A Comparison Between Hinduism And Islamic Rhetoric

Meaning and significance of death in the light of the Christian narrative is addressed including detail and some examples.

Different cultures, countries, religions, and community with various behaviors and rituals that guides their belief and action when a loved one pass away. Religious and spiritual belief, type of life after death, superstitious beliefs after death and beliefs towards the meaning of life are all based on tradition and death ritual.

The concept of life after death has been around practically as long as life itself. Our beliefs about life after death can have a profound effect on our attitudes toward life. Most individual's beliefs about life after death are directly related to their cultural or religious affiliations. According to Montagu, "Of all the many forms which natural religion has assumed none probably has exerted so deep and far – reaching an influence on human life as the belief in immortality" (1955, p.15).

First, the religious concept views death as the commencement of a new life (Campione, 2004). Next, the

Instead, they believe the body must be cremated quickly after death. As Lama (2004, p. 1) maintains, “The belief that once it sheds its body, the soul prepares to depart immediately on its karmic journey, and as such, it’s very important to cremate the body as soon as practical so as not to provide any allurement for the soul to linger on this side of the world.” In such cultures there is little relating to the bargaining or depression stages of Kubler-Ross’ theory, but acceptance certainly applies to both Hindus and Buddhists. In fact, for the gerontologist, increased cultural understanding of the death and dying process aids overall quality of care. As Barker (1999, p. 161) reports on one study conducted on Hindus in a British community, “…poor communication due to linguistic and cultural distance between relatives and hospital staff, as well as lack of sensitivity involving the latter, may be most distressful to the dying and their relatives.”

When an individual dies, their death can greatly impact the loved ones they leave behind. Each mourner may feel and perceive the death differently from one another, but one common factor that can influence the mourner’s beliefs, values, and views about a person’s death is their culture. Their culture can regulate the way the mourner copes with the death of a loved one, what they do with the physical deceased body, and how they may honor the dead afterwards (Cartaret, 2011). For me, my culture is relatively related to the Catholic, Hispanic American culture, which is a broad and subjective category, but it is what I believe that guides my views towards life and death. I have additionally chosen to learn about the cultural practices of Hinduism of Indians on death

There are many different types of people in the world. Different hair color, skin color, languages, religions, talents, etc. but there is one thing we all have in common, we all die. There is no one who can out run the long arm of death. People can however, have different attitudes and feelings towards death. For example, “Some of us know for sure that death is the implacable enemy of life. Others of us know for sure that death is the portal though which we enter a higher form of existence,” (Kastenbaum, 2012, p. 38). With these different feelings about death come different ways to mourn or celebrate the life of those lost. In Tibet there is a ritual performed by Tibetan Buddhist known as “Sky Burials”. The purpose of this paper will be to discuss the details of this ritual and where it originated.

In the “Great Afterlife debate,” Michael Shermer and Deepak Chopra embody two different opinions concerning the existence of afterlife. Shermer points out that the concepts of afterlife and near-death experiences are illusion of the brain. Chopra disproves that afterlife is a concept from the scientific perspective in the course of refuting the arguments of Shermer. In what follows, this essay is an agnostic point of view for support neither of the arguers. … (THESIS……)

In this paper, I will argue that the dharmic belief of Hinduism is mistaken by building on one of Socrates’ arguments from the Euthyphro. Through Hindu scriptures, dharma has been codified as compassion, living by the rules of proper conduct, the path of uprightness, etc. According to them it is the observation of cosmic norms that permit us humans to avoid misery and be happy. In the Hindu concept of reincarnation, dharma serves as the measure that judges a person. Dharma is the barometer, and karma, the spiritual value of causality where your plans and deeds effect the future, the mercury within. To have good karma, you must abide by the norms outlined in living a dharmic life – that is doing what is right for you, your family, and your caste

I have decided to explore religion and the procedure as victims are required to adapt to the domestic laws on death rituals. As Britain has ceased to be a religious dominion, many do not give a second thought to other ‘traditional methods’ that religion requires when a life extinguishes. I find it interesting that on an international platform, religions such as Hinduism follow rituals that have been unaltered for many centuries and yet, here in the Britain we have ruptured the framework as death has become increasingly professionalised.

Many religions have strong opinions about death since most religions believe in reincarnation, heaven or hell or an afterlife. Because of this, it is interesting to focus on different religions and their view of death. Therefore, four religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) were chosen for the focus of my 2 arguments.

"For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." Society influences the individual’s viewpoint on death, the afterlife, and religious rites. These societal shared beliefs develop a worldview that helps give meaning, order, and purpose to the world. The need for meaning and order develops into core values at the heart of society that influence how people perceive death. This paper compares the American and Aghori Sadhu's viewpoints on death to understand their link to social values. The American consumer based culture and Aghori non-duality beliefs are opposite

After death, there is the ceremonial bath where the body surrounded by family, but not touched. An oil lamp is passed over the body by the chief mourner and the ceremonial cleansing is performed. After the cleansing, the body is wrapped in white, however, if a married woman precedes her husband she is dressed in red wedding clothes. Then the body is taken to be cremated and those that go with the body they chant promises that God will look after them. Cremation is done in this culture because it releases the soul. The oil lamp is lit to help guide the soul of the body. The Hindu culture believes that pain is not suffering, they believe that it is karma. They also believe that one’s time of death is determined by one’s destiny. They accept death and illness and will not prolong it using modern medicine with a terminal illness. The Hindu culture believes in modesty; they prefer their own gender for any examinations or care. The Hindu culture places great importance on cleanliness and purity in the physical and spiritual aspects. Social interaction is very important in the Hindu culture. When sick or dying, they may have a large number of visitors which is considered an important responsibility of the Hindu Culture. No matter the culture we all need to be respectful and honor one’s last wish or a family’s request. The more we are educated

“These are the themes in life which are consistent in Judaism, Islam- of being grounded in who you are and being engaged in an unjust world” Cory Booker. Judaism and Islam are just two of the major religions practiced around the world. Islam is a more popular religion compared to Judaism because they have a greater following. Also, they were both founded in the Middle East as well as during similar time periods. Judaism teaches the relation of God and Abraham the struggles and multiple takeover and liberation of their people throughout the years. Judaism and their followers follow the Torah as their scripture. Islam, on the other hand, deals with the prophet Muhammad and him carrying out the word of God and building of the Ka’ba. They follow the Qur’an as their scripture which details many stories of Muhammad and is backward chronologically. These two religions have some similar qualities and well as many differences. In this paper, it will be focused on the comparison of how each religion views death and dying. Islam and Judaism have similar and different views when it comes to their respective view of death, burial rituals, and mourning.

Many different religions around the world see the importance in life after death but these beliefs do vary a lot and each religion will believe completely different things. Two core religions in this essay that will be looked into are Islamic and Catholic. What do they believe will happen when someone dies? Is there another life after they die? Heaven? Hell? Or Paradise? Through this you will the importance in the belief of life after death, and the practices, rituals, and prayers that provide evidence and physical proof of how they show this belief. Then to go onto to discuss the wider implications holding onto these beliefs can have.