A World’s Religions class permits the students to enhance their knowledge in terms of others people’s religions, in what others believe in and all the things they experience in their daily life, their customs and how we can all make connections to Catholicism. As a society, we all have the duty to accept each other, such as respecting each other's religions, in order to have a better quality of life. All Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam celebrate their truth in their own way and we should all learn to embrace the fact that we are similar in some way. The Declaration on the relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, NOSTRA AETATE, explains “One is the community of all peoples, one their origin, for God made the whole human race
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The most important ritual for Hindus is Puja, which some Hindus perform every morning before starting their daily routine, it is seen as a way of connecting humans to the domain and actions of the divine, and it can be performed for anything considered divine. In Puja, Hindus can worship one or more deities at a time, and the image of a deity is called murti. Most Hindus practice Puja at home. Whether they are having Puja at home or in a temple, the ritual involves sounds, washing, light food, scent, and prayers to involve their five senses. Hindus families should have a shrine in their home in order perform puja, they remove their shoes, ring a bell to Summon, the murti, light a lamp and burn incense. The murti is washed and decorated with garlands or flower petals. An special red paste is placed on the forehead and a lamp is moved around the murti to indicate that God is present. On the other hand, Puja in the temple is a complex of shrines, and each worshiper is devoted to a different deity, but they also remove their shoes. Puja in the temple is similar to the one in the home. It is performed by a priest, and he chantes verses from the Vedas (Hindus sacred scripture), people sing and clap while the lamp is circulated around the deities. The ceremony ends with a sharing of the blessed food offering. And according to NOSTRA AETATE, “Men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophy inquiry” (N.A). In Hinduism, they worship many gods and usually they choose a deity to practice the ritual of Puja, committing to these gods and pray each morning to
The most important ritual for Hindus is Puja, which some Hindus perform every morning before starting their daily routine, it is seen as a way of connecting humans to the domain and actions of the divine, and it can be performed for anything considered divine. In Puja, Hindus can worship one or more deities at a time, and the image of a deity is called murti. Most Hindus practice Puja at home. Whether they are having Puja at home or in a temple, the ritual involves sounds, washing, light food, scent, and prayers to involve their five senses. Hindus families should have a shrine in their home in order perform puja, they remove their shoes, ring a bell to Summon, the murti, light a lamp and burn incense. The murti is washed and decorated with garlands or flower petals. An special red paste is placed on the forehead and a lamp is moved around the murti to indicate that God is present. On the other hand, Puja in the temple is a complex of shrines, and each worshiper is devoted to a different deity, but they also remove their shoes. Puja in the temple is similar to the one in the home. It is performed by a priest, and he chantes verses from the Vedas (Hindus sacred scripture), people sing and clap while the lamp is circulated around the deities. The ceremony ends with a sharing of the blessed food offering. And according to NOSTRA AETATE, “Men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophy inquiry” (N.A). In Hinduism, they worship many gods and usually they choose a deity to practice the ritual of Puja, committing to these gods and pray each morning to