Hindu mythology
Namaste (nah mahs day) is used for both hello and goodbye and means, “the god in me greets the god in you.” I am as firm in my faith today as in my younger
years growing up, but I could at least have opened my mind to research other
religions or their faith. So I think that made me have a narrow mind of my
surroundings. Just because I did not get out of my comfort zone to learn about
other’s faith it did not mean they didn’t exist. It should not have taken me over
twenty years to open up and start excepting there are others that may say they
believe in the same God I do or other gods that I think do not exist.
But nevertheless that does not make them any more different than I am, they
are still human, still make mistakes, and still sin. The Hindu stories ancient and
post/modern tells the stories of how nowadays, not all Indians are Hindus, and a
growing number of Hindus are born outside India. Notably in the UK and North
America. Clearly, it cannot be the birthplace alone that determines a person’s
religion. Being born into a particular family, however, does remain important. This
seems to the same in all religions: the young ones grow up absorbing, more or less
completely in traditional societies, the value-system of their families, and thus
become almost automatically adherents of the religion of their ancestors, elders
and peers ( Ethical Issues in Six Religions Traditions pg. 1).
In researching the Hinduism religion the definition for the word Hinduism is a
term for a wide variety of related religious traditions native to India. Historically,
it encompasses the development of Religion in India since the Iron Age...
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... would not want to take the lives of others because that
is not what all of his leaders believed in I am sure. There had to be some that was
against violence, and if that was our cosmic vision that whatever we did bad or
good it would come back to us in another life then I would really think on that.
Even though now in my life I think about that at all times, it may not be right
before I do whatever I am thinking about but it is right after especially if it is
wrong.
Gandhi did not believe in violence he believed in helping others no matter
what the person did to another. Gandhi found truth in all the religions and that
truth always drove him back deeper into his own tradition, even as it opened
his communities and ashrams not only to all castes and outcastes but also to
persons of every religion and culture (Comparative Religious Ethics pg. 157).
...Because of Gandhi’s power, his flaw, and his catastrophe, one would say that Gandhi fits the model of a Greek tragic hero. Gandhi’s power was his heightened goodness, proven by his innumerable civil disobedience acts, where he continued to fight even while he was regularly jailed. His flaw was his tolerance and acceptance of everyone which led to his catastrophic assassination by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi’s teachings of nonviolence and peace still live on today, as they have inspired many other human rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Gandhi’s teachings are responsible for the successes of civil rights movements in other countries. He not only helped free India from British rule, but also gave people new thoughts about violence and imperialism around the world. Even today, India continues to live and remember the tutelage of Gandhi.
Tragically, Gandhi was assassinated on January 30th, 1948 at the age of 78. The killer was a radical Hindu named Nathuram Godse, who believed that his support of peace with the Muslims was traitorous. Through his long and loving life, Gandhi proved that the most powerful instigator of change doesn’t have to be bloodshed. He accomplished much more than any of history’s most violent revolutionaries, and he didn’t need to throw a single punch to do it. Although Gandhi himself drew inspiration from other famous spreaders of peace like Jesus and the Buddha, people hundreds of years from now will still probably know about his remarkable existence, just as they’ll still remember the lives of his own influences.
At some point in one’s life, it is vital to stop and reflect on one’s actions and because of
lives, most will grow up to be well rounded individuals and with luck there will be less
Most of Southern Asia is centered upon one religion, it’s Hinduism. With 900,000,000 followers, there are 780,000,000 in India. That’s an insane amount of people, and they all believe and practice this religion. There are many aspects and guidelines that you must follow in order to receive the fullest achievement and not be a disgrace to the people. The following will be what Hinduism is, the rules and elements, and their way of life.
Hinduism is easily the oldest major world religion that is still in use today. It has not only survived countless attacks but has also thrived and has changed little to none in the last 2500-3000 years. "The Aryans are said to have entered India through the fabled Khyber Pass, around 1500 BC. They intermingled with the local populace, and assimilated themselves into the social framework. The Aryans did not have a script, but they developed a rich tradition. They composed the hymns of the four vedas, the great philosophic poems that are at the heart of Hindu thought" (The Aryans and the Vedic Age, 2004, par. 2).
The Hindu religious tradition is a tradition unlike any other. As a conglomeration of varying beliefs and practices, Hinduism defies the western ideology of a compact religion, and through its historical significance has incorporated itself into all aspects of Hindu society. This assumed spirituality within Hindu culture serves as a platform for the ideas of dharma and moksa to be intertwined not only within Hindu social and religious practices, but in the very identity of Hinduism as well (Heehs 19). There is an inherent tension between dharma and moksa, but rather than opposing each other, they make the other stronger, as one must live a satisfactory lifestyle within each to live a complete life through the eyes of Hinduism.
and could have turned the tide in the battles they were facing. Religious beliefs have often
After the British empire separated itself from India, inner-country religious problems began to arise. The Muslims and Hindus of the liberated India released their pent up anger on each other and combusted into civil war right after they won the peaceful war against Great Britain. This war distressed Gandhi, who has insight into the unity of mankind, and encouraged him to go on a hunger strike until the brutality ceased. While on his near-death bed, he is approached by a Hindu who “killed a child” because the Muslims “killed [his] son,” and in response, Gandhi said that the way out of his “Hell is to “Find a [Muslim] child, a child whose mother and father have been killed and raise him as your own,” therefore the man would be able to see the equality in all religions. Throughout his entire life, Gandhi, though a Hindu, never prosecuted anyone for their religion and was able to see through everyone’s eyes as fellow brother’s and sisters, not enemies. This ability to empathize and recognize the general unity of the human population allowed Gandhi insight into the human
beliefs. Just because a divinity or deity is unfathomable to one group or person doesn’t
Most people in the world derive their religious beliefs and traditions from their parents and peer influences. From a religious point of view, “There are many definitions for the term ‘religion’ in common usage. [Broadly defined], in order to include the greatest number of belief systems: ‘Religion is any specific system of belief about deity, often involving rituals, a code of ethics, and a philosophy of life’” (Robinson, 1996). However, in examining Hinduism, it is difficult to label the practices as a religion. This paper will expound upon the Hindu traditions, taking into account the characteristics of sacred elements, their meaning, and significance.
reason for it to be. Suddenly, school started getting harder and harder, so I started struggling. I
me being a christian because of my cultural and what my family thinks is right. I would love to
...curate and working piece of scientific software by a deadline, forcing me to learn how to deal with it all on the fly. I now feel immensely more prepared to take on any project, and far more accustomed to academia, having taken my first steps down the path of research.