Vedanta

traditions known to man. From 2500-400 B.C.E., Hinduism’s growth from a religion of oral tradition, continued its shift into one attentive on the sacred texts known as the Vedas, which stipulated ritual action, to the Upanishads, sometimes referred to as Vedanta ("Last part of Veda") (Radhakrishnan, 1956), which then focused more on questioning Brahman, "the unchanging reality amidst and beyond the world" (Puligandla, 1997) which "cannot be exactly defined" (Sinari, 2000). Following the Vedic…

there, the first thing jump into my sight is a statue, which a great man stands and erects in the front of the temple. It says that he called Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), who a famous India monk and philosopher. During 1893 to 1900, he preached Vedanta philosophy in North America and inspired millions people in the service of humanity around the world. Under the culture of Hindu Temple, all of visitors need take off shoes before they enter the temple. There is a big dining room at the first…

Chandragupta I was the first great ruler of this dynasty who ruled from 320 AD to 335 AD. He expanded the empire by conquering kingdoms of Prayag, Magadha and Nepal. He made use of matrimonial alliances to expand the empire along the Gangetic plain. Samudragupta, the son of Chandragupta I, ascended the throne of the Gupta Empire in 335 AD and ruled till 380 AD. Samudragupta was known for his military prowess and is known as the Napoleon of India. He carried out a series of military conquests…

Although Hinduism has a long history of reverence for natural entities, this has not always translated into ecological awareness and activism. Hinduism is a collection of spiritual views, with a few things in common because it has three paths to liberation, one divine reality with many Gods, and beliefs about the divinity of the natural world to promote more informed ecological awareness. There are numerous diverse conditions regarding Hinduism, but mostly every Hindu is identifiable. In fact,…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

For centuries, the holy bible has been compared to several other sacred texts. The bible itself has an origin of being inspired by ancient texts before its existence. In this paper, a comparison of the biblical story of Abraham and Katha Upanishad is addressed. Beginning with the biblical story of Abraham in chapter twelve of Genesis shows that he was previously known as Abram. He started his journey when God ordered him to go to a far country away from his father's house and his own family. The…

1.1.1 Conceptual framework of ShaktivistadvitaDarsana. As Shaktivishistadvaita is also named as Veseshadvita,Visistadvita,Shivadvita,Dvitadviata,Bhedaabheda,Shivayogaand Shatstala. Parabrahma is referred as Shiva or Parashiva. Parashiva is nothing but supreme consciousness, sthala, linga.Sthala is Shiva tatva, according MaggeMayideva the principle of shiva which is the cause of creation, maintaining and destruction is called sthala. Sthala is further divided lingasthala and angasthala.…

eternal damnation. They usually reject the karma, rebirth and liberation approach of Hinduism that rests upon Yoga and meditation and cannot be achieved by belief or action alone. Hinduism emphasizes individual spiritual experience through Yoga and Vedanta over any creed or formula. Hinduism does not teach any final heaven or hell, or salvation by belief or works, such as most monotheistic traditions promote. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion because it teaches that there is just one single…

This paper is about Hinduism and how few aspects of the religion has changed with time due to change in the social and cultural environment. There are various aspects of Hinduism that has changed and is changing like the weakening of the caste system, changes in the way people worship Gods, the way they celebrate festivities, decrease in animal sacrifices, and so on. In this paper, I address the culture of animal sacrifice that many Hindu groups practice around the world. It explains how the…

(2) Rampurva bull was built during the reign of the Mauryas by the king Ashok in the third century BC. 48. (3)Ramanuja propogated the philosophy of vishistavaita. Vishistavaita is a vedanta philosophy which belives in non-dualism. It is also described as qualified monism. 49. (3) A place where significant historical, cultural manuscripts and documents are kept are called archive. Archive has very important for research work of students…