Moksha

will determine our fate in future lives. Hindus therefore try to live their lives in a way that will make their future lives better. There are four goals in life for many Hindus. One is the release of the soul from the cycles of reincarnation called Moksha. Two is Dharma or the code for living our lives. An example of this would be respect for the elderly. Three is Artha or the gaining of material wealth by lawful means and fourth Karma by your actions you can determine the level you are…

Religions can be found in all places all over the world for example India. There are many religions that began in India, such as Vedic, Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. These religions are closely related, but can differ in certain ways. The Vedic was the biggest culture in India. Afterwards, the new religions started coming in such as Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism. These four cultures were the main religions in most parts of India. The Vedic culture was one of the biggest culture in India by…

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,…

Reflections of the Indian Philosophy in Deleuze’s ‘Body without Organs’ I. Introduction – Brian Massumi rightly spells out the Deleuzian philosophy when he calls it ‘self-problematizing’; always confronting the reader with the question of what it is all about, and what to do with it. It challenges the reader to do something with it. It is pragmatic, not dogmatic. Pierre Hadot attributes this distinction between discourse about philosophy and philosophy itself to Stoics: ‘For the Stoics, the…

Religious Theme: Ultimate Reality With the study of religion, when comparing them to one another, we often find common themes. In defining religion one might say that they often have a unique perception of ultimate reality. Ultimate reality is a religious theme that is sometimes similar amongst eastern religions but can also differ in many ways. How can we define ultimate reality? It is impossible to absolutely define as beliefs vary widely by religion and by person. “It is said that ultimate…

The Religious Life is an underlying phenomenon of every religion. Many Religious often raise the questions in others: “What is the reason behind becoming a Religious?” and “How can a religion shape your life?” In the following paragraphs, I will indirectly answer those questions by displaying the interpretation and origin of the Religious Life in Jainism and Roman Catholicism. Jainism Jainism is classified as an atheistic creed based in India - largely in Gujarat, Rajasthan and some parts of…

This class was precisely as I had suspected it to be, in that we would touch on various religions, their origins, their beliefs, and the philosophy behind these beliefs. I selected this class in the hope that I would broaden my frame of reference philosophically rather than religiously. And to be quite frank I dispensed with any curious thoughts about religious practices and their origins even before the class started. I make no claims to be an atheist or agnostic, I exist in pretty much the…

of concepts and concerns, including karma, methods for attaining salvation, and spiritual release from earthly existence.” Hinduism worships Brahman, which is unborn without identity, energy. Hindu’s believe that the goal in life is liberation or moksha and that one is to be reincarnated to return to correct the errors according to the actions of our past life. Hinduism also states that all is divine; pantheism is everything manifesting the…

Hinduism is the major religion in India and has developed from the Vedic religion. Hinduism can be said to be an indigenous religious because it has been around for such a long time. This religion has been around longer than 2000 years and has been well developed throughout India. Hinduism is considered to be of the oldest religions and as long as it been around there has been no major changes dealing with the religion or the culture. In the world religion book in the Hinduism chapter it states…

“narayanam namaskrtya narain caiva narottamam devim sarasvatim caiva tato jayam udiryer” states that Narayana and Nara i.e the devine and the human and their personam encounters and discussions of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are found here. It is an actual encyclopedia and the first verse talks about its own scope. It is said that what is found here may be found elsewhere but what is not found here cannot be found elsewhere. The poetic, imaginative and questing spirit…