human being or god meditation in what looks like a Yoga posture. Yoga is believed to be derived from the Inus-Saravati people dated to 3000 to 5000 B.C. Vedic Yoga is the oldest written records of Indian culture and yogic activities found in the Vedas 3000 years ago. In order to practice the rather long ritual‚ you had to be able to focus on the mind at the highest level. Pre-classical Yoga dates back about 2000 years ago until year 200. Classical Yoga is known as the eight-limbed Yoga and was
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The importance of compassion in the Hindu traditions reaches as far back as the Vedas. The central concept particularly relevant to compassion in Hindu spirituality is that of Ahimsa. The exact definition of ahimsa varies from one tradition to another. Ahimsa is a Sanskrit word which can be translated most directly as "refraining from
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and other local communities of the region; now in its modern day re-embodiment‚ the festivity has spread far and wide‚ from the rural to the urban ambience‚ and from Chotanagpur to other parts of our country. [pic] [pic] 1….Agni Dance- In the Rig Veda‚ Agni was described as the god of fire. The Agni dance is considered as the religious dance of Jharkhand. It is usually performed on the occasion of Bipu or Manda worship in Jharkhand. 2…Chhou Dance- It is one of the chief tribal dances of Jharkhand
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The Indian sub-continent was the home of one of the earliest civilizations of man. In the history of ancient India we see many forms of society ranging from urban civilization of Indus Valley to the Classical Age of Gupta Dynasty. During this period we see a hierarchy of centralized and decentralized government. Some of which were highly organized in their political structure and government while others were merely weakened by internal problems and division of power. Indus Valley Civilization
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or in place of‚ the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a long history‚ dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Early poems evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese Shijing‚ or from a need to retell oral epics‚ as with the Sanskrit Vedas‚ Zoroastrian Gathas‚ and the Homeric epics‚ the Iliadand the Odyssey. Ancient attempts to define poetry‚ such as Aristotle’s Poetics‚ focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric‚ drama‚ song and comedy. Later attempts concentrated on features such as
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Irrigation Aryans: War like people from southern Russia Arrived around 1500 BCE Superior technology Brought herds of cattle‚ goat‚ and sheep Vedic Age (1500-500) BCE Civ. Along Ganges River Mingled with Dravidians Knowledge of Aryans came from Vedas: collection of prayers‚ hymns‚ and religious teachings Lived in tribes Advised by council of elders Sanskrit Language Used iron in 800 BCE Wealth measured in cattle and slaughter of them forbidden. Four Castes Brahmins (priests): Aryan Kshatriyas
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he religions Hinduism and Buddhism originated from India and both have shared similar principles and philosophies but also have pronounced differences on the concepts of God and the meaning of life. Hinduism has a abstract view of God. He is not a person; he is the absolute Ultimate Reality called Brahman. Hinduism believes that there is only one supreme Absolute‚ however it does not condemn the worship of any one deity. The gods and goddesses of Hinduism number in the thousands‚ representing the
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http://hinduism.iskcon.org/concepts/202.htm http://www.minoritynurse.com/article/hindu-dietary-practices-feeding-body-mind-and-soul http://www.netplaces.com/hinduism/the-bhagavad-gita/self-control-the-dharma-of-the-ideal-man.htm http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/yoga.html Ethics forms the steel-frame foundation of the spiritual life Ethics‚ which concerns itself with the study of conduct‚ is derived‚ in Hinduism‚ from certain spiritual concepts; it forms the steel-frame foundation of the
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the victims of Kalyug (the age of Falsehood). He is destined to be a world Teacher‚ there is nothing that I can teach him. Many writers believe that Guru Nanak was first sent to different schools belonging to the Hindus and Muslims to learn about Vedas (Hindu Scriptures) and Quran (Muslim Scripture)‚ and only after obtaining the knowledge from those scriptures‚ he started his religion. According to Malcolm‚ Guru Nanak is said to have learnt all earthly scenes from Khizr -the Prophet Elias. There
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Judaism‚ Buddhism‚ and Hinduism are different religions that have some of the same things in it but they are all very different but kind of the same in some ways. It talks about the things that are the same about the three different religions and some things that are the same in the three religions. They have things in common but they are also very different in many ways. Hinduism is one of the oldest living religions in the world. They are very different from other religions. Hinduism came from
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