Hindu deities

For example, people have been throwing in flowers and dead bodies as a way of honoring and respecting the deity (sacrifices) based on the doctrines in Hinduism but it is actually destroying the river. However, it can not be blamed on Hinduism. Many do this because it is commonly believed…

Bhagavad Gita and is one of the three paths described within the scripture. The Bhagavad Gita comes from the Hindu epic Mahabharata and it is the council of Arjuna from Krsna. Krsna helps Arjuna with an internal conflict on whether to fight or not. Krsna teaches Arjuna three paths to end his internal conflict. Thus, the Bhagavad Gita show’s these three paths and has become a foundation in Hindu scripture. Krsna teaches or shows Arjuna three paths to self-realization. Among bhakti the other two…

inspiring range has been an object of veneration for people and epitomizes the concept of sublime beauty. The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, and on the east by the Indian state of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh. The Himalayas span five countries: India, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet), and Pakistan, with the first three countries having dominion over most of the range.…

Hindu salvation is a very strange and easy concept to understand. There are a lot of people in the world today that want things easy. From fast food to shopping on line. Not that these things are bad, they are just easy. Salvation is easy when you do not have to work for it and the Hindu form of salvation is one of them. I'm not sure if we can choose all of it or some of it; it all seems too "wishy washy.” Many do believe in something like this, but like I stated, it is easy. The Hindu form of…

The Hindu religious structure, however, is complicated by the concept of reincarnation, the idea that a soul can be reborn into a new body. Deities were often born into mortal bodies, sometimes to fulfil a specific task, such as Vishnu being born as mortal Rama in order to kill Ravana in The Ramayana. Similarly to Greek culture, despite the presence of Female deities, women are limited culturally by expectation and duty. Hindus believe…

Comparison of Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism are two of the world’s most well known and influential religions. They are among the top major organized religions around the globe with Hinduism averaging over an approximate 900 million followers and Buddhism averaging 375 followers (Adherents). Both are religions of Ancient India and have been a part of India’s culture for a long time; they both maintained to stay widely practiced till this day. Some people believe that Hinduism and…

There are examples in Hindu texts dating back to at least the 9th century, possibly as early as the 8th century (White 161). It is around this time in history where possession became mainstream, and mankind was developing concrete written records of the day to day happenings in their societies. This should be noted, because the Atharva Veda, the Hindu Veda credited with storing the secrets of possession, was written between 1500 and 500…

as my comparison religion and compared to other religions; there are similarities and differences (to be expected). To start with, Hinduism is a mono and henotheistic religion – in a nutshell, they believe in a Supreme Being/all -pervasive Deity – God. The Hindu teachings for love resemble that of 1 Corinthians, but are presented in a modest fashion – the following…

polytheistic imagination, a person becomes able to understand, as Dr. Ortegren has mentioned in class, that contradicting things may exist simultaneously (2016). There is no one truth to life, nor is there only one way to experience the divinity of a god. Hindu practices from widespread storytelling to incredibly personal worship…

celebrated to commemorate the victory of good over evil. Dusherra is known by a number of other names like Dasara or Dashain or Durgotsav. Dashmi being the tenth lunar day of the Hindu calendar month the festival is celebrated on the tenth day of Navratri. The festival falls in the month of Ashwin according to the Hindu calendar. According to the English Calendar, Dussehra falls in the month of October. It is regarded as one of the most important festivals across the India, Nepal, Sri Lanka,…