1. Copy or restate the question in your interactive notebook.
Bell Ringer
Would you rather live in the Paleolithic or Neolithic Era? Explain using evidence from your notes.
Copy or restate the question in your interactive notebook.
Must be at least one paragraph

2. Hinduism and Buddhism
EQ: What similarities and differences exist in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions?

3. Hinduism’s Polytheistic – religion that holds a belief in many gods
Brahma – the Creator
Vishnu – the Preserver
Shiva – the Destroyer
Has no single founder (combination of beliefs)
Sacred texts include the Vedas and Upanishads

4. Hinduism Core Beliefs
Reincarnation – after death, an individual’s spirit is born again
Goal is to achieve moksha, or exit from the cycle of rebirth

5. Hinduism’s Core Beliefs
Movement in the cycle is determined by:
Karma – all the good or bad deeds of a person’s life (follow from one life to the next)
Dharma – a person’s religious and moral duties in life

6. Hinduism’s Core Beliefs
Caste system – strict system of social groups that people were born into, each caste had its own dharma
Dominated every aspect of a person’s life (jobs, rights, etc.)

7. Founder: Siddhartha Gautama – “the Buddha”
Buddhism
Founder: Siddhartha Gautama – “the Buddha”
Hindu prince who sought to end suffering by achieving nirvana, or enlightenment

8. Buddhism’s Core Beliefs
The Four Noble Truths
All life is suffering
The cause of suffering is desire
To end suffering, end desiring
To overcome desire you must follow the Eightfold Path (prescription on how to live life)

9. Buddhism’s Core Beliefs
Believed in karma, dharma, and reincarnation
Rejected the gods of Hinduism
Rejected the caste system, anyone can achieve Nirvana.
Exit from the cycle could be achieved in one lifetime

10. What similarities and differences exist between Hinduism and Buddhism?
Essential Question
What similarities and differences exist between Hinduism and Buddhism?

11. Review
What do you call a religion that holds a belief in many gods?

12. Review
What is the term that describes a person’s duties or responsibilities in both the Hindu and Buddhist faiths?

13. Review
This person was the founder of Buddhism, eventually taking the title of “the Buddha.”

14. Review
This core belief of Buddhism was preached by the Buddha in his first sermon to his closest followers.