l-7 religiom class6

Ex. A

1. The Vedic texts called the Upanishads record knowledge given by teachers to pupils sitting at their feet, often through questions and answers.
2. Brahma
3. Jabala
4. Gautama Buddha
5. Lumbani near Kapilavastu in 563BC.
6. He forbade lying, stealing, killing and drinking.
7. Vardhamana Mahavira
8. perfect knowledge
9. Prakrit

EX-B

1. Upanishad means to sit near somebody.
2. According to one of the Upanishads, Satyakama Jabala, a great thinker and philospher, was the son of a low-caste woman named Jabala. He was taught by Rishi Gautama, who being impressed by Satyakama's truthfullness about his low birth accepted him as a student.
3. To overcome desire, the Buddha advised his disciples to follow the middle path, that is, neither to give up all worldly possessions nor to live in luxury.
4. Mahavira's teachings were simple. He believed that a person's postion in life depends on karma(actions) of the previous life.
5. Jainism became popular in northern, western and southern india.
6. The Buddha and Mahavira set up organisations called sanghas for those who gave up worldly life and became monks in order to attain enlightment.

EX-C

1. new religious and philosophical ideas arose out of the dissatisfaction caused by the social and political conditions of the sixth century BC.
2. The Upanishads state that the atma can attain moksha ( ultimate freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth)when it unites with Brahma. This can be acheived through the complete understanding and continous awareness of Brahma.
3. The life of an upper caste man was divided into four stages called ashrams.These were
   a. brahmacharaya- student life
   b. garhastha – family life
   c. vanaprastha – retirment to the forest to meditate
   d. sanyasa- giving up everything
4. Buddhism and Jainism were similar in many respects
   a. Both religions were against caste system and ritualism.
   b. Both stressed on the equlity of all human beings and on ahimsa.
   c. Both spread by means of languages used by the common people.

EX-D

1. The monks and nuns led very simple life.
   a. They spent much of their time on religious studies and meditation.
   b. They wandered about to spread their faith among the people.
   c. they had to abide by the rules of their sanga. The rules of the Buddhist sanga are contained in a text called the Vinaya Pitaka.