1) Discuss Hindu understandings of the relationship between “correct action” and what it means to be “religious.”
Correct action is what the Hindu’s refer as orthoproxy. The orthoproxy is a set of responsibilities that each Hindu must perform to be considered religious. Unlike the Christians the Hindus do not achieve salvation through faith, but by their works. To be considered religious in Hinduism the activities they must conduct are ritual bathing, eating habits, family relations, martial practices, and social behavior. An example, of proper social interaction that would count as religious would be telling people about your occupation and family.
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2) What are the “four stages of life”? How do these stages function to describe the Hindu’s understanding of living in the world? How well do you think these four stages would fit into contemporary American life? …show more content…
Brahmacarin is when a person becomes a student of a guru in order to learn the customs of Hinduism. Grihastha is the stage of life when an individual marries and raises a family to fulfill their social duties. Vanaprastha is the retirement phase of a person’s life when they begin to dwell on obtaining Moksha. Sannyasin is the final stage in an individual’s life where they abandon anything that they are attached to in the world in the pursuit reaching Moksha as a wanderer. The purpose of these stages in the Hundi’s understanding of living in the world is that they have to earn their salvation (Moksha). Moreover, I think Americans would only be able to complete the second stage of life as the other three are more reserved for followers of Hinduism. As any person from any particular religion can raise a family without violating their religious
Correct action is what the Hindu’s refer as orthoproxy. The orthoproxy is a set of responsibilities that each Hindu must perform to be considered religious. Unlike the Christians the Hindus do not achieve salvation through faith, but by their works. To be considered religious in Hinduism the activities they must conduct are ritual bathing, eating habits, family relations, martial practices, and social behavior. An example, of proper social interaction that would count as religious would be telling people about your occupation and family.
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2) What are the “four stages of life”? How do these stages function to describe the Hindu’s understanding of living in the world? How well do you think these four stages would fit into contemporary American life? …show more content…
Brahmacarin is when a person becomes a student of a guru in order to learn the customs of Hinduism. Grihastha is the stage of life when an individual marries and raises a family to fulfill their social duties. Vanaprastha is the retirement phase of a person’s life when they begin to dwell on obtaining Moksha. Sannyasin is the final stage in an individual’s life where they abandon anything that they are attached to in the world in the pursuit reaching Moksha as a wanderer. The purpose of these stages in the Hundi’s understanding of living in the world is that they have to earn their salvation (Moksha). Moreover, I think Americans would only be able to complete the second stage of life as the other three are more reserved for followers of Hinduism. As any person from any particular religion can raise a family without violating their religious