Brahman

“One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” For decades, these immortal words have rung from the mouths of thousands of Americans every day. Around the classrooms of public schools, at the beginning of sports meets, in the opening of a military meeting, the “Pledge of Allegiance” brings Americans back to the good ole’ days of fighting for our freedoms, loving our neighbors and earning our equality. But can the “Pledge” promise freedom and fairness to all when the oath…

What led to the spread of Buddhism during the Mauaryan period? What lead to such rapid growth of a religion? In the following essay I will try to argue how Emperor Ashoka's kingdom was a doorway for the spread of Buddhism. This happened majorly due to three reasons- Firstly, Ashoka the emperor of such a vast kingdom himself preached the religion of Buddhism. Secondly Emperor Ashoka played a major role in propagation of Buddhism by spreading the teachings of Buddhism through his rock and pillar…

This final reflection paper is to articulate how my thinking of soul and afterlife has been enlarged in light of three different religions, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. So, this paper consists of two sections dealing with soul and afterlife. In each section, I elaborate how other religions can be integrated with my Christian belief. 1. Soul As an indispensable element, soul is constitutive of a human being. Surely, there is no explicit mention of soul at the beginning of creation in the Old…

the victory of his third son Bahadur Shah. The downfall stated with the Aurangzeb’s religious policy. Aurangzeb turn off the support of the Hindus by committing all sorts of cruelty on them. He imposed Jizya on the Hindus in India. The Rajputs and Brahmans also have to give the Jizya even they were not spared. He allowed only those people as the officers of the state who were prepared to embrace Islam. He gives the order of banning on building…

the beliefs and ethics between Buddhism and Hinduism. These variations might be because of the opposing views that Buddha had on the beliefs of Brahmanism. The first time when Buddha decided to learn about the truth of suffering he turned to the Brahmans (Hindu preachers). Although, Buddha necessarily was not influenced by their teachings there might have been some part of their knowledge stuck to him that allowed him to think in a way that he did. Buddhism's idea of ending suffering is by…

audience feeling as if they might see Rama. The day after Sumantra is sent to bring Rama appears as the day of his consecration. On this day, the king and Rama are expected to show but instead the nobles and other citizens await their presence. “The brahmans, leaders of the army, and the merchants have come, your majesty. They await your presence. Awaken Raghava” (13:19). Once again, the audience expects insight on the appearance of Rama and the king. Instead, the book leaves them wondering. In…

Flavio Faria g14f0364 1) 3 Chinese major schools .1)Confucianism: This school was created from the teachings of the sage Confucius, and gathered in the Analects of Confucius. It is an arrangement of good, social, political, and semi religious thought, whose impact likewise spread to Korea andJapan. The major Confucian ideas incorporate humankind or sympathy like the idea of the Mandate of Heaven, reliability and that of dutiful devotion. It presented the rule of basically regarding…

Furthermore, Susan Penny (1995) claims that these “polytheistic, [philosophical] and spiritual meanings” are found in the variety of symbolism, embedded within Hindu rituals. Kaur (2015) states that an example of this one such ritual is the Puja, which is defined as an “individual act of Hindu worship, performed at home or in a Hindu temple” (British Broadcasting Company, 2005); despite “traditional Vedic forms” of the ritual being practiced in “holy grounds” (Cole and Morgan, 2000), such as:…

religion. Polytheism means the belief in many Gods. Hinduism can see God as one or many. Smith goes on to say, “The Hindus have represented God in innumerable forms (Smith 36).” They worship many different Gods such as Indra, the God of the Sky or Brahman, who is the ultimate God. Taoists on the other-hand are pantheism. Pantheism is the belief that God and the universe are equivalent. The Tao Te Ching can be divided into five main parts. The Tao, Yin Yang, Wu Wei, The Sage and Te. The Tao…

Reflecting on this past semester, there are many things that come to mind when applied to Todd Tremlin’s, World Religions class. I have learned more than I ever have in the field of religion and did an abundant amount of outside research due to the growth in interest. With a major already invested in religion, my passion has inevitably grown and changed from that of a close minded, ignorant christian that believes in only ONE right way, to an open minded accepting, unbiased individual. There…