HINDUISM

ORIGIN AND FOLLOWERS

• Founded in India with no specific date or person
• Is understood to have always existed
• Has one billion followers

LOCATION AND GOALS

• Located primarily in India, but also Nepal
• Goal is to reach Moshka, selflessness, and responsibility
• Moshka is liberty in religion
• Moshka is also a connection with God

BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

• There are 9 main beliefs in hinduism. A few of them are:
• There is one, all pervasive supreme who is both immanent and transcendent.
• The universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution.
• All life is sacred, to be loved and revered,and therefore practice amimsa, "noninjury".
• The majority of Hindus worship deities by using devotional practices known as Bhakti.

BELIEFS AND PRACTICES CONTIN.

• Devotional practices are related to the act of meditation.
• Worship may involve literal or figurative sacrifice, known as yajna.