Upanishads

Introduction Nissim Ezekiel is a foundational figure amongst the most famous Indian artists, writing in English. The most unmistakable part of his verse is the certainties that even while voicing general human concerns, he remains basically and quintessentially an Indian artist. While he voices like different artists writing in different parts of the world, sentiments like, affection, dissatisfaction, amazement ,jealousy, yearning, aspiration, seek, and so forth, he provides for these emotions…

Most people may not realize just how long lucid dreaming has been around, the first known texts of lucid dreaming date back to 1000BCE. They were found in the Upanishads, which is a collection of texts that come from Hindu and Buddhist philosophies. Lucid dreaming got its name back in 1911 from Frederick van Eeden, a Dutch psychologist. However lucid dreaming wasn’t recognized by science until 1978, yet it’s been talked about for a very long time in various religions. (Hurd, History of Lucid…

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…

Namaste. This word is spoken at the end of yoga classes all over the country. This word is translated to mean “I bow to the God within you.” However, during yoga classes, God is barely spoken of because yoga isn’t religious (Lawson 2). Right? The yoga we have become so familiar with in America only represents a small portion of what yoga truly is. Here in America we view yoga as a fun way to exercise and an excuse to buy “cute” new workout clothes. Yoga is supposed develop not only your body,…

The Immorality of Abortion This author is well aware that abortion is a highly personal, and highly emotional, topic. This paper respectfully asks women to consider not choosing abortion. The paper uses the framework of the Christian religion, and this author understands this is a highly subjective analysis. Therefore, consider the argument in this paper to be simply one person 's opinions. The morality involved in this discussion is the morality of a Christian believer. The controversy…

Introduction Chronic constipation is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders (Liu, 2011). It’s a chronic health problem all over the world (Thomsen et al., 2010) affecting patients of all ages, different cultures, both sexes and ethnicities. But it is commonly prevalent in women, elderly patients and patients with concurrent psychiatric illness (Liu, 2011) which leads to self-medication and/or medical consultation (Dennison et al., 2005). Constipation has an impact on…

Cornell Notes Page 1 Chapter Title Classical Civilization: India Chapter # 3 China's classical period had a great influence in India even still today. India- agricultural society Very similar to China Influence of China Like China Indias people were mostly farmers. Food was their main focus. Like China the men were the ones that rule the family and the women were treated like property. China and India created some of the basics for schools and academics. India…

Introduction: "Respect you elders." This statement may seem familiar to all of us, but is it really being followed these days? Every day as we flip through the television, we witness discrimination against the old and wise. Frequently on television sitcoms, we notice a false portrayal of old people as being boring and in poor health. The audience laughs as a teenager yells words at a grandmother whose hearing is failing or a grandfather having trouble finding his false teeth. I don't know about…

Globalization has a wide role to play worldwide. It has left back its footprints at every sphere of life. Not only in India, but the interchange of world views and ideas have resulted in a major transformation of the lifestyle and living standard of people globally. Indian culture is no bar to this transformation process. Our deep rooted traditions and customs have loosened up their hold with the emergence of globalization. India has a rich cultural background and pride of its culture is famous…

Basit Ali Task 1 Who was Patanjali and what did he do? There are many myths about who Patanjali was and what his origin was. It is said that Patanjali was thrown from heaven as a little snake into the palms of Gonika, his virgin mother. It is said that Patanjali was sent to the earth to inculcate the teachings of Yoga in the human beings. “Pat” means leaves containing knowledge, and “Anjali” means offering or a hand gesturing something to offer. It is often translated as fallen from heaven as…