Hinduism Research Paper

1. What practical steps could be taken to build a relationship with a follower of this worldview who might be a co-worker, neighbor, etc?

The Upanishad scriptures suggest that followers exercise their body and mind. These exercises become more important to Hindu practice as time goes by. Through the teachings of Upanishads there is a spiritual essence called “Brahman”. Brahman is a single world soul that is the base of all physical matter, energy, time and space. Brahman is all things on earth and beyond. It is thought that a person’s inner soul known as the “atman”, is part of Brahman and therefore; a person’s innermost soul is part of the single world soul. The meditation associated with the search for perfect knowledge has evolved into a permanent aspect of Hinduism and is known as “Yoga”. During this period Buddhism and Jainism were created as additional ways of reaching enlightenment while denying key teachings and practices.

The question of origin- In order for us to completely understand Hinduism, we must first understand that this a philosophical system of beliefs. To give a definite origin of Hinduism would be very hard to address because there are no known origins. There are no beginning points or a name of a founder. Hinduism can be traced all the way back to around 1500 B.C in what we now call India and has a lot of different beliefs, philosophies and views that contradict each other. All Hindus believe in one God, a supreme being known as Brahma. Brahma is an entity believed to live in every single facet of reality and existence throughout the whole universe. Brahma is both impersonal and unknowable and is often believed to exist in three separate forms: Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer.

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.

Buddhism originated in India and spread throughout Asia, where it is most heavily concentrated today. Buddhism spread early to Tibet and Sri Lanka, where it continues to be a popular religious practice today. Along with the inherent similarities one would expect, both countries have many differences in the beliefs and practices associated with each form of Buddhism.

Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world. The religion has a population of upwards of over thirty million worldwide. The United Sates alone has over two hundred fifty thousand Sikh. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion like many other major religions. Sikhism was founded around the year of 1469 and was an Indian religion. Sikh are an important part of the United states. They survive in our arm forces, as officers of the law and as legal professionals. This essay will inform about the most important part of Sikhism, The Five K's.

The tradition itself maintains that it is a timeless religion that has always existed. Historians generally hold that the origins of what we call Hinduism can be traced to the ancient Indus Valley civilization. This would mean that the religion is over 4,000 years old, although it is a dynamic religious tradition that has continued to develop and evolve.

Srivastava is 37 years old. She grew up in India and has been a Hindu all her life. She grew up surrounded by Hindus. Before Neelam I had met only a few other Hindus, yet I never really got the chance to ask and learn more about Hinduism. After the short unit in class, I wanted to learn more about it. Hinduism is a very interesting religion and, after having learned more about it, has similarities to Christianity that we might not put much thought into.

Hinduism and Buddhism are different in a few ways. Hinduism was not founded by one particular person while Buddhism was only be founded by the Buddha. Hinduism follows the Hindu Scripture and Buddhism does not. Buddhists believe that their goal in life is to overcome sorrow and Hindus believe there are four goals – Kama, moksha, artha and Dharma. Both religions do however give emphasis to compassion and peace to all living things, in other words no harm shall come to humans or animals. Suffering can be caused by desires therefore I feel with this religion they tend to stay away from things that will cause them emotional suffering. For example: I make the conscious decision to keep a distance from those that may cause me to become more emotional

Buddhism, as with any other religion, was created in a certain place at a certain time. Buddhism’s roots are formed in the idea that are part of the environment where it was created. One of the important areas of this religion was the valley of the Ganges River. This river runs west to east across most of the northern part of India. It was there that Buddhism first began and flourished. Later it would spread to the southern part of India. During Buddha, which was around 500 B.C. this area was undergoing a huge period of religious development.

Followers of the Hindu religion believe in the concept of atman. One’s atman, which is their true spiritual identity does not change under any circumstances and it is also a part of Brahman which is the true reality of how things are. Every living organism has an atman, which is passed on time and time again after death through a cycle known as Samsara. The term atman is Brahman illustrates the point of liberation (moksha) in Hinduism. This term is saying that even while our circumstances, persona, and ego all change, to reach moksha one must realize that what they truly want, and what they have been spending their entire lives searching for is actually them self, and it just took them this long to realize this because the material world we

Buddhism is one of the most spiritual Asian tradition. The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha. Gautama was born in Nepal in fifth century BCE. He was born a prince by a royal family and growing up he was intelligent and open to everyone. Growing up he had a realization about his own true nature. He escaped from the desire and suffering and was called buddha. He was not the founder of a new religion but a leader of a sect of wanderer ascetics. Gautama lived in a time where religious views were challenged by new religions.

One of Buddha’s teachings was about the Three Marks of Existence which including Impermanence, Suffering, and No-Self. The No-Self doctrine (anatman), “is the doctrine that there is no independent, eternal self or soul underlying personal existence” (Brodd, 186). What this means is that Buddha believed that things were changeable. That not one object or person could consistently stay the same, that there is always something to change even in a person. No-Self was one of Buddha’s several teachings. The No-Self doctrine is hard to interpret or understand if one does not practice Buddha’s teachings. Therefore, Buddhists have tried to explain this doctrine in many ways.

In Southeast Asia, Hinduism comprises what is the thirst largest religious group today. However, unlike other religions, Hinduism’s beliefs range from monotheism, polytheism, and even atheism. In this essay I will argue that although the religious diversity in India is so vast between religions like Sikhism and Jainism, there are still very many similarities between them.

The culture of India's way of living of the people of India. India's religions, language, music, dance, food and architecture changes from place to place in different parts of the country.