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Personal Narrative: The Beliefs Of Hinduism
Hinduism has a many beliefs, and five of the main beliefs are Brahman, Deities, Dharma, Karma, and Samsara. On my mandala, I drew a muscle for Brahman because Brahman is the supreme power in the universe, and Brahman is the creator and destroyer of everything. Those facts relate to a muscle because a muscle is very strong, so it can create and destroy things, like Brahman. Not only can a strong muscle create and destroy things, it also has a lot of power, like the supreme power Brahman has. The second belief is the Deities, and people who believe in the Deities believe in many gods. So, I drew two crowns to show they believe in more than one god. The lightning bolt between the crowns represents Deities because one of the gods they believe in …show more content…
Also, people only live once in the world and they don't reborn again into a new person. Adding on to that, there is no such thing as an afterlife. Plus, there is only one god, and you can't have good without evil. Lastly, there are no different classes here that separates different types of people. These beliefs are also important to me in many ways, but here are just some of the reasons why the beliefs are important to me: people who do the right things, get nice things in return and vice versa is important because it’s an encouragement for people to do good things. If everyone started doing bad things, the world will become a disaster. Therefore, it is fair for everyone, and people can get their own taste of what they have done to affect other people or other things. Also, people only live once in their life in this world and they don't reborn, so there is no such thing as an afterlife.This is also important because life is short and you need to put a lot of effort into it. It’s not like people have 10 lives each, they only have one. So, everyone needs to live their lives to the fullest, which also teaches us to be responsible for themselves. There is only one god in the world and this is also important to me because he did many things to save our people, like how he sent his son to die on the cross for us. The belief, …show more content…
One of Hindu’s belief is Karma, and Karma relates to one of my beliefs, people who do the right things, get nice things in return, and vice versa. These two are similar because Karma determines what form of soul will take in the next life, and people who do good deeds get into a higher class when they reborn, and vice versa. Those two facts mean exactly the same. (What goes around, comes around.) Also, another one of my beliefs is that people only live once and there is no afterlife, and that is different from Samsara. These two beliefs are different because people who believe in Samsara believes that when people die, only their body dies not the soul. But, I believe differently, when someone dies, the body and the soul dies together, therefore, these two beliefs are different. Unlike people who believes in the Deities, I believe that there is only one god. Deities is a belief where people believe in many different gods, and respect all of them, where I only respect and believe in one god. Therefore, my belief in only one god is different from Deities. I also believe that without evil, there is no good, and that doesn't relate to the Dharma because Dharma is when people follow rules to keep their own caste safe in harmony, when my belief is when people follow their emotions and feelings to adjust their behavior. People who believe in Dharma follow the rules just

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