Ramayana

Storytelling: the mythological art of Hinduism in aspects of transmitting and performing devotion Storytelling, as expressed by Johari is a human activity which is “as old as the humanity itself. (P.1)” While mythologies, being the collections of explanatory stories that serves to anchor people’s understanding on both the natural and cultural, tangible and intangible world are shared universally. Hinduism, particularly favors the heavy use of mythological stories as a vehicle that can transmit…

Ramakrishna, was a Hindu religious leader and a founder of religious thought that became the Ramakrishna Order. Ramakrishna also known as Gadadhar Chatterji or Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya claimed to have had the same experiences as brahman and he is often referred to as the first Hindu saint (“Ramakrishna”). Ramakrishna and his disciples were the first followers of the religious thought ramakrishna order. The Ramakrishna order follows unselfish work, love of god, knowledge, and awakening of…

generation to generation. There are several world known ancient Indian texts that contain all the wisdom and teachings of the Indian civilization that were written under the influence of events through the historical change. Like Unpahidas, Vedas and Ramayana, the Bhagavad-Gita is an Indian poem, which is one of the most important texts of Hindu tradition that consist in itself 18 chapters and about 700…

epics and the ancient history is that Sati wasn't practiced in the ancient history. Nobody in the ancient epics were forced to follow the Sati practice (Hawley,1994). The only time anyone committed self death was due to their complete will. In the Ramayana, Madri who was the second wife of Pandu committed sati on her own will. She considered herself responsible for her husband's death because Pandu died under a curse when he was lusting for his wife…

Ancient or modern, the society is always male oriented and views women as objects for pleasure. Even when the government advocates policies to protect women, their safety, integrity and honour are consistently being questioned and violated. The problem lies in the collective psyche of the society, which includes both men and women. The sensibility is fashioned according to the male norms and thus the females in our society either witness or participate in their own subjugation process. This…

There are many ethical issues throughout the human race which are approached differently by each religion. With the ethical issue of abortion and euthanasia, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, and Christianity all have different and similar views about this huge debate in society today. Hinduism, being the root of many religions, is the world’s oldest major religion till this day. With most ancient religions, outsiders were the ones who appointed a name for a discovered group of beliefs. The name…

this scripture is that by being alive, means being active, and if we want to avoid difficulties for ourselves and others we must forgo the grip of our ego. Preclassical Yoga also introduced the ideas of schools teachings that can be founded in the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata. The various schools developed various kinds of techniques for one to achieve deep mediation in order for one to be transcended through body and…

ideologies (Freeman & Jacques 47). It has also been recorded that the temple contained a statue of Vishnu, but at some point, temples were converted to Theravada Buddhist worship. Suryavarman however, chose Hindu sources as the subject matter- Ramayana and Mahabharata epics, were specifically carved on the two panels. Meanwhile, the Heavens and Hells were carved…

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,…

The Mesopotamians built their culture around The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Indians used the Ramayana to provide a teaching on how to live their lives according to their dharma. Gilgamesh taught the Mesopotamians about dominance through his ruling of his city (32-33), love of your fellow man through Enkidu (38-39), mortality through Enkidu’s death…