin Shah, the school is "another piece in the jigsaw" of a culturally diverse community. It is no surprise that the Government has given the school its backing and money, in view of its rhetoric in favour of faith schools. There is recognition in Downing Street that faith schools are very popular and often characterised by better-than-average standards of behaviour and achievement. However, the London bombings in July highlighted the potential danger of policies that segregate communities. So the Government underlines the need for any developments such as new faith schools to go ahead only if they have cross-community support. "As long as there is local consultation and support," said a statement from the DfES, "we are more than happy for them to go ahead." A few miles north of Harrow, in the lush Hertfordshire countryside, the headquarters of ISKCON is home to a small private Hindu primary school, where 25 children, aged four to 11, are already having an educational experience exactly like that planned for Harrow. In fact, the "faith adviser" to the Harrow school is Gauri Das, president of the Hindu temple in Hertfordshire and spiritual commissioner for the Hindu Forum of Britain. For him, the essence of the new school will be the nurturing of character. "We believe in creating holistic, contributing members of society, who understand spirituality and life's purpose," he says. This will be accomplished partly in daily prayer gatherings, and events marking the festivals in the Hindu calendar. Scattered around the classrooms at the Hertfordshire school are the drums, harmonium and small cymbals used by the children to accompany the rhythmic chanting that is a feature of most Hindu celebrations. "Teachers are viewed with great respect and reverence," says Das. "Once a year, we hope to give over a whole day to a festival honouring all the teachers in the school." Kaushik Patel, who lives in Harrow, is typical of the parents hoping to be able to give their children just that sort of school experience in the reasonably near future. "My wife and I are very excited about the new school," he says. "I feel that it is really important for children to grow up with a strong sense of their religion and culture, and still get a high standard of education." Hinduism is the world's third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam, with 600,000 followers in the UK. It consists of numerous different strands, with no single, universally recognised founder. They respect all other religions as equally valid "routes to God". A belief in reincarnation, in various life forms, is central. Many Hindus wear coloured markings on the forehead, in particular the red spot, or bindi, signifying the married status of a woman. The main Hindu festivals are: Diwali, the Festival of Light, in November; and Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna in August.
 * Hinduism in a nutshell**

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