India 10/19

[3rd Adam Zac]

Indians

Not the red skinned kind

• Hinduism
  • Ethics
    • Disapproved of
      • Violence
      • Killing
      • War
  • Called ahimsa
  • Allowed to defend themselves
• Conduct of war
  • No poison arrows
  • No attacking the sick
  • Elderly
  • Women children
  • Or from behind
• Vegetarians
• Didn’t kill other living things
• Believed cows were sacred
• Butchers jobs were for the lower class
• Beliefs
  • Allowed the freedom to believe and worship
  • Believe the world is basically one big family
  • Accepts all beliefs, doesn’t distinct forms of religeons
  • List of beliefs
    • Dharma—ethics
    • Samsara== life death and rebirth
    • Karma==good and bad
    • Yoga==
    • Festivels
      • Pongal shigmo
      • Bihu
      • Onam
      • Holi
      • Bold terms
        • Brhma
          • First god in the trimvurite
          • God of creation
• Vishnu
  • God of the trimviruate
  • Supreme god
  • Preserver of the universe
• Shiva
  • Third of the tri
  • Destroyer or transformer
  • All were responsible for the creation upkeep and destruction of the world
  • History of Hinduism
    • Oldest and one of the most complex
    • No specific founder or theology so its hard to have a good history of it
    • Hinduism comes from Indus
    • Influenced when Aryan indo European tribes invaded northern India and attacked the hardpan people
    • Now has a lot of beliefs and organizations
    • Foundation of transcendental meditation and Buddhism  
    • Indian trade
      • Items
        • Black pepper
        • Cinnamon
        • Cloves
        • Spices, valued as much as gold and silver today
• One of the largest diamond cutting and polishing countries
• Trade partners
  • Chineese
  • Central asia
  • India
  • And eastern Europe
• Famous for
  • Fabrics
  • Spices
  • Semiprecious stones
  • Dyes
• Silk roads
  • Interlinking trade route across afro-Eurasian  that connected east south and west Asia with the Mediterranean
  • Extended 4,000 miles
  • Named after Chinese silk
• Caravans
  • Group of people carrying goods to trade with people far away
  • About 4,000 camels
  • Traveled through the spice markets in
    • Babylon
    • Carthage
    • Alexandria
    • Rome
  • Also used ships
• Facts
  • In the hand of local and forging markets
  • India divided into small regional political units
  • For the two periods of the classical era India was unified by imperial powers
  • During the classical period India became a crossroads in a fast trade network that starched from the pacific to the Mediterranean sea
  • During a time called lineage to the state they shifted from nomadic to agriculture
  • Buhidism
    • Religion in the Indian subcontinent
    • Has a variety of beliefs traditions and practices based on Buddha
    • Two major branches
      • Theravada a
      • Mahayana
• Theravada
  • Oldest surviving branch
  • Most popular in sri lanka
  • Promotes vibahffavada, teaching of analysis
  • Believe every individual is responsible for their pwn self awakeninf and liberation
  • More than 150 million people worldwide
• Stupas
  • Bhudist shrine
  • 5 types
  • 1.  Relic, remains of budda and disciples
  • 2.  Object- objects that belonged to budda and desciples
  • 3.  Commemorative- events in the lives of budda and his desciples
  • 4.  Symbolic—symbolizes aspicts of their beliefs
  • 5.  Votive- for spiritual events
• Brahma
  • Name for a type of exalted , passionless, diety
  • Orginates in the vedic tradition
  • there is no identity between the buddhist brahman and the hindu ones