Hindu

Reincarnation is a belief that has been around for a very long time, the concept itself existing for thousands of years and still persisting to this day. This belief shows up in many cultures around world, everywhere from the Americas to Western Africa to throughout Asia. Every culture has a slightly different take on the specifics of reincarnation, molding it to fit into societies of different religious and historical backgrounds. Many different cultures believe in reincarnation. Ancient Greek…

Babur was a descendent of Genghis Khan and Tamerlaine. In 1504 Babur moved to Afghanistan and then India. In 1526 he took over the Turkic Ghur’iat Sultanate of Delhi, gaining control of Northern India. Under his rule, he allowed various Hindu temples to be built, further implementing their idea of tolerance. Even slavery began to lose importance in the Empire, which helped create peace between the kingdoms . The greatest Emperor was known as Abu Akbar; he is considered one of the greatest…

It is a healthcare worker’s job to know how to handle their diverse patients. Each patient might have different cultures that the healthcare worker should either know already or should inquire about with the patient if possible. Cultures are different from each other and this can prove difficult in a healthcare system when nurses and doctors are trying to bring people to health; requiring perhaps to need to touch the patient in a way they might not be used to. Here are four barriers that…

1) Discuss Hindu understandings of the relationship between “correct action” and what it means to be “religious.” Correct action is what the Hindu’s refer as orthoproxy. The orthoproxy is a set of responsibilities that each Hindu must perform to be considered religious. Unlike the Christians the Hindus do not achieve salvation through faith, but by their works. To be considered religious in Hinduism the activities they must conduct are ritual bathing, eating habits, family relations, martial…

Islam and Hinduism Before we start with the description of Islam and Hinduism we need to understand what its religion, or at least try to comprehend the meaning of religion. The definition of religion is very difficult, many have try but they focus on only the few aspects of religion, some will exclude beliefs, practices and those religions that will not fit well. As Kile Jones once he wrote trying to define religion “It is apparent that religion can be seen as a theological, philosophical,…

celebration that includes the food, rituals, attire and ceremonies. Hinduism is well known for its cultural and traditional festivals that can be celebrated in every month. In this regard, we will look into six major festivals according to the six Hindu sects which are Vaishnava, Shiva, Kaumaram (Murugan), Saktham (Sakthi), Ganapathyam (Ganapathy) and Saumaram (Surya). There are many significant festival in Hinduism which most of it are referred as the festivals of lights due to the colourful…

In 1928, the Hindu Mahasabha’s manifesto was to give equal rights and protection to all untouchables. However, B.R. Ambedkar was opposed to this idea and at the First Round Table Conference in 1931, he demanded that the Depressed Classes be given a separate identity…

One of the classical depictions of the Hindu God Shiva shows his dancing. Nataraja is considered to be the ultimate depiction of the dance, Nataraja meaning “Lord of the Dance”. Here we see Shiva with his left leg on top of his right, and his hands holding fire and a drum. His other set of appendages are in a very distinct form. Fire encircles him in a ring while he stands on a man. This is commonly attributed to overcoming darkness/negativity and ignorance. This beautiful illustration of…

between societies. Instead, he opens the question to what he terms “courtly encounters.” The book examines the cross encounters between “potentially secular spheres” (xiv) as well as relations between Muslims, Catholics and the “newly emergent ‘Hindu’ sphere” (xv). Further, he tackles incommensurability, and argues that it is not only at the time of encounter and in terms of precise and literal vocabulary translations but extends to issues such as the court, warfare, diplomacy and “visual…

shared universally. Hinduism, particularly favors the heavy use of mythological stories as a vehicle that can transmit many abstract and metaphysical ideas which languages alone are inadequate of achieving (Harish, P.1). Some prominent features of Hindu mythologies are that they are highly oral instead of textual; highly fluid instead of dogmatic; highly individualized…