Hindu mythology

The novel “The God of Small Things” written by Roy, an Indian author, contains many great issues, and I chose this book to know more about the Indian culture, religion, and mainly caste system. Roy described social interactions, cultural laws, and ideologies clearly in this novel that how these issues are based on specific rules and disciplines. And these cultural laws, ideologies and social compel the people to follow their rules and disciplines. One of the issues that has been discussed in…

Ramakrishna, was a Hindu religious leader and a founder of religious thought that became the Ramakrishna Order. Ramakrishna also known as Gadadhar Chatterji or Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya claimed to have had the same experiences as brahman and he is often referred to as the first Hindu saint (“Ramakrishna”). Ramakrishna and his disciples were the first followers of the religious thought ramakrishna order. The Ramakrishna order follows unselfish work, love of god, knowledge, and awakening of…

Devu Mahesan, 14510013 The Jain Darsana Introduction Spiritualism and naturalism are the two most important ancient streams of Indian thought. The naturalistic stream is systemized into two major systems, theVaisesika and Jaina. In these systems the naturalistic theory of the external world is combined with a non-naturalistic theory of the human soul, which is the “spiritualistic eschatology” and I feel that this combination of naturalism and nonnaturalism is a uniquely interesting trait and…

With the emergence of Bhaktism in South Asia, Hindus started to show their love for Hindu deities through poetry and other forms of art. Bhakti is an intense emotional love for a personal god. It favors an immediate experience of the divine. This trend leads to the creation of major Hindu devotional groups: Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. All three major groups are unified within the realm of bhakti/devotion; however, each group is distinguishable through their belief system, traditions,…

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,…

religion” from the U.S. Catholic journal that Hindu is one of the oldest and, complex religion in the world with different prospect. Writer William explained more details history of Hinduism with current situation of religion. He started with population of India who has majority of Hindus and they believed in Hinduism. According to William, estimated 685 million Hindus follow the Hinduism in the all over the world. In India approximately 80% of Hindu population consider themselves as a followers…

be compared while they both have some of the same concepts they both are well known for its differences. For comparison Judaism and Hinduism one must understand both its meaning. Hindu is known to many as cultural, geographical and or political in nature. As far back before the 16th century the term Hindu was known as a religion of recent origin that can be traced back for thousands of years. The terms 'Hinduism' has many definition and has thousands of years of gradual evolution,…

The Hindu theme that I chose to write about is karma. “The word comes from the root the means “to do” and implies the notion of moral consequences that are carried along with every act” (Molloy, 2010. P. 87). Another term that I hear that relate well with karma is that, you reap what you sow. I’m not of the Hindu religion, but I do believe that karma does come back around to you for the wrong that you do in your life. Therefore, I live by the Golden Rule, “do unto to others as you word have them…

There are many Hindu beliefs and principles that make up the Hindu religion as a whole. I chose the Hindu beliefs that I believe are most important to Hinduism. One of the beliefs that I chose is Meditation. Meditation, in my opinion, is one of the most important aspects of hinduism because it is used to center yourself, and help you focus, which overall leads to a better life for Hindu people. Another Hindu belief that I chose was reincarnation, the reason I chose this is because Reincarnation…

INTRODUCTION: EDUCATION IN INDIA Education is very important in India, because it allows them to advance to better jobs, create a positive economic impact and have a more relaxed lifestyle. The educational system is designed to help the students learn at a fast pace and improve their communication skills to be able to adapt to any situation • Education benefits for the Indian citizens. • Negative consequences of having lower education. • Education allowing people to help their community. THE…