What is Hinduism? One of the oldest religions of humanity The religion of the Indian people Gave birth to Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ Sikhism Tolerance and diversity: "Truth is one‚ paths are many" Many deities but a single‚ impersonal Ultimate Reality A philosophy and a way of life – focused both on this world and beyond How did Hinduism begin? No particular founder Indus River Valley Civilization >5000 years ago Aryans enter 4000 - 3500 years ago Vedic Tradition 3500 – 2500 years ago: rituals and
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Ideology --- Two Nation Theory Sir Syed --- Quaid --- Iqbal Introduction: i) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: The man who spoke first the Muslims as a “nation” in the modern times was none other than Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. In 1867‚ he said: “I am convinced that both these nations will not join whole heartedly in anything. At present there is no open hostility between the two nations. But on accounts of so called educated people it will increase in the future.” Analyzing on the demand of Indian National Congress
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compilation of smaller belief systems? Some would argue that Hinduism is a combination of both of those terms and much more. What encompasses the Hindu religion? Why do people of today‚ even in modern America still practice a faith that some may even consider paganism? In comparison to the dominant monotheistic religion of Christianity‚ where does the Hindu religion rank? Although Hinduism is not the world’s leading religion‚ there are still large numbers of followers today. Hinduism is ranked as the
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hieroglyphs‚ Chinese logographs of Mesoamerica. Today’s numbers‚ also called Hindu-Arabic numbers‚ are a combination of just 10 symbols or digits: 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ and 0. These digits were introduced in Europe within the XII century by Leonardo Pisano (aka Fibonacci)‚ an Italian mathematician. L. Pisano was educated in North Africa‚ where he learned and later carried to Italy the now popular Hindu-Arabic numerals. Hindu numeral system is a pure place-value system‚ that is why you need a zero
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This religion has no original founder and no single holy text. Brahmins were the first Hindu teachers. They passed down the teachings of Hinduism through oral stories. This continued until approximately 1‚500 B.C.‚ when these stories were written down in a text known as the Rig-Veda by a group of people called the Arayans. Around the 1st century B.C. two more important Hindu scriptures emerged. These Hindu scriptures were two epic poems called the Ramayana and the Mahabharata‚ which tell stories
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between the two dominant religions: Hindu and Muslim. * It gained independence in 1947 and was divided into two states India (Hindu) and Pakistan (Islamic/Muslim). The division was based on religion. However large numbers of minority religious groups were left behind in both countries. * Large scale migration resulted‚ because of fear of prosecution and rioting. * 12 million migrated across the Hindu Kush‚ many died. (Muslims left India for Pakistan and Hindu left Pakistan for India).
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It was the subsequent mass killing of Muslims that won Narendra Modi landslide victories in Gujarat and brought him huge political mileage so as to be projected as BJP’s Prime ministerial candidate. Narendra Modi was rewarded by RSS for his role in 2002 Gujarat riots and more importantly for his strong Hindutva image. More than a decade after killing in Gujarat‚ Narendra Modi has neither expressed regret nor has been held accountable for those mass deaths. In May 2005‚ the government informed
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independence in 1947 was met with mixed feelings. Although the people of India‚ through nationalism and self-determination‚ had finally rid themselves from British Imperialism‚ they now found themselves divided into two nations. While the predominantly Hindu area remained as India‚ the Northwestern and Eastern‚ predominantly Muslim area was separated and turned into an independent nation of Pakistan. Considering the various sides involved with the partition‚ the various identities‚ religious and other
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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. It is estimated that there are 333 million deities in the Hindu faith. (Fisher‚ 2003‚ 79). The reason
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