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induism- religious and cultural tradition of south Asia, developed from early Vedic religion. It is a diverse family of devotional and ascetic cults, all sharing belief in reincarnation, Brahmin, karma, and atman. from early childhood to as pi was growing up he shares Hindu thoughts. The universe makes sense to me though Hindu eyes... Brahmin expressed not only in gods but in humans, animals, tees, in a handful of earth, for everything has a trace of divine in it...The individual soul touches upon the word soul like a well reaches for the water table. Martel 61 the Hindu belief that the individual soul is connected to the worlds soul reflects pi's ability to adapt to his physical and spiritual elements of the vast pacific ocean.
Islam-a monotheistic faith based on the revelations of Muhammad as the prophet of Allah. Founded in the 7thcentury a.d, Islam is now the professed faith of more than a billion people worldwide.
The mosque was truly an open construction, to god and to breeze. We sat cross legged listening to the imam until the time came to pray. Then the random pattern of site disappeared as we stood and arranged ourselves shoulder to shoulder in rows... it felt good to bring my forehead to the ground. Immediately it felt like a deeply religious contact. Martel 77 when pi prays at the mosque he feels a connection with the divine which later benefits his faith and indirectly benefits his survival after the shipwreck.
Christianity- monotheistic religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity is the world's most worldwide spread religion. the son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth, The trinity must be tainted by it...why make dirty what is beautiful, spoil what is perfect? love. that was father martins answer. Martel 68 as pi talks to father he learns of an non ending love of god as well as others. this gives a dramatic boost to his spiritual life at sea.
Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed