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The Mahayana school of Buddhism argues that one needs to be a monastic to be enlightened but the Theravada school of Buddhism says that any good Buddhist (monastic or not) can attain enlightenment in this lifetime.

Jains make up about 10% of India; there are approximately 90 million Jains in India compared with 900 million – one billion Hindus (approx.)

According to the reading, who are the three most fundamental Hindu deities?

Buddha and Mahavira had very different backgrounds; Buddha was raised a prince and Mahavira was raised impoverished as his parents were both ascetics.

In Hinduism Explained (our first Hindu film for lesson 3) what does the narrator say about the caste system:

In the Hinduism Today documentary it discusses why did the Indus Valley Civilization possibly disappeared. What is the main reason it says?

There were three very important Hindu teachers from medieval times (who really represent three versions of Hinduism today). Match their name with their ideas.

If one divided the Buddhist 8 fold path into three main areas what are they?

In the Mahavira bio film, we learn that:

There is a difference between smriti literature and sruti literature. Smriti refers to literature that is heard (meaning it came from the divine) and sruti refers to literature that is memorized (meaning it was passed down each generation and created by humans).