Sanskrit

The philosophy of karma and rebirth explains the most important dissimilarity between Western religious views and the great Indian religious perceptions. Western philosophy also makes use of a retributive description of evil in which a person’s suffering is recorded for by his earlier misconduct. But mentioned the properly wrong correlation between suffering and sin in a person’ lifetime, Western religions have supported other definitions of suffering. Though, Indian views merges this view with…

In ancient Israel, protocol at animal sacrifices permitted the high priest’s servants to plunge a three-pronged fork into the cauldron of boiling water and return to the high priest whatever amount of meat they were able to draw up. In defiance of this rule of law, the sons of Eli (the high priest and predecessor of Samuel as judge of Israel) instructed their servants to take as much meat as they wanted, forcefully if necessary, even before the meat was fully cooked. "This sin of the young men…

« Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are »1 is the perfect illustration of cultural identity through food. What we eat is heavily influenced by our family and culture. Different cuisines are connected to different cultures. Food, cooking and eating habits play a major role in every culture. Eating is not simply a biological necessity, it is an act full of meanings that epxress itself through various symolic ways. The moment of preparing food for consumption can be the reflection…

The Aryan Migration to India Aryan people, who speak the Aryan language, are presently found in the India subcontinent that hosts India, Nepal and the Pakistan nations. The Aryan languages existence in this region has a long history of over 3000 years with records of these languages having been spoken in the subcontinent around 1000 BCE (Bryant and Laurie, 6). However, according to the Aryan migration theory, which was introduced in the 18th century, the people of Aryan languages had migrated…

Buddhist art developed in Asia from the philosophies of the Buddhist religion and the influences of local and foreign art styles. The first remaining Buddhist art work is dated nearly three hundred years after Buddha was born. The oldest structures and art are found in caves, statues, and mounds called stupas. The challenge artists faced when creating art was the struggle between conveying meaning and Buddha’s teachings without depicting Buddha himself. In early Buddha philosophy he was not a…

dharma is one of the four elements (as well as wealth, happiness and satisfaction, and moksha). In order to move up in the cycle of reincarnation, one should accomplish all their dharma to the best of their ability. The Hindu dharma is written in the Sanskrit (known as the “Hindu law”) In Christianity, followers are expected to live in harmony with one another in a different way: discipleship. As Christians are all disciples of Jesus, they must all help each other in their journey to become…

careers for women. Buddhism in turn raised the status and position of women in India. Buddhism teachings were originally taught in the very simple language of the Prakriti and over time moved to more complex and lesser known languages such as Pali and Sanskrit. This exposed these languages to more people and texts written in them gave them a boost in literary development and…

Furthermore, Susan Penny (1995) claims that these “polytheistic, [philosophical] and spiritual meanings” are found in the variety of symbolism, embedded within Hindu rituals. Kaur (2015) states that an example of this one such ritual is the Puja, which is defined as an “individual act of Hindu worship, performed at home or in a Hindu temple” (British Broadcasting Company, 2005); despite “traditional Vedic forms” of the ritual being practiced in “holy grounds” (Cole and Morgan, 2000), such as:…

Modern Paganisms such as Wicca serve primarily to fulfil the spiritual needs of believers in a manner supporting their pre-existing ideological convictions; as is shown by the diversity of opinion regarding the sacred within this spectrum of New Religious Movements. There are a multitude of sects within Modern Paganism, all claiming roots in the primordial past. In reaction to the growth of secularism throughout the 20th Century, various groups self-organized based upon a revived ‘natural…

In this essay, I will be comparing the attitudes that Christianity, Hindiusm, and Islam have had towards war, and how it has changed and affected each religion 's development throughout history. The study of warfare in religion is important because the ability of the three largest religions to survive to the modern day is not found in the religious message, but rather in times of conflict, where the foundations for immense growth were laid. Even if these modern religions denounce war and…