To many religions, the soul is an immortal essence of a living thing and an eternal element that continues on even after death. According to Hinduism, when a person dies, his or her soul (the atman) passes on to another body and continues this cycle of rebirth and death called Samara. Hinduism is very diverse in cultural, historical and doctrinal, yet it also shares some similar concepts such as karma and rebirth with other religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. In relation to this, the distinction in Hinduism is the religious practices they perform in order to union with Brahman through the four main paths: karma yoga, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga and raja yoga. By practicing these three paths, Hinduism believes the soul will
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“The soul is born and unfolds in a body, with dreams and desires and the food of life. And then it is reborn in new bodies, in accordance with its former works.” (Novak 19). The Hindu’s creation starts when individual souls are separated from the body and move on to another one as a continuing process from birth, old-age, and death. Fortunately, some souls break the chains and managed to reach it destination—united with the Brahman, but only when the soul becomes one with the Divine. In addition, the remaining souls prolong their existence on earth and eventually when they own enough merits that are when they return to the Brahman, but until then the creation sustain on earth millions of years. The transmigration of life takes place in one’s own mind; therefore keep the mind pure (Novak 20).Jiva is bound by the action and false of one’s personality and if the living being perform impure and selfish act, they will be imprison in a gross body of animal to flush away their bad karma. Yet, the body is the prison to the souls and from every physical act; it will either contaminate or purify the soul and until death, depending on their past achievement, jivas are either send to heaven or fallen to hell. “The self-determination and accountability of the individual soul rests on its capacity for free choice.” (The heart of Hinduism). This can only apply to human because they have the ability to make …show more content…
It often refers to as a “royal yoga” because it goes from controlling our thoughts to how it reflects our action and converts it into a spiritual energy. According to Novak, in order for a man to achieved union with Brahman, he has to have his mind under perfect control and freed from all desires, to allow the Atman to enter him (Novak p35). Raja yoga mainly concentrate on meditation and by letting the energy flow in your body, it help controls the body, mind, and breathing. These outcomes are the result from uniformity of the mind and the act in moderation which leads to a healthful life because it allows individual to understand the consistency of whether something are too much or too little. The yoga of meditation guide individual to have a mind of a yogi and when one have the wisdom and a heart devoted to god, the yogi will reach the ultimate true of Brahman and become one with self. Nevertheless, the path of raja is all about mental control and it divided into an eight distinct essential stages and by practicing these eight limbs, the yogi will have the freedom from the law of karma (the heart of Hinduism). In the art of physical control, the yogi goal is to find your real self and act according to what is true with nonviolent behavior, as a result of this self-discipline, he’ll accomplish one of the eight stages. Each stages of raja yoga serve as a stepping stones and when one move forward he
“The soul is born and unfolds in a body, with dreams and desires and the food of life. And then it is reborn in new bodies, in accordance with its former works.” (Novak 19). The Hindu’s creation starts when individual souls are separated from the body and move on to another one as a continuing process from birth, old-age, and death. Fortunately, some souls break the chains and managed to reach it destination—united with the Brahman, but only when the soul becomes one with the Divine. In addition, the remaining souls prolong their existence on earth and eventually when they own enough merits that are when they return to the Brahman, but until then the creation sustain on earth millions of years. The transmigration of life takes place in one’s own mind; therefore keep the mind pure (Novak 20).Jiva is bound by the action and false of one’s personality and if the living being perform impure and selfish act, they will be imprison in a gross body of animal to flush away their bad karma. Yet, the body is the prison to the souls and from every physical act; it will either contaminate or purify the soul and until death, depending on their past achievement, jivas are either send to heaven or fallen to hell. “The self-determination and accountability of the individual soul rests on its capacity for free choice.” (The heart of Hinduism). This can only apply to human because they have the ability to make …show more content…
It often refers to as a “royal yoga” because it goes from controlling our thoughts to how it reflects our action and converts it into a spiritual energy. According to Novak, in order for a man to achieved union with Brahman, he has to have his mind under perfect control and freed from all desires, to allow the Atman to enter him (Novak p35). Raja yoga mainly concentrate on meditation and by letting the energy flow in your body, it help controls the body, mind, and breathing. These outcomes are the result from uniformity of the mind and the act in moderation which leads to a healthful life because it allows individual to understand the consistency of whether something are too much or too little. The yoga of meditation guide individual to have a mind of a yogi and when one have the wisdom and a heart devoted to god, the yogi will reach the ultimate true of Brahman and become one with self. Nevertheless, the path of raja is all about mental control and it divided into an eight distinct essential stages and by practicing these eight limbs, the yogi will have the freedom from the law of karma (the heart of Hinduism). In the art of physical control, the yogi goal is to find your real self and act according to what is true with nonviolent behavior, as a result of this self-discipline, he’ll accomplish one of the eight stages. Each stages of raja yoga serve as a stepping stones and when one move forward he