spoken into the baby’s right ear. (I) Abraham - God made a covenant with him (story of Abraham: pg. 128) (J‚ C‚ I) Anicca - belief of impermanence. Life is ever changing‚ unpredictable‚ uncertain. (Three Marks of Existence) (B) Atman - the true self (H) Anatta - there is no permanent identity or existence (not self). Everybody is made up of five parts: body‚ feeling‚ perception‚ mental actions and awareness. (Three Marks of Existence) (B) Baptism - a priest or deacon
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The religious life of many Hindus is focused on devotion to God (perceived as Brahman‚ Shiva‚ Vishnu‚ or Shakti) or several gods. This devotion usually takes the form of rituals associated with sculptures and images of gods in home shrines. More philosophically-minded Hindus ignore the gods altogether and seek Realization of the Self through intense meditation. Still others focus primarily on fulfilling the social and moral duties appropriate to their position in life. These various approaches
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is perhaps the most famous‚ and definitely the most widely-read‚ ethical text of ancient India. As an episode in India’s great epic‚ the Mahabharata‚ The Bhagavad Gita now ranks as one of the three principal texts that define and capture the essence of Hinduism; the other two being the Upanishads and the Brahma Sutras. Though this work contains much theology‚ its kernel is ethical and its teaching is set in the context of an ethical problem. The teaching of The Bhagavad Gita is summed up in the maxim
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Hinduism has shaped India’s culture in many ways. Hindu practices developed from the beliefs of many groups in India. The earliest records of Hinduism‚ the long Sanskrit hymns that the priests memorized‚ were Aryan. The basic ideas of Hinduism were brought into India by the Aryans at about 1500 B.C. Hinduism is the religion that is followed by nearly 85% of the Indian people. Hinduism doesn’t have one holy book like the Bible or Koran. They has many sacred writings which have contributed to the
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out that the people being attacked were Muslims. Hindus answer the question of what happens after we die with samsara‚ the continual round of birth‚ death‚ and rebirth. “The rishis taught that the soul leaves the dead body and enters a new one. One takes birth again and again in countless bodies—perhaps as an animal or some other life form—but the self remains the same.” (Fisher 77) With karma‚ every act we make‚ and even every thought and every desire we have‚ shapes our future experiences. Our life
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all too similar yet they all have a different way of living and showing their devotion. Many of these cultures revolve around a simple idea of reaching nirvana and finally leading to moksha- the release from the eternal circle of life or mukti in Sikhism. Many of the Eastern religions also focus of keeping good karma and respecting the spiritual world by praying to their ancestors. Many of them view the world as full of spirits‚ that there are spiritual beings in everything we see and everything we
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Hindu Philosophy Quiz 1-Vocabulary Samsara- Continuous Flow‚ Reincarnation Isvara- Supreme Being‚ Lord‚ God Samskara- Imprints left on the subconscious mind by experience in this or previous lives‚ which then color all of life‚ one’s nature‚ responses‚ states of mind Karma- Action‚ work or deed Gunas- ’String’ or ’a single thread or strand of a cord or twine’. In more abstract uses‚ it may mean ’a subdivision‚ species‚ kind‚ quality’‚ or an operational principle or tendency
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is called Atman‚ which is self‚ others worship Shiva and Vishnu. The highest class in Hinduism is the Brahmans‚ who are the priests. Hinduism is a very open-minded religion. This means that they embrace all religions. They believe that truth can be attained by different ways. There are some fundamental beliefs that separate Hinduism from other religions. These include the belief that the highest authority is the Vedas‚ which are the oldest Indian sacred texts; the Brahmans or the priests
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Samkhya is one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy. Sage Kapila is traditionally considered as the founder of the Samkhya school. It is regarded as one of the oldest philosophical systems in India. Samkhya was one of the six orthodox systems (astika‚ those systems that recognize vedic authority) of Hindu philosophy. The major text of this Vedic school is the extant Samkhya Karika. There are no purely Sankhya schools existing today in Hinduism‚ but its influence is felt in the Yoga and
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proven that that is not the entire story. Hindus believe in one god named Brahman. He is said to be the cause of all existence. Brahman has three-hundred-thirty million manifestations in other gods and goddesses that are worshipped. Each of these gods and goddesses are worshipped and they each have a specific duty. The gods and goddesses may be worshipped separately‚ even though they are each a form of Brahman. It is as if Brahman is a body of water and each drop of water is a god or
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