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Survey Ship - Pantheon.

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Orbiting planet – Earth.

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Dominant life form – Human.

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Belief system - Various.

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More information required.

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Scanning for samples.

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Welcome to Survey Ship Pantheon.

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Our mission is to investigate
the culture of your planet

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and you have been selected to
represent your belief system.

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Please state your name.

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Rupal Patel.

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Religion?

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Hindu.

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Holy book?

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There are lots. The key ones are:

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the Vedas, the Upanishads
and the Bhagavad Gita.

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Holy building?

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The Mandir, or also known
as a Hindu Temple.

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Symbol?

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The Om.

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You will now be asked a series of
questions from the categories on screen.

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You have 30 of your Earth seconds to
provide a satisfactory answer to each one.

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Failure to comply will
result in matter dispersal.

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Standby.

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Choose the first category.

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God.

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What do you believe about God?

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Hindus believe there's One Supreme God.
He's the all-doer.

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He's come down on this Earth and
he's known by different names.

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We call him Bhagwan.

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He is ultimately the Creator,
Sustainer and the Destroyer,

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also known as Brahma, Vishnu,
Shiva and seen in Hindu temples

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in lots of different forms.

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Life after Death.

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What do you believe will
happen to humans after death?

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Hindus believe that each
life form has an atman.

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This, in essence, is an immortal soul.

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Following death, the atman
moves into a new life form,

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and the cycle of birth, death and
rebirth, we call reincarnation.

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During each life, we do lots of
good things, lots of bad things

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which is called Karma,

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and we try to do lots of good
things to have a better life,

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and ultimately, our chief aim
is to go and live with God

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by having lots of good Karma.

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Beginnings.

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How did your religion begin?

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Hinduism is unique in that it
doesn't have a single founder.

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We see it as an eternal religion,

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it never really started,
but it was revealed to us.

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It was revealed through
scriptures or religious texts like

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the Vedas, and also through the
incarnation of God on this Earth,

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for example, for some
Hindus, Lord Krishna.

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Everyday Life.

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How does your religion
affect everyday life?

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I will start each day by praying
to God in front of my home Mandir,

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and that we call a puja.

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I have a strict vegetarian diet,
Hindus believe in non-violence.

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Our scriptures also give
us lots of detail in terms of

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our duty to our family, our
duty to society, our environment.

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In essence, we're trying to be good
people, get lots of good karma,

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so we can go and be with God.

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Festivals.

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What is the most important
festival in your religion?

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Hinduism is full of lots
and lots of festivals,

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including Holi, Ankot.

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One of the most popular
and well known is Diwali,

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which is the Festival of Light.

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We have loads of
fireworks, we light diyas,

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and in essence we're marking the return
of Sita and Rama from 14 years in exile.

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For us, it's celebrating the
defeat of darkness with light.

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Rites of Passage.

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What happens at a Hindu funeral?

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Hindus are generally cremated,
that's the burning of the body.

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We feel that it helps to
release the atman from the body.

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We wear white, we sprinkle water over
the body, we sing lots of prayers,

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and following the cremation, the ashes
will be distributed in water,

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ideally the river Ganges.

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Just like a river flows into the sea,

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we're aiming for the
atman to go back to God.

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Random.

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Why do so many Hindus have
a dot on their foreheads?

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The dot is a chandlo.

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It's traditionally made out
of red pollen paint,

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and it's a mark of our faith
and our commitment to God,

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we will apply it during
puja or during worship,

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and often, you'll see married
women wearing a chandlo,

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that's a mark of their
commitment to their husbands.

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Thank you.
Your answers are satisfactory.

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Matter dispersal beams powering down.

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You will now be returned
to Earth, human.

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Thank you!

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Goodbye.