101-LS2 Reflection Paper Hinduism 10/3/12 Despite being the world’s third largest and oldest religion‚ lots of people including me are very unaware of the facts about Hinduism. Hinduism can be traced all the way back to 5000 B.C and has been said to have over 1 billion followers. The most interesting fact about Hinduism to me is that Hinduism has no founder. Nobody has been known to have founded Hinduism and yet it just keeps evolving over time. Another interesting fact about Hinduism is their
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Christian Reflection on Hinduism Introduction: This paper brings special features on the Christians reflections on Hinduism and reflects between the Hinduism and Christianity in the past or early history of Hinduism. Hindu Christian Relationship Christianity has a long history of relating to Vedic religion in South Asia‚ though it is only in the modern period that explicit Hindu-Christian interaction can be documented. “ Hinduism is an actable abbreviation for family of culturally similar tradition
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Hinduism Paper Rory Richards HUM/130 June 30‚ 2013 Dawn Tawwater Hinduism Paper Hinduism does not have a set orthodoxy‚ but there are several main beliefs that share a commonality among the different sects. The caste system is one of the oldest principles of Hinduism‚ an aspect as much religious as it is social. According to Hindu teaching‚ there are four basic social classes‚ or castes. Each social order has its own rules and obligation for living. The select few are the Brahman‚ or
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Hinduism Paper Andy Oldfield October 21‚ 2012 Hum 130 Hinduism began in India and is one of the oldest religions known to man and as such does not have a prominent founder that anyone can remember. In India‚ the land lying on the southern side of the Hindu-Kush Mountains was considered the land of the Hindus or Hindustan and the religion followed by the people there was known as Hinduism. It is a religion that is based upon Aryan settlers. The Hindu people believe that their religion has
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Hinduism Paper Bill Jackson Axia College of University of Phoenix HUM 130 Religions of the World Professor Naomi Doumbia October 21‚ 2007 Hinduism Paper The term Hindu was introduced by the British in the nineteenth century as term to classify the people who lived near the Indus River (Fisher‚ 2005‚ p.69). The term Hinduism was derived from the term Hindu in order to categorize the religion of this same region. The religion of Hinduism is actually comprised of several traditions and
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Juleesa Alfaro World History and Civilization Lee Rademacher (P3) October 29‚ 2014 What is Hinduism? Hinduism has been originated by the beliefs of the Aryans. It is a monotheistic religion with their god being named Brahma. It’s one’s duty to seek an ultimate reality and this is called Atman. Each is free to find his or her own way but all reality is permeated by God. Reincarnation‚ Karma and Dharma are also supporting parts in this religion. Reincarnation: the soul is to be reborn after
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Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the history. With all of the relgions out here‚ Hinduism has been able to hold itself against repeated assault by other religious extremist who have tried to destroy it. Maybe the reason why Hinduism has been able to stay is major a religions in the world is because‚ Hinduism is more a way of life than a restrictive and organized religion. Actually‚ the core of Hinduism is the consciousness of the Indian society‚ and infuses in the every day life. Although
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Assignment: Hinduism Paper Chris Gonzalez University of Phoenix Online Assignment: Hinduism Paper This paper will explain what makes the Hinduism religion. It will also explain what cultural and societal influences have made Hinduism vital to where it was originated. I will also explain the answers for the desire for liberation from earthly existence. Hinduism religion Hinduism is an old religion that has no founder or known time frame when it was created. Hinduism comes from the word
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Hinduism Paper Donna Hebner Hum/130 Axia College University of Phoenix Hinduism derived in the Indian subcontinent where other religions like Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism was developed in a unified religious system. Unlike these other religions‚ Hinduism was categorized as if they were a single tradition. The name Hinduism was applied to the people who at the time‚ was living by the Indus River‚ by the foreigners who then introduced the name in a category for the British census-taking
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Hinduism is a religion‚ or a way of life‚[note 1] found most notably in India and Nepal. Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world‚[note 2] and some practitioners and scholars refer to it as Sanātana Dharma‚ "the eternal law‚" or the "eternal way‚"[4] beyond human origins.[5] Scholars regard Hinduism as a fusion[note 3] or synthesis[6][note 4] of various Indian cultures and traditions‚[7][note 5] with diverse roots[8][note 6] and no founder.[9] This "Hindu synthesis" started to develop
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