Starter quiz
- Krishna is often pictured ...
- with a flute ✓
- with blue skin ✓
- with a green skin
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- In Hindu Dharma, many stories are told about Krishna's ...
- marriage
- adulthood
- childhood ✓
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- A worldview is ...
- how we find out about Hindu traditions
- only for Hindus and Christians
- a way of seeing and understanding the world ✓
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- Which of these are true?
- Hindus believe that God is only seen in one way.
- Hindus only have one holy book. ✓
- Hindus believe there are many paths to truth. ✓
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Exit quiz
- Divine is ...
- something that cannot be fully explained
- a God or supreme power ✓
- learning about life, the universe and God
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- Put the story of The mouth of Krishna into the correct order.
- 1⇔There was once a young boy named Krishna who loved butter.
- 2⇔His mother caught him eating butter and was upset with him.
- 3⇔Yashoda asked Krishna to open his mouth.
- 4⇔Yashoda saw the whole universe inside Krishna's mouth.
- 5⇔Yashoda realised Krishna was no ordinary child.
- The story of Krishna helps Hindus understand ...
- God is just in Krishna’s mouth
- God is in everything ✓
- God is a person
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- What did Yashoda realise about Krishna?
- that he didn’t like butter anymore
- that he was no ordinary boy ✓
- that he was just a young boy
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Key learning points
- Many Hindus interpret the story of the mouth of Krishna as answering questions about God and the world.
- Many Hindus see Krishna as a form of the divine (God) appearing in human form.
- The story helps Hindus to understand that God is not a person, but that the whole universe is part of God.
- Exploring the deeper meaning of the story of Krishna helps us understand more about Hindu worldviews.
Common misconception
All Hindus think this story literally happened.
Many Hindus will see stories such as this as helping to explain mysteries of the universe. It is not important whether the story actually happened. What is important is what the story says about humans, the universe and God.
Keywords
Divine - a God or supreme power
Interpret - understand the deeper meaning of a story
Mystery - something that cannot be fully explained
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