Part One: The worldview I have to write about is Hinduism. One interesting fact about Hinduism is that it has no founder‚ no timeline. · The Questions of Origin: Hindus believe that God and the universe are one or the same thing. “Pantheism views God as an infinite‚ impersonal force (Weider &Gutierrez‚ 56). They do believe in God but they don’t believe that he is the created of anything that everything was already here before he came. · The Question of Identity: “Pantheists consider
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Because I honestly feel that way myself I feel that God is everywhere and when I say that in my mind I beleive he is within every living thing we are all just gifts from God. I understand more of the statues and the 300 million Gods that make up the Hinduism religion that I at one time did not understand at all. They believe that the statue is just a statue that a man made but it helps them focus. When I heard them talking about making their mind focus by consentrating on a statue it made me think
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Response Paper #1 Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It encompasses many religious traditions and beliefs and includes people from all over the world. There are many stories‚ hymns‚ passages‚ rituals‚ and sacred texts in Scriptures Of The World’s Religions about Hinduism and its beliefs of moksha‚ or liberation‚ and how to attain it. Sacrifice is very prevalent in Hinduism. Many passages from the reading contain stories and doctrine about how‚ when‚ and why to perform sacrifices
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Hinduism and Buddhism both came into existence from India. According to S. Rahdhakrishnan‚ “Buddhism‚ in its origin is an offshoot of Hinduism.” (Buddhism & Hinduism‚ 2007) This is due to the fact that Buddhism was started around 2‚500 years ago by Siddhartha Gautama who was originally brought up in a Hindu family and was later called “the Buddha” by his followers. (Teece‚ 2003) Hinduism has been around for well over 5‚000 years and was not started by a single historical figure. Hinduism and
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important to discern what causes Hinduism to remain a religion of those from India‚ while allowing Christianity‚ specifically Roman Catholicism‚ to gain traction across many nationalities. Because both of the religions stem from such different areas‚ it is important to first find similar elements that may attribute to their appeal‚ or lack thereof. At first‚ these two religions seem to bear few commonalities‚ as one is a polytheistic religion while the other monotheistic. However‚ one of the most important
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1. Hinduism 72 -113 2. Buddhism 128 – 155 Hinduism Hinduism has also been the source of three other religions. (Jainism‚ Buddhism‚ Sikhism) The word Hindu comes from the Sanskrit name for the river Indus‚ Sindhu. Hindu may refer to a great variety of religious beliefs and practices‚ it generally applies to the religion of the people of India. “Hindus‚” Indians who did not convert to Islam 7th to 15th century C.E‚ Hinduism flourished in much of Southeast Asia and still survives on the Indonesian Island
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great religion work of the Aryans - the Rig Veda. The Veda and the Brahmins‚ the priests‚ came to hold a most prominent place in Vedic society. By about the forth century B.C. Hinduism had supplanted the older Vedic faith and became supreme. During this period two new religions Buddhism and Jainism developed out of Hinduism. The basic institution of the society was the extended family. The family consisted of eldest male and his wife‚ their sons‚ grandsons and heir wives and children and unmarried
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Part 1: Defining Dharma Using information from Site 1‚ write four defining elements of dharma (the prescribed conduct and morality within the religious system of Hinduism). Dharma is Universal: Universal dharma is known as rita‚ the underlying principle and universal law regulating nature. It is destiny and the road to destiny. Human: Human dharma is asrama dharma‚ the natural expression and maturing of the body‚ mind‚ and emotions through four progressive stags of earthly life. Social:
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HINDUISM -oldest religion in the world - predates recorded history - has no human founder. History The word Hindu is of ancient Persian origin to describe people who lived beyond the River Indus and their religion. Was created through the intermixing to two distinct cultures involving the Aryans and the Indus Valley civilisation. At about 1500 B.C‚ the Aryan invaded India and imposed their religious themes on the Indian natives. Hinduism spread in the world through literature and folklore. It
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Tenrikyo Religion Origins: Tenrikyo is known as monotheistic Religion‚ and is the Biggest and most successful section of Shinto in japan; it was founded in the 19 century‚ and is often thought of like the evangelistic “new religions” (like Islam‚ Christianity‚ etc.) of japan. Tenrikyo is Japanese in origin which means‚ “The Religion Of Divine Wisdom”. Like most of japanese religions‚ Tenrikyo also have a place for reincarnation‚ but the main focus of the religion is on worldly happiness.The Government
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