Rhonda Hampton
Ben Mayo
Introduction to the Humanities
11/15/11
Religious Belief Systems of Hinduism, Daoism, Buddhism
Ancient India religious belief was that of Hinduism. In Hinduism,
Pantheism, the belief that divinity inheres in all things, is basic to the Hindu
view that the universe itself is sacred. Hinduism embraces all of the Vedic gods.
Hindus believe in the oneness of Spirit, but worship that Spirit through a
multitude of deities, who are perceived as an emanation of the divine. Hinduism
is best understood through the religious texts known as the Upanishads, some
250 prose commentaries on the Vedas. The Vedas is India’s oldest devotional
text. Vedas is a collection of prayer, sacrificial formulae, and hymns. While they
teach worship through prayer and sacrifice, the Upanishads teach enlightenment
through meditation. Hindu’s believe in Brahman, the concept of the single all-
pervading cosmic force. Brahman is infinite, formless, and ultimately unknowable.
Also, in Hinduism there is the force know as Atman soundless, formless,
intangible, undying, tasteless, odorless, without beginning, without end. Atman
seeks to be one with the Brahman. Nirvana is believed to be the reunion of the
Brahman and Atman. Nirvana is the goal of all Hindu’s. Once one reaches
nirvana he or she is released from the endless cycle of death and rebirth, or
reincarnation. Reincarnation, is the fate of Hindus until they achieve nirvana.
Ancient China venerated an assortment of local spirits associated with
natural forces, and with rivers, mountains, and crops, but the most powerful of
the personalized spirits of ancient China were those of deceased ancestors.
Chinese, believed that... [continues]
Ben Mayo
Introduction to the Humanities
11/15/11
Religious Belief Systems of Hinduism, Daoism, Buddhism
Ancient India religious belief was that of Hinduism. In Hinduism,
Pantheism, the belief that divinity inheres in all things, is basic to the Hindu
view that the universe itself is sacred. Hinduism embraces all of the Vedic gods.
Hindus believe in the oneness of Spirit, but worship that Spirit through a
multitude of deities, who are perceived as an emanation of the divine. Hinduism
is best understood through the religious texts known as the Upanishads, some
250 prose commentaries on the Vedas. The Vedas is India’s oldest devotional
text. Vedas is a collection of prayer, sacrificial formulae, and hymns. While they
teach worship through prayer and sacrifice, the Upanishads teach enlightenment
through meditation. Hindu’s believe in Brahman, the concept of the single all-
pervading cosmic force. Brahman is infinite, formless, and ultimately unknowable.
Also, in Hinduism there is the force know as Atman soundless, formless,
intangible, undying, tasteless, odorless, without beginning, without end. Atman
seeks to be one with the Brahman. Nirvana is believed to be the reunion of the
Brahman and Atman. Nirvana is the goal of all Hindu’s. Once one reaches
nirvana he or she is released from the endless cycle of death and rebirth, or
reincarnation. Reincarnation, is the fate of Hindus until they achieve nirvana.
Ancient China venerated an assortment of local spirits associated with
natural forces, and with rivers, mountains, and crops, but the most powerful of
the personalized spirits of ancient China were those of deceased ancestors.
Chinese, believed that... [continues]
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