Silk Road- a trade route that allowed many different regions to gain access to goods
Hinduism- the worlds most tolerant religion
Four main denominations:
-Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smartism
Beliefs:
-believed in a supreme God and believed in rebirth and reincarnation
-Brahma-the least worshiped God and is depicted with four heads(CREATOR)
-Vishnu-the second Hindu deity-put in charge of the preservation and restoration of the universe-associated with sun (PRESERVER)
-Shiva-the third Hindu deity-the God put in charge of the destruction of the universe so that it may be rebuilt (DESTROYER)
Priests controlled the religion and its beliefs
-invented reincarnation brought back to life as a higher or lower status depending on their karma
-as priests they may read or recite the holy texts to those present
-have multiple holy holidays
-worshiped in temples, Hindu homes, mostly temples
Buddhism:
-Siddhartha Guatama was founder of Buddhism
-he was looking for enlightenment, wisdom, in the forests for six years
-had 4 noble truths
-the 4th says the way to overcome such desires and attain enlightenment is to follow the Eightfold Path, called the middle way between desire and self-denial
-believed in reincarnation
-Nirvana-release from selfishness and pain
-Monks
-Buddhism affected trade, it has different forms
-some Buddhists worshiped Buddha as God
-Theravada-"ancient teaching"-oldest surviving branch of Buddhism that is known of
-also cloestest to original Buddhism that any other form.
-is the main religion of Sri Lanka
-Stupas are temples and means heap and have symbolized elements
-they look lie a dome
-contain artifacts and stuff about Buddhism
-people meditate in stupas
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