Hindu

The Impact of The Beatles The Beatles, arguably the world’s most popular rock band, played a massively influential role in regards to Hinduism in popular culture. Consisting of four members, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, the English rock band from Liverpool brought many aspects of Hinduism to their music. The Beatles’ lead guitarist, George Harrison, was solely responsible in shaping the ways the West looked at the spiritual life of Hinduism. George Harrison was…

Identify: a) Urdu: Urdu was a new language that was a mix of Hindu, Arabic, and Persian. This language evolved from the cultural blending that was occurring during that time period. b) Sikhism: Sikhism is a religion that is based off of Muslim monotheism as well as Hindu beliefs. Nank, the Indian holy man who created this religion, preached about the unity of God and brotherhood. The text states that Sikhs later clashed with rulers of India by forming military forces. c) Babur:…

The Progression and Development of Vishnu throughout History In the Hindu Religion Vishnu is arguably the most important god amongst all other gods. Together with Shiva and Brahma, Vishnu makes up the Hindu holy trinity which is known as the Trimurti. “Trimurti” translates to “three forms” in English. These three gods make up what is known to conform to God’s duties of “creation, sustenance and destruction.” Importantly, Vishnu is considered to be the one who maintains balance in the Universe…

Moksa and Nirvana: While I explored the concepts of moksa and nirvana, I found that moksa in Hindu traditions and nirvana in early Buddhist traditions, has many similarities and differences. (Add some similarities and differences) I am also going to discuss the general ancient Indian worldview. This includes describing the social hierarchy and order of the Hindu caste system as well as discussing how karma, samsara, moksa, and dharma relate to each other. There are three philosophical schools,…

a prophet, whereas, Buddhism was founded by Buddha. Buddhists do not believe in the Vedas of any other Hindu holy book. Hindus believe in Atman, the individual soul, and Brahman, the creator of all. They believe Buddha to be a reincarnation of one of the Hindu gods of the Hindu Trinity. With this, Buddhists do not believe in the existence of souls. Buddhists also do not believe in and Hindu god to be equivalent of better than Buddha. Buddhists do not believe in the four stages of life that…

breaks with him and his wife. His culture is very interesting to me as well as his opinion of his home culture. He has lived in America for many years, he moved here with his new wife as a young man to go to college. Ramesh is from a very wealthy Hindu family in south India, his father is the prince over a territory there. He moved here with his wife in the early 1970’s. He spoke of the beautiful surroundings and the lush gardens his mother had that had a small creek running though it, a rare…

The Manusmrti remains one of the finest embodiments of Classical Hindu law and of fundamental importance in any study on law in India. Buhler designates Manusmrti as 'Bhrigu's version of the Institutes of Sacred law proclaimed by Manu".14 Its opening verses describe how Manu, the descendent of the self¬ existent Brahmana was approached by the great sages to explain the sacred law. Buhler further explains that if the versions given by commentators like Govihdraja, Narayana and Raghavananda as…

North America on the other hand, practices yoga as a way to exercise and relax. Although there are differences in the way yoga is practiced, there are also similarities that have continued in the west. The main difference from the traditional or Hindu yoga practices and the North American practice is…

interpretations of yoga have modified it into the diluted practice it is today, void of its cultural heritage. While some Westerners presume they are honoring yoga’s divine roots, most have actually adopted a pseudo-spiritual practice that doesn’t acknowledge Hindu traditions.…

usually centered around a particular god or gods. Both the Greek and Hindu were polytheistic and had a plethora of gods. The Hindu have over 330 million gods while the Greek had 12 major gods and hundreds of lesser gods. Unlike the Greeks, the Hindu religion contains various religious texts dictating the rules and rituals that a person had to live by. Despite their many differences, early Greek religion is similar to early Hindu religion in that it has many gods who are involved in people’s…