Hindu Religion And Hindu Churches

Hinduism practiced by individuals, certain groups, mass festival, and at the temple. In the beginning of the film, the narrator’s guru confessed his devotion to Kali – meaning that individuals can choose certain god which fits his will. interesting thing is that people having primary god means Hindus categorized into different sections depending on their gods. Those categorized people could experience tension between one another in my opinion. However, the existence of millions of gods decrease the tension between the groups. The festival of Saraswati was the perfect example to practice the religion for certain groups. The students celebrate the festival to refresh their motivation and seeks higher will to learn. Yet, there was another form of practice – mass festival like other religions. The example was the Ganges River cleansing festival. The river was considered sacred, pure, and has a power of cleansing sins of whomever bath himself/herself. To me, the catering of thousands of people trying to cleanse their sins off shows the power of the religion and devotion of Hindus. Also, the most common form of practicing religion is temples. Hindu temples have its own architecture and art forms to amaze people.

When looking at Christianity and Hinduism there are many ways to look at each religion from a theological perspective. This is why the best way to look at the broad view of these religions would be to analyze each by comparing and contrasting what each religion is about. The first point to look at would be at how Hinduism and Christianity are very similar in how they view the world. This can be seen in how they both strive to achieve a state of higher being whether it be with the eternal state of Moksha or eternal life in heaven with God. They both also look to be more introspective of themselves in order to maintain a good relationship with their higher being. This can be seen with Christians trying their hardest to maintain their faithfulness to God (Letter to the Romans, Reader p. 200) or Hindus making sure to maintain their duties in their caste in order to climb the system (Bhagavad Gita, Reader p. 75). Another comparison would be that Christianity follows the “Golden Rule” which is better known in the Hindu religion as karma. This is an important cornerstone to both religions because it creates a system of justice for both religions to follow. To truly examine these two religions one must also look at the differences that each religion has to each other that make them each a unique belief. A main difference would be that Christianity focuses more on the short term while Hinduism focuses more on the long term. Another difference is the rewards that a Christian

Similarly, Hindus and Muslims differ in terms of the place where they offer their prayers. Hindus offers prayers at "Mandirs" popularly known as temples whereas Muslims offer prayers at "Masjids" popularly known as mosques. As Hindus believe in offering prayers to statues and posters, each mandir is dedicated to a specific god or goddess and

Hinduism is based in Henotheistic. They believe in one god Brahmin that manifests himself in many different Gods and Goddesses. They worship their Gods and Goddess in the form of idols and also utilize large ornate temples.

In fact, like many Hindu families, we have a small shrine in our house to perform important ceremonies. Also, I have been going to the temple every Sunday for as long as I can remember, and I have been attending the BalaVihar program, which teaches young Hindus all about our beloved culture.

In our study of the Hinduism, the class visited The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (HTGC). This active temple is a house of worship that serves thousands of devotees as they pay hamage to a diverse variuety of Idol and spiritual gods. Taughted as one of the oldest religions in the world, it accepts all religious belief systems and God. In fact, the Temple is designed to accommodate any and many gods to include the practices and rites of the devotees. Our volunteer tour guide explained the Hindu theology in lthis way.

After reading the article, I think rituals have some basic structures of meaning, and there are number of ways to show that rituals are meaningful. In the following thesis I choose Hinduism as an example to show how rituals are meaningful, how it relates to the living context of the Indian people, how the Indians enact the Hindu rituals, and so on.

A: The Ganges River is the sacred river for Hinduism. Hindus consider its incessant flow and spiritual healing power as Earthly demonstrations of the Almighty.

I was greeted by, and conversed with, different patrons on each of my visits. This is unusual for me because I typically am not approached by strangers, I am not complaining. I was also offered unconsecrated bread by different practitioners on each visit which was the best tasting bread I have had during a church service. The thing that impressed me most, however, was the church member’s commitment to their surrounding community. They welcome anyone to their services, to the coffee hour afterward, to their annual block party, which they host, and to their harvest Sundays, where they collect food from their patrons and feed the local homeless population. The connection with their surrounding neighborhood is strong, but what is truly unique is the connection the congregation has with one another. For example, on the first Sunday I attended after the service was completed I remained in the nave to photograph and watch the community. I talked to one man about his conversion to Orthodoxy as the priest was consoling a young man who seemed distraught. This seemed to change the church from its ritual space to a community space of self or group

Mr. Mohan, couldn’t stress enough they are not here to judge. They accept all faiths and don’t condone intolerance, it’s about tolerance. He mentioned several times that Hindu’s do not need temples to be Hindu’s. Their temples are place for community gatherings, worship, and celebrations. Laughingly, he tells us because of the “30,000” or so gods and goddesses, every day is something to be celebrated. Upon leaving he gave us each a red yarn

Hinduism and Christianity are two of the largest religions in the world today with nearly half of the world’s population claiming one of the two as their own. Without a doubt, both religions have been extremely influential in the world. In the minds of most, this is about as far as the similarities between Hinduism and Christianity go; however, the fact is that the two religions actually have much more in common than is often perceived at passing glance. There are commonalities strung all throughout the two religions, from parallel texts of scripture to eerily similar view’s concerning the nature of the divine.

The world has many different belief systems including Christianity and Buddhism. Both are similar and different in many ways. These religions are used in different places around the world and influenced the lives of its followers and the society in which they are practiced. Christianity is more diverse and complicated in its beliefs and totally depends on faith. In contrast, Hinduism is a belief more based on the simplicity of culture and tradition.

For this comparison of building, I will focus on my church after I moved to New Jersey, as there are many similarities between both the religious buildings. What was most interesting to me was the temple had an industrial feel to it, and if it were not for the sign out front, I would have mistaken Temple Israel as a commercial building. When I entered the sanctuary, where the main religious ceremony takes place, the first thing I did was put on a yarmulke, small Jewish hat worn mostly by men but I looked women could wear them if that already are not wearing a hat of some kind. As the religious ritual began, the Rabbi walked up the alter steps, approached the podium, and began the Morning Prayer. This is very different from the Roman Catholic Church where the approach to the alter is more ceremonial, with a hymn being sung while the presit carries the Bible down the aisle, usually accompanied by an altar boy carrying a cross. The readings continue with a practitioner standing behind a large podium, where the Torah would eventually be placed, reading various Psalms from various passages referred to as the Mishna, Minyan, Yarsit Kotage, and Posit Mar. The first reading of the psalms ended with the Prayer for Peace, which asks God for world peace. This is similar to what I was used to attending Church; however, the ritual was far shorter, with the Priest reading from two sections of the Bible, as opposed to multiple passages. Another person walks up to the podium of the Torah, which I learned is also known as the bimah, and precedes to read additional readings, did not hear them being referred to as psalms. This process goes on for approximately twenty minutes, with various people going

Trade and immigration influenced the spread of Hinduism throughout the world: “Hinduism spread to…Southeast Asia. Indian Brahmins may have arrived in the area through trade…they [the rulers] seemed to have gravitated to…the Hindu religious practices” (Opposing Views). Whilst migrating from country to country in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Indian immigrants searched for jobs, and once becoming wealthy, mandirs sprung up like livestock around the country of Great Britain. In addition, in 1906, the

To experience a new religion is to open one's mind to an entirely new world. For my World Religions course, I was asked to visit a place of worship for a religion other than what I was most used to. Upon considering being raised as a Pentacostal Christian, the first idea that came to me after hearing this was for Billy and I to go with our friend Arjun's family to a Hindu temple—since Arjun had moved away recently to go to college however, he was unable to attend.