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1. True or False: You can only have bad Karma? 2. What factor determines you status in the Indian Caster system? 3. What is the highest level you can be reborn as on the caste system? 4. What does Moksha mean?

Todays Goals:
1. Moksha: How do Hindus believe that you can get the soul free from the misery of Samsara? 2. Compare the Caste system to slavery in the US.

Review Hindu Ideas

Turn & Talk: Partner 1: Explain Samsara Partner 2: Explain how Karma is related to Samsara Partner 1: What are the 5 castes? Partner 2: What is Dharma?

Do not hesitate in your sacred duty as a warrior For a soldier nothing is more sacred than the fight for a just cause If you do not take up this just fight, You will fail in your duty and your honor will be lost.. If you die in battle you will enter heaven. If you win you will enjoy heaven on earth Therefore rise and fight with determination Fight for the sake of fighting Look equally on happiness and distress, gain and loss Victory and defeat. In this way you will not incur (gain) sin.

Bhagavad Gita
Written in about 400 BCE to help Indians understand Dharma (duty) and the path to Moksha Is a conversation between 2 main characters 1. Hindu God Krishna 2. Prince Arjuna Prince Arjuna is a great warrior king about to go into battle

Answer these reading questions in your notebooks

1. Based on the background information for the text, who are the 2 people involved in the poem? 2. Who is narrating the lines of the poem? 3. According to the first 2 lines, what is the most important Duty for a warrior? 4. According to the text what will happen if he wins in battle? What happens if he loses in battle? 5. (Bonus) The poem states fight for the sake of fighting. look equally on happiness and distressvictory and defeat. In this way you will not incur (gain) sin Why would you think this wont give him sin or bad karma?

Exit Questions?
According to Hinduism why cant you get out of your caste in your lifetime? Do you agree or disagree with the caste system? Why? How is the Hindu belief in the Caste system similar to the Christian belief that slavery is ok because it is in the Bible?