Religion/Spirituality and its role in shaping the culture (India)
Jan 12, 2016
Religion/Spirituality and its role in shaping
the culture (India)
OBJECTIVESO DEFINTIONO HISTORYO HOLY PLACES FOR DIFFERENT
RELIGIONSO FESTIVALS FOR DIFFERENT
RELIGIONSO DIETS AND RELIGIONSO RELIGIONS AND ITS ROLE
DEFINITIONO RELIGION: RECOLLECTION & PRACTICE OF THE RULES OF LIFE SET BY MASTERS OF THAT SPECIFIC RELIGIONEXAMPLES: HINDU CATHOLIC MUSLIM SIKH
O SPIRITUALITY: ITS IMATERIAL REALITY WHERE A PERSON SEEK A NATURE HIS ESSANCE.EXAMPLES: MEDITATION ASTROLOGY CHARITY
SYMBOL
HISTORY1. HINDU:
LARGEST RELIGION NAMED FROM RIVER CALLED ‘SINDHU’ REFERS TO A PERSON FROM THE LAND OF THE
RIVER SINDHU
2. ISLAM: LARGEST MINORITY RELIGION IN INDIA BELIEF IN ONE GOD ‘MUHAMMAD’
3. CHRITIAN: THIRD LARGEST RELIRION IN INDIA BELIEF IN JEJUS COMRISES A MAJORITY IN NORTHEAST PART OF
INDIA
4. SIKH: BEGAN IN SIXTEENTH CENTUARY IN NORTH INDIA
WITH THE TEACHING OF NANAK & NINE SUCCESSIVE HUMAN GURUS.
PUNJAB IS THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF SIKHS & IT IS ONLY STATE IN INDIA WHERE SIKHS FORM A MAJORITY.
5. BUDDHIST: MAJORITY POPULATION IS IN NORTHEN PART OF
INDIA.
6. JEWIS: THERE IS A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY OF INDIAN
JEWS. THERE WERE MORE JEWISH IN INDIA HISTORICALLY,
IN SOUTHEN AND WEST PART OF INDIA.
HOLY PLACES FOR DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
TEMPLE (HINDU) MASJID (MUSLIM)
CHURCH (CHRISTIAN)
GURUDWARA (SIKH)
TEMPLE (BUDDHISM)
FESTIVALS FOR DIFFERENT RELIGIONS
HINDU:
1. MAKARSANKRANTI: FESTIVAL OF KITE FLYING
2. HOLI: FESTIVAL OF COLOUR
3. JANMASTAMI: FESTIVAL OF FASTING,
TEMPLE CELEBRATION, PLAYS AND FOLK THEATERS
4. DIWALI: HINDU NEW YEAR
5. ONAM: HARVEST FESTIVAL
MUSLIM:
1. BAKR-ID:2. RAMZAN: A MONTH LONG PERIOD OF
FASTING
CHRISTAIN:1. CHRISTMAS: NEW YEAR
SIKH:1. BAISAKHI:
DIETS AND RELIGION
IN INDIA MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE VEGETERIAN EXCEPT SOME RELIGIONS
DIFFERENT RELIGION ASPECTS REGRADING FOODS WHICH ARE AS FOLLOW:
1.HINDU:o HINDUSIM TEACHES & SCRIPTURES ENCOURAGE A
VEGETRAIN DIET.o HINDUS ALMOST UNIVERSALLY AVOID BEEF SINCE
THEY CONSIDER THE COW SACRED ( LORD KRISHNA’S FAVORITE ANIMAL)
o MAHATMA GANDHI SAYS “ THE GREATNESS OF A NATION & ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE MEASURED BY THE WAY IN WHICH ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED.”
o YAJUR VEDA SAYS “ YOU MUST NOT USE YOUR GOD GIVEN BODY FOR KILLING GOD’S CREATURES WHEATHER THEY BE HUMAN, ANIMALS OR WHATEVER.
2. JAINISM:o JAIN TRADITION RESPECT: ‘AHINSA’(NON-VIOLANCE), ‘ASTEYA’ (RESPECT FOR OTHER’S RIGHT) ‘APARIGRAHA’ (NON-ACQUISION) ‘SATYA’ (TRUTH)
3. ISLAM: FOLLOWING QURAN AND HADITH OF PROPHET
MOHAMMAD. ISLAMIC PEOPLE CAN EAT MEAT THEY CONSUME MEAT WHICH IS PRODUCED BY NON
CRUEL WAY MEANS ‘HALAL’.
RELIGION AND ITS ROLE
O RELIGION PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE CULUTER.
O IT TEACHES THE VAULE OF OUR CUTURE
O HAVE FAITH IN OUR CUTUREO IT TEACH HOW TO BELIEF IN GODO IT MAKE US GOOD PERSONO IT TEACH US HOW TO GIVE RESPECT
TO OTHERSO IT SHOW WHO WE ARE AS INDIVIDUAL
REFRENCEO Chopara, D. (2007). What is spirituality?. Retrieved from
http://bigthink.com/videos/what-is-spirituality O Heehs, P. (n.d.). Indian religions: A historical reader of
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id=qBJLCudRPrwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indian religion&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jt8vUf-
O Radhakrishnan, S. (n.d.). Indian religious thought. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?id=qBJLCudRPrwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=indian
O http://swc.osu.edu/about-us/spirituality/
THANK YOUKOMAL PATELHIRAL PATEL