Hinduism: Expression of Religious Identity

What Hinduism: Expression of Religious Identity covers

Hinduism: the practices, rites and communal life through which identity is expressed. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Hinduism as their chosen religion.

The 6 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• The Four Paths of YogaRecall questions on the meaning of yoga, the four paths and who each suits, why they are not mutually exclusive, the Gita and Sivananda's yoga of synthesis, and criticism of Western practice.Open →
• Raja Yoga and the Eight LimbsRecall questions on the aim Patanjali sets, the eight limbs, the restraints and observances and why posture and breath come early.Open →
• Bhakti, Darshan and PilgrimageRecall questions on bhakti, its forms, saint-poets and self-surrender, darshan and the consecration of a murti, and pilgrimage to the Ganges, Varanasi and the Kumbh Mela.Open →
• Puja, Arti and PrasadRecall questions on what puja is, its key actions, and the meanings of arti and prasad.Open →
• The Ashram and the GurukulaRecall questions on what an ashram is and was, the gurukula, and the stages of life traditionally connected with ashram living.Open →
• Life in a Modern AshramRecall questions on the Sivananda ashram in Kerala, its five points of yoga, daily routine and satsang, and on Skanda Vale's worship, community, care for animals and what it shows about modern ashrams.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

• Puja vs Darshan

  Puja: the offering of worship to a deity, in temple or at home. Darshan: the auspicious seeing of and being seen by the deity.

• Murti vs Prasad

  Murti: the image in which the deity is held to be present. Prasad: food offered to the deity and returned to worshippers as blessing.

• Ashrama vs Varna

  Ashrama: one of the four stages of life. Varna: one of the four broad social classes.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What does the word yoga mean?

   Model answer

   It means yoking or union, and refers to the disciplines that join the individual self to ultimate reality.

2. 2

   Name the four main paths of yoga.

   Model answer

   Jnana yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga and raja yoga.

3. 3

   Define jnana yoga.

   Model answer

   It is the path of knowledge, which seeks liberation through study, reasoning and direct insight into the nature of the self.

4. 4

   Describe the practice of jnana yoga.

   Model answer

   The seeker hears the Vedanta teaching from a qualified teacher, reflects on it until doubts are removed, and meditates on it until it becomes realisation.

5. 5

   Which kind of person is jnana yoga said to suit?

   Model answer

   Someone of a reflective and philosophical temperament who is drawn to analysis rather than to ritual or emotion.

6. 6

   Which kind of person is karma yoga said to suit?

   Model answer

   The active and practical person who is happiest working, and who can turn that work into an offering.

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What does Hinduism: Expression of Religious Identity cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?

6 subtopics: the four paths of yoga, raja yoga and the eight limbs, bhakti, darshan and pilgrimage, puja, arti and prasad, the ashram and the gurukula and life in a modern ashram. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Hinduism: Expression of Religious Identity organised?

By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.