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RELIGIONS IN INDIA

SIKHISM BY TRINIDAD TICINESE

Sikhism is a religion that started in the 1400 C.E around Asia 

and it is the world’s youngest religion founded 500 years ago. 

Sikhism is not derived from any other religion. The word “Sik” 

means “disciple”. Nanak was the founder of Sikhism. He was 

the first of 10 gurus (teachers or masters) of the religion. The 

main belief in Sikhism is faith in one God, whose name is 

Vahiguru. Nanak emphasized that God can only be “seen” 

from “the inward eye”, or “the heart of a human being”. He 

said that meditation allows communication between God and 

a human being. This religion does not have rituals or 

ceremonies. Sikh men had to follow the “5K’S” of Sikhism. Kes 

is the requirement to not cut your hair, maintain a beard and 

wear a turban. Sikhism teaches that all human beings are 

equal, and can realize the divine they have. Sikhs do not 

believe in fasting, superstition, ritualism, castle system, 

alcohol, smoking and drugs.

JAINISM BY JOSE UGARRIZA

Jainism is a South Indian religion. it is one of the two most 

popular along with Buddhism. Jainism was founded at the 

same time as Buddhism . When it was created, it had about 

1,000 followers.   Currently, it has about 5 million. Jainism 

requires people to be vegetarian.   And also to believe in 

reincarnation or rebirth. They say that if you are a good 

person your reincarnation will be good.

HINDUISM          

Brahman by Juan Andres Gimenez

Brahman derived from the Sanskrit, ¨Svaymbhu¨ 

because no one created him. It is known in different 

ways. The different ways are The Highest God of 

Hinduism, the creator of all creation, the universe 

ruler and the Lord. It occupies the highest place in 

Hinduism. It does not have an end or a beginning, 

because he created himself, he is himself and all by 

himself. It is related to souls. He is efficient material 

because of creation. The four aspects of the Brahma 

are himself, its knowledge, its traditions and its 

schools of thought. 

BUDDHISM

SIDDHARTA GAUTAMA BY TIAGO VILLALBA

Siddharta Gautama was born in Nepal in the 6th century BC. 

He was a teacher, spiritual leader and founder of Buddhism. 

When Siddharta was born, his father did not want him to 

know about suffer, pain or disease. A holy man prophesized a 

great future to him, where he would either become a great 

king or a great military and spiritual leader. The prince 

reached his late twenties without knowing how the real world 

looked like. The first time he left the palace, he saw that 

people suffered a lot and that they had a lot of problems. 

After seeing that, he experimented with religious leaders for 

six years but the answers to his question did not appear. 

After experimenting with them, one night he felt in deep 

meditation and became “The Budha” or “The Enlighted One”.

Holy River FOR THE HINDUS by Mauricio 

Lloret

    The Ganges is a river in Asia which 

flows into India. It is considered a holy river 

because they thought that the water was a 

god. So they bathed in it order to purify their 

soul. It was most sacred river to the Hindus, 

and it was ranked an the fifth most polluted 

river in the world.

HINDUISTS BELIEFS

REINCARNATION

MOKSHA

KARMA

DHARMA

REINCARNATION BY CONSTANZA DAUD

Reincarnation is the belief based on a cyclic 

life, or rebirth. Our lives may be more 

cyclical than linear. When someone dies, he 

or she is reborn into a new life. Religions 

that believe on it, consider it to be the path 

of the soul and at the same time achieve 

salvation. It is widely accepted by the mayor 

eastern religions such as Buddhism and 

Hinduism. On the other hand, for other                     

religions, reincarnation is foreign and 

strange. Reincarnation could explain 

“Karma”, especially when bad things happen 

to good people because this means they are 

punished for things they did in their past 

lives.

MOKSHA BY PALOMA QUINTANA

Hindus believe people pass through a lot of successive lives, known as 

Samsara. Moksha is the end of the death and rebirth cycle. It is 

achieved once the human being overcomes the common mistakes 

people make in their lives. Moksha may be achieved during life or after 

death. Once it is reached, there is no more reincarnation. But they 

think that the incarnation depends on the previous life and the way it 

was lived, which is known as the Karma. Death is the last part of 

Samsara, so Hindus refer to it as the “last sacrifice”. The religions that 

believe in Moksha are Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

KHARMA BY MARIA FE SOSA

The word karma means "action". All actions have 

consequences, some in the moment, some later, and some in 

their other life. They can not escape from their consequences, 

even though bad actions can be expiated by good ones. 

Actions are not homogeneous, but actually contain three 

components: the thought which considers the action; the will, 

which discovers the method for achievement; and the union of 

thought and will, which conveys the action into realization.

DHARMA BY MARA SALUM

For the Sikhas, dharma means “path of righteousness”. The 

meaning of dharma is Natural Law. For Hinduism, this idea 

refers to one person´s obligations, calling duties. It is 

affected by how old a person is, its caste, occupation, and 

gender. Dharma is very important to religion and philosophy 

in India. According to Indian religion, dharma allows a person 

to move faster in to other phases of life such as Moksha or 

Nirvana which explain a personal liberation.

HINDUIST BOOKS

VEDAS

THE RIG VEDAS BY IVAN FERREIRA

     The Rig Vedas is a group of poems that people in India first sang 

and recited.   They are a part of the “Four Vedas” and they tell the story 

of Prajapati, the first god who created the world. They are the oldest 

of the four collections of hymns and they contain 1028 mantras. It is 

considered the “Sacred Knowledge” of the Aryans.   Many of the 

mantras in the Rig Vedas are hymns to the gods.

HINDUIST GODS AND 

DEITIES

VISHNU

SHIVA

GANESH

KRISHNA

VISHNU BY AGUSTIN 

GARCIA

Vishnu’s name means “all pervading”. 

It is the protector of the entire world 

and the restorer of moral order 

Dharma. Vishnu is peaceful, merciful 

and compassionate. It is the supreme 

Lord. It has four arms and a dark 

colored skin. Each hand holds an 

emblem of his divinity which are the 

conch, the discus, the lotus flower and 

the mace. A curl of his hair on his chest 

signifies his immortality, and he wears 

the jewel Kaustubha around his neck. 

Vishnu has appeared in various 

incarnations nine times on this Earth, 

with the tenth predicted.

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