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4.1 Rituals and Protocols (During religious activities)
Hindu Religious Education · Grade 9 · 20 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Rituals and protocols during religious activities; places of worship of the four faiths
- Akhand Ramayan Path
- Kalpa Sutra recitation during Paryushan
- Akhand Path of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- Katha in the four faiths
What you will be able to do
- enumerate common rituals and protocols during religious practices
- describe the rituals and protocols performed during religious activities for spiritual grounding
- model the mandatory religious etiquette for self-efficacy
- appreciate rituals and protocols performed during religious activities for spiritual growth
Key questions
“Why are Sanskaars important in one's life?”
“How does Katha help to understand spiritual contexts in the four faiths?”
Lessons
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Rituals and protocols: meaning
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDefine rituals and protocols and enumerate common protocols observed during religious activities.
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Places of worship of the four faiths
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare the mandir, derasar, vihara and Gurdwara and their protocols.
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Akhand Ramayan Path: the Ramcharitmanas
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the Akhand Ramayan Path as an unbroken recitation of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas and identify its seven kands.
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Preparing for an Akhand Ramayan Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the preparation for an Akhand Ramayan Path: altar, kalash, akhand jyot, sankalp and relays of readers.
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Completing the Akhand Ramayan Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how an Akhand Ramayan Path is completed with havan, aarti and prasad, and name occasions for it.
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Values heard in the Ramayan Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDraw values from characters of the Ramayan (Rama, Sita, Bharata, Hanuman) and relate them to daily life.
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The Kalpa Sutra
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the Kalpa Sutra, its author and three parts, and its recitation during Paryushan.
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Paryushan: reflection and forgiveness
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the eight days of Paryushan, its practices of fasting and pratikraman, and the meaning of Michhami Dukkadam.
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Mahavira Janma Vachan: the fourteen dreams
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the reading of Mahavira's birth from the Kalpa Sutra and the fourteen dreams of Queen Trishala.
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Protocols in a Jain derasar
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe and model the protocols observed when visiting a Jain derasar.
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Akhand Path of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the Akhand Path as an unbroken reading of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in about 48 hours by relays of readers.
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Starting an Akhand Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the preparation and opening of an Akhand Path: Ardas, karah prasad, and rules for readers.
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Bhog: completing the Akhand Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the order of a bhog ceremony and the occasions for an Akhand Path.
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Sehaj Path and Akhand Path
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare the Sehaj Path and the Akhand Path of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
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Katha: sacred storytelling
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain katha as sacred storytelling and exposition, and identify its forms in the four faiths.
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Shri Satyanarayan Katha
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe the Satyanarayan Katha: its five chapters, occasions, offerings and lessons on truth and keeping promises.
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Katha in the Jain, Buddhist and Sikh traditions
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizCompare katha, pravachan and Dhamma desana across the four faiths and practise the etiquette of listening.
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Modelling religious etiquette
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizModel the mandatory etiquette observed during religious activities and explain why it matters.
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Reciting sacred verse in rituals
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIdentify sacred verse forms recited in rituals of the four faiths and recite a short verse or poem.
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Observing a religious function
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizVisit a place of worship with parents to observe rituals and protocols, record observations and share them.