Hinduism

many religions. Religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism have provided a multitude of similar and different analysis abaft their concrete notions and practices. Kindred to many religions practiced around the world, Hinduism portrays a substantial amount of belief in worshipping gods they believe play a special role in their…

others it can be a bit easier, some believe that it is not just the end of life, but the start to a new existence, the soul is reincarnated and the journey of a new life begins. Hinduism is a religion that does not fear death but, accepts it as the circle of life. It is a religion based on finding oneself. Hinduism is one of the most ancient unorganized religions in the world and has around one and a half billion individual actively practicing…

Hinduism is one of the oldest and the third largest followed religion. Unlike many other religion, Hinduism has many gods and yet many consider it as a monotheistic, since Hindus worship one god in different forms. There is a famous Sanskrit saying in India especially amongst the Hindus that Ekam Sat Viprah Bahudha Vadanti (Truth (God) is One, sages know it differently). Some people may worship Bhagavad Geeta, some may believe in Ramayana and some in Mahabharata. Hinduism has a diverse body of…

The religion of Hinduism has no founder. Hinduism is a collection of other religions that slowly merged into one. In Hinduism, there are traces of the Vedic Religion. The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha was born into a noble family where his family was told that if Siddhartha stayed at home, he will be a world ruler. If Siddhartha leaves home, he would become a universal spiritual world leader. Siddhartha’s father tried to keep him at home but Siddhartha decided to leave…

Hinduism is the leading religion, or way of life, particularly in India. Although Hinduism contains an overall variety of philosophies, it is a family of connected religious cultures by shared concepts, rituals, cosmology, and shared textual means. What does it mean to be Hindu? Hinduism recommends the eternal duties, such as honesty, refraining from harming living beings, patience, mercy, self-restraint, compassion, among others. When people refer to being Hindu they refer to a certain god or…

Yoga is a spiritual method for people to “perfect their union with the divine” (Molloy, p.90). In Hinduism, there are six total types of yogas. Three of the six yogas are the Bhakti Yoga, the Raja Yoga, and the Hatha Yoga. The Bhakti Yoga, also called “Devotion Yoga”, is a type of yoga that involves devotion (Molloy, p.92). In Hinduism religion, the people show devotion to their gods in many ways. They can express devotion to through offerings, chants, songs, and anointing of statues; they also…

Numerous and various deities have become the unique and significant representations of Hinduism. Deities are also symbols, which not only suggest the diversity of the tradition, but also illustrate unity, tolerance, and acceptance that characterize the believers of this ancient tradition. A deity in Hinduism is a symbol of the tradition according to Paul Tillich’s description in his work Faith as Ultimate Concern. A deity satisfies the first characteristic of a symbol, which the symbol points…

From the content of the course, we can know that both of Hinduism and Buddhism are originated in the ancient India. However, the central concept of these two religions are totally different, or even is a dichotomy. Hindus believe that “atman”, the inner-self or soul of every individual living being, is the microcosm of the ultimate reality in universe, “Brahman”. Each inner-self not only comes from Brahman, but also the manifestation of Brahman. “Atman is Brahman”, refers to that there is no…

Karma is a term that figures the great deeds and terrible deeds of a man's over a wide span of time activities which will decide their destiny in future. In Hinduism Karma is principally centered around one's dedication and religious activities while in Buddhism any activity will decide karma be it; physical, mental or verbal. Hinduism trust that divine beings can fix karma or the karma is controlled by god's eagerness to rebuff a man or not but rather in Buddhism karma will exist until the…

The Gupta Dynasty had an advanced empire that was based on Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion that has no specified founder and the people who practice the religion believe it has always existed. Hinduism is polytheistic, meaning they worship more than one god. Three gods that Hindus worship are Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. These gods are responsible for the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the world. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is in charge of the preservation, Shiva is the destructor of…