Hindu

In the Hindu system, people are born into particular class depending on the class their parents were in, while African Americans were born into society that was geared towards white supremacy, they were seen as less then human and had terrible leaving and hard employment opportunities, similar to the roles of the people in the Harijan group. In contrast, within the Hindu caste system, “social mobility is almost nonexistent for an individual…

and wisdom. The Hindu deity also satisfies the second characteristic of a symbol introduced in Tillich’s work that the symbol participates in that to which it points. (Tillich, 486) In other words, the symbol itself is as sacred as the meaning it is delivering. It is easy to understand this characteristic in Hinduism because any deity is considered as a manifestation or an incarnation of God in the universe. Thus, deities are as holy and transcendent as the only God. In the Hindu Temple in…

There is much emphasis on karma as it offers each person the ability to right ones wrongs. It is a common belief that those with good karma will have the opportunity to move from a lower caste up to a higher caste in their next life. Followers of the Hindu religion accumulate good karma by striving to do better and behaving properly. Once a soul has reached the upper castes, it may escape the cycle of reincarnation by eliminating bad karma. This is usually done through doing good deeds and…

The caste system has saturated aspects of Indian society for centuries. Other religions in India’s culture doesn’t follow the caste system; it is an aspect rooted in the Hindu religion. Along with other attributes, India’s caste system indicates the type of employment a person can purse. And who you can and cannot interact within the social ladder (Morrison, Terri pg, 224). The caste system was originally was based on a person’s personality, but over time it became less about personality and…

Eastern elements conveyed a sense of trippiness. This soon became a limiting definition of Eastern, specifically Indian, culture. It is evident in today’s Western culture how prominently the Hindu culture has been incorporated. This then begs the question of how the Maharishi went about the deculturization of Hindu principles without stepping on the toes of people of his own culture. Julian’s descript writings effectively convey the point that the Beatles functioned as pioneers of a cultural…

and its practices in India. Limbale in his novel, Hindu (2010), explores the murder of a Dalit activist by a group of upper caste people because his activism crosses the expectations of the establishment and threatens the conventional "order" through his Ambedkarite theatre. Limbale, according to Alok Mukherjee, "establishes the Dallits' subalternity not in a colonial structure, but in the caste-based social, cultural and economic structure of Hindu society" (2). Ilaiah suggests an alternative…

Religious conversion: The ex-untouchables are ascribed with unclean, impure, polluting and untouchable identity in Hindu fold. Dr. Ambedkar awakens them regarding their derogative identity in the religious discourse. He exposed the Hindu religious system for their exploitations. The Tulsi beads, songs of Rama and pilgrimage to Pandharpur were useless for their material problems . He asked them to imbibe virtue, selfless service and spotless sacrifice. He addressed them as Dalits which is neither…

from the hover of resurrection and get recovery which is called 'Moksha' which means opportunity. Hindus ordinarily incinerate their dead ones, with the goal that the spirit of the dead would go to paradise, aside from in a couple of instances of Hindu holy people,…

of music while incorporating other elements of other genres (Christylez Bacon). At the concert we heard three different styles of music mixed together to form Mr. Bacon’s interpretation of what go-go music is and what it should sound like. Unlike Hindu classical there are no specific set a rules governing what can and cannot be done. Only that the music is rhythmic, easy to follow by the audience, and…

they may choose to honor those Gods in their practice as well; however, they still hold to the belief of a “Supreme Being”. This also opens up another unique aspect of Hindu tradition that of tolerance. For many religions there is only one “true” god and by default there can not be any other, this thought process cannot exist in Hindu practice where each household may…