Upanishads

What are these key points and how do they differ from the basic premise found in the Upanishads? What paradox, if any, might be contained in the Gatha of…

The fault is presumably in us, because of our ignorance. According to Isa-Upanishads IX., two extremes lead us to darkness, namely Avidya or ignorance and Vidya or knowledge. The later is usually a virtue but when cherishing it for mere intellectual pride, we fall into even greater darkness. Only when the higher consciousness is…

What is Hinduism? For some people, it’s a religion with multiple Gods while other see only one true God. Both ideas are correct, depending on which one you’re referring to. The three aspects are Vedic, Upanishad and Theistic/Classical. Although each aspect has its own identifying factors, they also flow and blend together. Like all complex and ancient religious tradition you can’t think that Hinduism is one monolithic religion. It is more than that with its different tradition involving arrays…

Hindus believe in three fundamental ideas about the afterlife; they believe in karma, reincarnation and liberation. In terms of karma and reincarnation, most all Hindus have very similar beliefs, but there are numerous ideas about what happens to the soul in liberation. At the beginning of the first millennium BCE descriptions of the afterlife in Hinduism became more detailed and complex. The fundamental beliefs around karma and reincarnation are the same because they occur in the conditioned…

The Upanishads are a collection of texts that contain the main concepts of Hinduism and discusses the importance of fulfilling the ultimate reality of being a brahman and describes the character of the path to human salvation or moksa. The Upanishads form the last part of the four Vedas, which contain hymns, scriptures, morals, and other rules that Hindus live by. The Sutras establish parts of the Upanishads and helped form the orthodox schools thought. The…

ambiguous. During the Buddha’s time, the concept of omniscience varies in different traditions/religions. For example, in the Vedas, omniscience (sarvajña) is refer to the gods such as Agni, Indra, and Soma. In the Upaniṣhad omniscience is used to describe Atman/Brahman. As the Brihadāranyaka Upaniṣhad (IV 5.6) stated, “When the Self has been… known, then all… is known.” In Jainism omniscience…

Hinduism is the belief that most Indians follow. It is said to have no beginning, making it the oldest religion in the world. It is the third most popular religion in the world, only behind Islam and Christianity. In general, the Hindu religion is one of relative peace and a call to fulfill one’s duties. As long as one did what they were meant to do, they would be set for their next life. The idea of Hinduism first came about in India by the Aryans. The Aryans had memorized many complicated and…

Hinduism and Buddhism: The Ultimate Comparison: Hinduism or Buddhism are some of the world’s largest and most popular religions and beliefs. Hinduism and Buddhism have more differences than similarities. 2116A similarity is that they both believe in an idea of reincarnation. However, Buddhism is about having no self-desires while Hindus don’t have to follow this rule. Lastly, Buddhism and Hinduism have different ways of treating women. (You should state your thesis in this paragraph before…

of religion. The Upanishads, Gobekli Tepe and the Ainu/Jomon tradition. All date roughly 14,000 years ago. Dawn of the Upanishads “Like radii of the same circle, all these traditions indicate a common center… long before the India of the Vedas, before the Iran of Zoroaster, in the early dawn of the white race, one sees the first creator of the Aryan religion emerging from the forests of ancient Scythia.” (-Schure, The Great Initiates, 1889) At least one of the Ancient Upanishads,…

it a ‘beast’. The exhortation of the sanyasi seems only a simplification of the following passage from the Trihadaranyaka Upanishad: The Atman in Man is the very same as the vital force in the elephant, the gnat, the ant, the four quarters of the world, in short, the Atman in Man is part and parcel of the whole universe. The Indian tradition, enshrined in the Upanishads, teaches the inter-dependence of man and the world including birds, beasts and vegetables. A Tiger for Malgudi, by…