Introduction to Hinduism Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also exists among significant populations outside of the sub continent and has over 900 million adherents worldwide. In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world‚ or at least elements within it stretch back many thousands of years. Yet Hinduism resists easy definition partly because of the vast array of practices and beliefs found within it. It is also closely associated conceptually
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reading. According to Bacon‚ some books are to be tasted‚ others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested. A good book should‚ therefore‚ be chewed and digested so that it has a lasting influence on our life. For example‚ reading of the Gita leaves a lifelong influence on our mind. It teaches us the philosophy of life. It teaches us morality. It explains to us the Law of Karma‚ which means that we reap what we sow; our good actions alone will entitle us to a place in heaven. It exhorts
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Robert Oppenheimer To build a bomb capable of destroying entire cities at once they needed a person with a smart‚ fast and creative brain. That person was Robert Oppenheimer. Robert Oppenheimer was the brilliant scientist behind the development of the atomic bomb. While atomic bombs kill lots of people‚ the atomic bomb won the war against the Japanese (World War 2). This helped because we
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What is Education? Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind‚ character or physical ability of an individual. The word education is derived from a Latin word educare which means to "bring up"‚ which is related to educere "bring out"‚ and ducere‚ "to lead". Therefore education means to bring out potential to lead. Education is the transmission of civilization. Sculpture is to a block of marble as education is to the human soul. Instruction ends
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History of India [pic] The History of India can be traced in fragments to as far back as 700‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilization‚ one of the oldest in the world‚ dates back at least 5‚000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis‚ the Aryans‚ a nomadic people‚ possibly from Central Asia or northern Iran migrated into the north-west regions of the Indian subcontinent between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE. Their inter-mingling with the earlier Dravidian cultures apparently resulted
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(1) God can perform any action the performance of which is logically consistent and consistent with God’s own nature. Even though God is omnipotence and God has the power to do anything‚ but some philosopher argued that God has many limitations. For instance‚ S.T Thomas Aquinas argues that God’s power must be limited and may not exist at all. He mentions about the squares circle. If square circles cannot exist‚ then the fact that God cannot make one implies any defect in God’s power. Moreover‚
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Harivanshrai Bachchan was a noted Indian poet of Chhayavaad literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a famous poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala. He is also the father of Bollywood megastar‚ Amitabh Bachchan. Born in a Srivastava Kayastha family‚ in the village of Babupatti (Raniganj) in the district of Pratapgarh‚ U.P. near Allahabad in the United Provinces (modern Uttar Pradesh) he was the eldest son of Pratap Narayan Shrivastav
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countries. Lomus Pharmaceuticals has already registered its products in Cambodia and Myanmar which include mainly general medicines. “We are in the process of registering family planning medicines including pills and contraceptives in the UK‚” said Gita Karki‚ senior officer at Lomus. Mani Ratna Shakya‚ technical officer at Deurali-Janata Pharmaceuticals‚ said that the company would soon be registering its products in foreign countries. Nepali drug manufacturers have been discouraged in their efforts
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Hinduism has a vast variety of religious epics‚ in which the gods are protagonists with important roles. Gods could reincarnate or reborn to explain to people "the relationship of human beings to the divine‚ and ways to attain the pure calm of infinity.” (Excerpt Elements 1). For example‚ through Krishna it is explained how the life of an Indian man is all about putting duty and honor before desires. To preserve honor and fulfilling dharma is even more important than death‚ which results in good
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Research: Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ but he spent most of his life in Concord. His father was a Unitarian minister with a keen interest in fine literature who was instrumental in founding several important literary societies and publications of the time. When his father died‚ Emerson was given into the care of his aunt‚ who took a strong interest in his education. His literary gifts were recognized‚ encouraged and developed early. In
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