There is no Hell‚ for that means there is a place where God is not‚ and there are sins which exceed his love.” (Hinduism‚ 2008). The Hindu religion focuses on four key pieces that lead one to salvation – personal gods‚ karma‚ reincarnation‚ and moksha (spiritual liberation). In this paper‚ I will demonstrate how Hinduism is a plausible religion‚ and how it compares and contrasts to the Christian faith that I was brought up believing. Hindus believe that there is not only one God‚ but many.
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to exist and experience the pains and pleasures of life. The spiritual goal of Hindu is to become one with Brahman‚ illusory form of “individual self.” This freedom is referred to as “moksha.” Moksha is the achievement of freedom from the rebirth cycle. It is the liberated state and possesses divine qualities. Moksha is the ephemeral truth of life which without humans cannot sustain themselves. Within the stage of the individual the atman is involved in working of samsara‚ the cycle of birth and
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these religions are comparatively similar through these aspects‚ there does lay significant differences between Jainism and Hinduism. These differences include the ability of women to reach moksha (release from the cycle of rebirth) and the caste system in each religion. The ability of woman to attain moksha found in Jainism is considerably different to that found in Hinduism. In Jainism‚ their sub traditions question the ability for woman to attain liberation from the rebirth
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Compare and contrast the teachings in the foundation periods of Hinduism and Judaism The foundations of both religions will be compared in a timeline format with contrasts and comparisons highlighted. The main difference to be noted even before the timeline comparison is that Judaism is a monotheistic religion in that it believes in one God as creator and ruler of the universe and the lord of human history. Hinduism is a religion of many Gods‚ some decent and some evil but all worthy of the respect
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Buddhism‚ according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ is the belief that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification. Buddhists believe that salvation is reaching Nirvana‚ the ultimate state of release and freedom from rebirths. In order to reach Nirvana‚ one must wholly follow the Noble Eightfold Path and accept the Four Noble Truths. The four noble truths are the existence of suffering‚ the cause of suffering‚ the end of suffering‚
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Buddhist‚ they had nirvana‚ which pretty much means means the end of suffering. For Hindu‚ they had moksha which kinda means to "realease" from the sufferings of the worldd.So‚The goals of the two religons were different. Hinduism called their final place Moksha while Buddhism called it Nirvana. For Buddhism‚ anyone can enter Nirvana‚ where as in Hinduism only the brahmans could achieve moksha. Another thing that was differnt between the two is Hindus believed in the four ashramas or ’stages in
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Cultures have many different views of death. However it mainly relies on the cultures religion. Some religions have extraordinary death rituals and some have ordinary. The main religion in the Indian culture‚ is Hinduism. For Hindus‚ life is a time to prepare for death. Death is nothing to be scared of‚ instead they refer to death as mahaaprasthaana‚ or “The great journey.” The Indian culture has adapted to the religion of Hinduism throughout it’s existence. It is now the world’s third largest religion
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South India‚ where devotees believe Shiva is All and omnipresent. Lord Shiva is always portrayed with the same postures and symbols in various forms of media such as paintings and idols. Shiva is the ultimate role model for a Hindu trying to attain moksha by embodying the four stages of life‚ the cycles of creation and the
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Life has steps to accomplish‚ an if one accomplishes these four stages in ones life‚ can one achieve moksha. Life is lived in anticipation and in preparation for this moksha. This is the Hindu way of life. In addition to doing one’s duty one must cease to desire the material realm. One must view this life as an illusion and being an illusion it is‚ one must now be fooled by it‚ one must
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of that faith. Among many‚ The four goals of life‚ three paths of Hinduism‚ and Reincarnation amaze me and how they are all to reach the final release and the highest good called moksha. Hinduism often seems fit in one phrase being “you can have what you want”‚ all of the stepping stones are there for Hindus to reach moksha. The four goals of life‚ I believe‚ even if one is not a follower of the Hinduism faith‚ should take these goals into consideration. The first two goals are known as the path of
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