Worship

Key Issues

Titles

Chapters

• aids to worship
• bhakti-yoga
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including bhajan
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including havan
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including kirtan
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including pravachan
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including puja
• Ceremonies and rituals in the mandir, temple and at shrines, including the arti ceremony
• Communal worship in the mandir in Britain arti
• Devotion in the home
• devotions in worship
• Expectations of behaviour and conduct in mandirs and temples
• Forms of worship: arti
• Forms of worship: havan
• Forms of worship: private and congregational puja
• Forms of worship: role of the pujari
• Home shrine
• How mandirs help with the upbringing of children and keeping the family together
• How the architecture and symbols in a mandir may lead to or support belief in God
• jnana-yoga
• karma-yoga
• Mantra
• means of release (moksha) from maya with special reference to bhakti and yoga
• Meditation including Aum
• Meditation including mantras
• Meditation including rangolis
• Meditation including yoga
• Prayer and meditation
• prayers
• Preparation for worship: purification
• Priests: the brahmin as family and temple priest, role and position in society
• Puja
• Puja including arti
• Puja including bhajans
• Puja including havan
• Rituals which take place in Hindu temples in Britain
• Rituals which take place in Hindu temples in India
• Role of the priest as a community leader
• shrines
• singing of bhajans, prayers, prasad
• The architecture and other main features of a Hindu mandir and the reasons for them
• The architecture of the mandir
• The design of Hindu temples in India
• The design, furniture, furnishings, artefacts and symbolism of places of worship
• the different ways in which the mandir is used by the community
• The five daily obligations
• the hall, dome, ritual objects and representations of God found in the mandir
• The Mandir
• The mandir in Britain - a community and cultural centre
• The meaning of the various objects and symbols found in shrines and temples
• the practice of bhakti yoga
• the practice of jnana yoga
• the practice of karma yoga
• the practice of puja (worship) in the home, and the objects used in worship;
• the practice of raja yoga
• The practice, meaning and significance of puja in the home and temple: darshan
• The practice, meaning and significance of puja in the home and temple: prashad
• The practice, meaning and significance of puja in the home and temple: symbols and offerings
• The practice, meaning and significance of puja in the home and temple: the arti ceremony
• The practice, meaning and significance of puja in the home and temple: the murti
• The priestly role and importance of the brahmins
• The puja room and shrines in the home
• The purpose and effect of symbolism in places of worship
• The reasons for differences in places of worship and forms of worship among Hindus
• The reasons for differences in places of worship and forms of worship in Hinduism
• The role and function of leaders in the mandir
• The role and function of the mandir in the local community
• The role of the Brahmin
• the role of the priest
• The setting of worship: home shrine
• The setting of worship: mandir (temple)
• The setting of worship: murti
• The setting of worship: the external and internal features of temples in Britain and India
• the use of music and art in Hindu worship
• The use of symbols and aids to worship
• the ways in which Hindus use symbols and artefacts in their worship
• The ways in which symbols are used in Hinduism to express belief
• Worship in the mandir and in the home