REL101 Wiki Religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism What is Buddhism? - Is a religion based on insight and inner peace [https://thebuddhistcentre.com/Buddhism] - ‘Buddhism’ comes from the word ‘budhi’ which means ‘to awaken’. [http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm] - The religion was originated from Siddhartha Gotama, who is known as Buddha [http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm] - Buddhism does not concern itself with any God or deity, therefore to most it is not considered a religion rather a way of life or philosophy.…
Spirituality has driven the human race since the beginning. Christianity, the most practiced religion in the world, revolves around the human soul going to either Heaven or Hell after the death of the physical body. In Hinduism, one of the world's oldest religions, the atman, or “eternal self” refers to the real self beyond the ego or the false self. Although religion is spiritual, spirituality is not necessarily something of religion. It is not only the concept of the human soul, but the souls of all life on this planet, or even in the entire universe.…
In “The Jain Gnomish effect: I plan to speak up today“ Camilla Gibb introduces a controversial topic to the audience and highlighted the importance of speaking up for women who are being harassed. She writes about sexual harassment and the reality behind it by admitting her own experiences and insight. Camilla shifts point of perspective from first person to second person throughout the story to create a more realistic feel to her article. By writing about her personal anecdotes, shifting of point of view, and introducing the “habit of silence, Camilla Gibb is able to express the strong message in her article to the readers. Through the use of personal anecdotes, Camille explains the many occurrences where she felt compelled…
In India one of the most common religions practiced is the Jain religion. The Jain religion fall upon the belief of a cause and effect religion where every action or movement a human makes can be detrimental to other beings that exist in the universe. Therefore, the Jains practice their religions in such ways that do little to affect the worlds such as fasting.…
The Jivaro believed that the factors of life and death existed not in our world, but in a higher dimension. The world we see and live in was not even considered to be real by the Jivaro. The only way to travel to the “real world” was through hallucinogenic drugs such as Datura juice. Even babies and children were fed these drugs by their parents to introduce them to “reality”. The whole point of entering this different realm was to obtain an arutam (vision) soul, which is a certain type of soul that can produce a vision.…
A common theme in religion is the idea that mankind is innately connected to the divine, like two sides of the same coin. While some deeply respect and even fear the gods, others, however, seek to become involved in them. In the short story “The Last Question,” Asimov’s proposed future shows mankind struggling to outlast the eventual decay of the universe by forming a collective consciousness. Herman Hesse explores a similar idea in “Siddhartha,” in which our main character Siddhartha attempts to reach enlightenment. Analyzing the two of these works shows that humans seek to obtain unity, and that this desire is symbolic of the divine.…
Jediism a new religious movement especially based on a science fiction movie (Star Wars), it may sound hilarious or ridiculous to explored, but it’s still consider as a religion because they share a variety of other religious perspectives, like Taoism, Shinto, but Daoism and Buddhism are the main influence. After exploring this religion by searching for some essential substances that sustain any other religion like, how does ritual function within in it, how does the Jediism meet the definition of sacredness, and finally how does the sacred manifest itself within this new religion? These are the questions we will try to answer exploring this new religion (Jediism). Let’s take a look at the origin of this new religion (Jedius).…
There are five vows the Jain monks follow in everyday life. If a Jain monk does not follow these five vows they are not leading an ideal life (Hopfe & Woodward, 2011, p. 93). In comparing my daily morning to Jain monks there are numerous activities that would violate vows of the Jain monks. In contrast, there are things that I do follow according to Jain monk vows.…
Instead they believe in ultimate liberation, to escape the cycle of birth so that their souls can rest and not be reincarnated, “So the only ‘god’ that exist for Jains are pure souls that are omniscient, perfectly happy and eternal” (BBC, 2014). Souls are a major part in the Jainism religion because, a follower’s goal is not let the soul be reincarnated and spread peace. Jainism follow The Five Anuvratas which are also called the limited vows, they explain to avoid any harm towards any living things. The Five Anuvratas, the Three Gunavratas and Four Siksavratas summarize how followers should live and obtain liberation. They are very important to understand the lifestyle of Jainism.…
Banarsidas was not a good merchant, and for the majority of his life, he was not a good man. His first two wives were not permitted to move in with him for a long time, probably because of his reputation of misbehavior and couldn’t financially provide for himself. In his youth, Banarsidas was more interested in learning and love than having a career, disobeying his father. As a youth, he implied that he contracted a venereal disease and worshiped Hindu gods. Banarsidas was not a role model for Jains yet still wrote his life’s tale for his family and friends to learn from.…
Jainism is an ancient religion from India that emphasizes complete nonviolence and asceticism. It is a religion that basically teaches a path to spiritual purity and enlightenment through a disciplined mode of life founded upon the tradition of ahimsa, nonviolence to all living creatures. People who fallows Jainism care called Jains and there are about 4 million Jains worldwide. Jainism emerged in 6th century BCE India, the same time Buddhism was developing. Beginning in the 6th century BCE, Jainism evolved into a cultural system that has made significant contributions to Indian philosophy and logic, art and architecture, mathematics, astronomy and astrology, and literature.…
The Nun’s Tale, by William Dalrymple is a story about a young female named Mataji who decides to become a Jain nun early in life, and later on chooses to undertake Sallekhana, or Santhara. Sallekhana is a ritual to where you fast your death. In the story, Jains believed that sallekhana is a beautiful thing, and when you embrace sallekhana, you are embracing a whole new life. To give a little background information, a Jain nun is a human who practices Jainism. They are similar to Buddhist but also have ways of their own.…
This piece of art that I have researched, will be writing about, and comparing to other pieces of art is the Jain Shrine. The country of origin that these shrines come from is India. Unfortunately we do not know of the artist that created any of the Jain Shrine’s in particular that are still preserved today. It is suggested that more than likely a wealthy individual from northwest India would have had this small shrine created for his own private Jainism religion purposes. Jainism is a religion of India which is older and was firmly established at the same time of the origin of Buddhism (Jain).…
Jainism Religion exists all across the world in many different shapes and forms. All these religions are different in their own way. One of these religions is known as Jainism. Jainism, a non-theistic religion (Long, 2009), is, contrary to the belief of some, an independent world religion. Many believe and say Jainism was founded by Vardhamana Mahavira in about 500 B.C.…
Buddhism and Jainism are belief systems that originated in India in the 6th Century. Both Buddhism and Jainism are polytheistic religions. The main goal of Buddhism is enlightenment, a belief which is centered on the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha, while, Jainism is centered around the continued teachings of 24 prior teachers through Vardhaman Mahavira, and focus on the liberation of the soul. Buddhavamsa, is a Buddhist scripture, which is a part of the Pali Canon of Theravada (book of scriptures of the Theravadan Buddhist traditions) Buddhavamsa claims there were 24 preceding Buddha’s before the 6th century Buddha.…