Shiva

aimed towards the multinational companies, like Monsanto, who with the Government, force upon Indian peasants “government funded commercial and technological agriculture with statist conceptions of national development” (Roy & Borowiak 2003, p57). Shiva interprets industrialism as “the birth place of resource exploitation” and that Monsanto uses modern science as provision for ethical and cognitive license…

Marijuana’s use as part of religious ceremonies is nothing new. The practice goes back for thousands of years in a variety of cultures such as The Hindu, Rastafarians, and monks. Rastafarians are well known for their religious use of marijuana. Most Rastafarians are vegetarians or vegans, and the most Rastas follow a strict dietary law called ital, which is based on natural vegetarian food. Many Rastafarians wear their hair in dreadlocks. Rastas call the cannabis plant ganja, the holy herb, Iley…

an appropriate pursuit of pleasure (kama), and lastly to be liberated from rebirth (moksha) (The Meaning…). In the universe there are two main principals energy (Shakti) and consciousness (Shiva). One cannot exist without the other. Shakti is viewed as a feminine force that is the universe’s cosmic energy. Shiva is viewed as unswaying and unlimited. With both energy and consciousness comes the creation of the earth (Chakras). Gods and goddesses play an integral role within the attainment of…

vast mountain range possesses such beautiful and mystifying qualities that many tourists believe the falls were created through supernatural elements; in reality, they are not wrong--the splendid sight was created through the involvement of Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu, who all played impacting roles in keeping the people on the right path to attain dharma and moksha, the ultimate goals in Hinduism. I was a young boy at the time, a child named Abishek. My mother and I were very devoted Hindu…

Shiva contends that “society and economy are not insulated from each other,” (Shiva 34.) The fundamental misunderstanding of this concept is what leads to the commodification of everything, men and especially women. There is no way to separate neoliberal capitalism and the society that lives…

Ganesha, Shiva and Krishna. The three gods all had a role to play and they all had a importance. If they didn't do their job then everything would fall apart. for example Ganeshas job was to destroy the universe in order for another god to re create it. They all represented something and worshipped something different. They all had the same time period and which was one thousand five hundred before christ through 500 common era. One of the gods was Ganesha the son of Shiva. Shiva granted…

Most religion has one God that they worship and pray to; however, many also believe in more than one god for guidance through life. Being monotheistic means praying to only one God to help guide someone through their difficulties in life and that God has a plan for them. Being polytheistic is praying to more than one god because many gods can represent many things in life and praying to that specific god can help someone through that specific obstacle. For Hindus, believing in more than one…

This piece of artwork represents 3 different parts of Hinduism, Karma and Dharma, The Trimurti, and The Four Stages of Life. Dharma is one’s “duty” in life, for practicing dharma is the way in which one may improving their life. Karma, on the other hand, is the belief that a person’s actions in life will determine their fate in their following life. One must do their dharma in order to achieve good karma. In the art piece, dharma is represented by the brown path following from the bottom left…

Staying Alive by Vandana Shiva makes a person see the world in a different light. Shiva is one of the world's most prominent radical scientists and her work are focused on women nature relation. In Staying Alive, the developmental science, the patriarchal system experienced all around the globe, women and her relation with nature are among the core aspects of the book. She examines the position of women in relation to nature and violation of nature with marginalization of women. The author has…

human founder of hinduism. It’s honestly a mystical religion. Hinduism makes you personally experience the truth within. There was three gods. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Vishnu came first, this was how it was told in Hindu stories, Brahma was born out of Vishnu's belly button. Brahma was the creator god. Vishnu preserved the universe and Shiva was the destroyer. Hinduism is a huge religion and cultural tradition in South of Asia that bring together many people, it was developed from the Vedic…