Hinduism was one of the religions that I found to be most intriguing and different than most of the religions that are now major. The word Hindu is derived from the Sanskrit word Sindhu which is what the Persians called them because of where they were from. Hindu are those who follow the way of dharma, the four classes of varnas and stages of life ashramas.” Hinduism is a major world religion because of its influences throughout time that have shaped other religions that branched off from it. Hinduism is an ancient religion that was founded near 1,500 B.C. It is a religion that has perceiver through many different times of persecution and its one enemy time. It originated in India which is what many Indus people originated. Most Hindus …show more content…
I found this interesting because there are many contradictions that arise when going more into depth on what they believe in. One contradiction is the way they reincarnate into different forms and how some people may take the form of something they kill to eat. Should all life not be saved considering that a god is in the form of everything. They are forbidden from eating cows which is quite abnormal because we Americans eat beef every day. They believe that the cow is a sacred animal which is why many of them are vegetarians. They worship cows because of their uses in agriculture and in nature. The cow represents all other creatures because it always gives and feeds representing live and the support of it. There are rites of passage that each Hindu believe are important because they are the milestones in someone’s life. It starts rom the first time they eat, to getting a haircut, girls getting their first menstruation cycle, and getting pregnant. Everything important that happens in their life is considered to be an achievement. The most notable of the latter is the pinda, a ball of rice and sesame seeds given by the eldest male child so that the ghost of his father may pass from limbo into rebirth. This is significant because they want the best for people’s rebirth so they can find their way back to life. The women do a daily ritual to make offerings to the gods around them and in their life. Women perform this ritual because they are closer to the gods and have
Around the world, people believe Hinduism isn’t a religion, but a way of life. Michael Molloy states, “Hinduism is not a single, unified religion; it is more like a family of beliefs (75).” It was constructed from the Aryans who brought it into India in 1500 BC. The religion is one of the dominant religion in India over centuries. “Hinduism is the religion followed by about 70 percent of the roughly seven hundred million people of India. Elsewhere, with the exception of the Indonesian island of Bali, Hindus represent only minority
Hinduism is a religion practiced all over the world and has gained a large following. Hinduism got its start in the Indus Valley civilization and since then has evolved into a open and tolerant religion upon which every and anybody from all walks of life are welcome. In Hinduism there is a divine reality which can best be described as all reality is ultimately one for monistic Hindus or that there is no distinction between the divine reality and the rest of reality for dualistic Hindus. Either way it is put Hindus try to understand divine reality through their different gods, images, nature, and avatars.
Hinduism is a major religious and cultural tradition of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a diverse family of devotional and ascetic cults and philosophical schools, all sharing a belief in reincarnation and involving the worship of a large pantheon of deities.
Hinduism first started in India around 1500 BC. The word Hindu comes from the Sanskrit word sindhu, or river. The Hindu community define themselves as "those who believe in the Vedas", or also "those who follow the way, or dharma, of the four classes and the stages of life. The four classes being the varnas and the stages of life being the ashramas.
Hinduism is a religion that is difficult to define. No one can say who the founder is, or connect it to a certain place or time. So in order to understand Hinduism, we follow a coherent set of assumptions upon which people base their lives; otherwise defined as the Indian Worldview.
Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world. It has billions of followers not only in India, but all over the world. Hindus have many beliefs and worship many deities. Brahma is said to be the Absolute god, the Universal Being, he is above all and deities are its many forms. There is considered to be a trinity in
In particular ways, Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world; or at least there are aspects of Hinduism that have extended to today from many thousands of years ago. It is not easy defining Hinduism for it has boundless assortments of practices and beliefs found within it. To make it a bit easier to comprehend, they but meaning behind the first part of the word Hinduism, which is Hindu. Hindu can be a cultural political and geographical term. To make this religion a bit more of a mystery, Hinduism does not have a set founder, a particular scripture, or a set teaching. The religion believes itself to be timeless and having existed. There are many prime individuals teaching different philosophies that have extended throughout Hinduism’s history.
Many foreigners cannot know what makes Hinduism so strange. Hinduism lacks an uniting belief system and many people do not know faithfully what makes up the Hindu religious belief. After one goes in-depth concerning Hinduism, one must be familiar with the fundamental details about this difficult religion. Do you realize that almost 80 percent of the India people find themselves being Hindus? Hinduism is in addition known as the Sanatana-Dharma, which means everlasting religion. Hinduism is the third leading religion following Christianity and Islam and has no one initiator, teacher, or spiritualist and it is not an unconvinced religion. All through this article, I will look further in-depth on what makes up the Hindu religion what
Hinduism is the name given to a family of religions and cultures that began and still flourish in India. The word “Hindu,” comes from the name of the river Indus, which flows from Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the sea. It originally referred to the people living in that particular region of the world, regardless of their faith. Hinduism has no original founder and is one of the world’s largest religions following Christianity and Islam, with approximately a billion adherents. Hinduism is henotheistic, which is the devotion to a single god while accepting the existence of other gods. Their god is present in everything, and they believe that their soul repeatedly goes through a cycle of being born into a body, dying, and then becoming reborn into another body, whether it is human, animal or spirit. Hindu’s also strongly believe in karma, which is a force that determines the quality of each life, depending on how well one behaved in a past life. Hindu’s do not separate religion from other aspects of their life. Hinduism in India dictates Hindu’s lives in that it involves a caste system which controls their position in society, assists them in earning a living, helps manage how they raise their a family and controls their diets. Hindu’s believe that freedom or liberation is the true goal in life. True freedom is the freedom from all external conditioning influences, whether of body or mind. This is the freedom of Self-realization,
In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world some trace it back many of thousands of years. It is also closely related to Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. The term “Hindu” was taken from a river complex of northwest, Sindhu. Hinduism originated around the Indus Valley. It is a major religion in India and Nepal. Over 900,000,000 people worldwide follow Hinduism. In 2001 they have recorded 559,000 Hindus in Britain, around 1% of the population. Hinduism's early history is the subject of much debate for a number of reasons. Hinduism has no exact founder or no exact set of teachings. It also has many of religions in it or ‘family of religion’ no single religion. Some say that you are born into Hinduism yet now there
Hinduism originated in India over four thousand years ago. The India-based religion lacks an individual founder. In the beginning, the term “Sanatana Dharma” erupted; but Sanatana Dharma soon transformed to “Hindu” after Islamic invasions occurred: “the Muslim invaders pronounced H for I” (Patheos), thus, the inhabitants along the Indus River were called “Hindus” as a result. The primary goal Hindus hope to achieve is to become reincarnated – thus reaching closer and closer to the state of nirvana every Hindu is called to with each transformation after death.
Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world existing primarily in India and Nepal. The term Hindu originated as a geographical term for the inhabitants of the Indus Valley, located in Northwest region of India, around 2000 B.C.E. The Indo-Aryan civilization began when the Aryans migrated to the Indus Valley in 1500 B.C.E. This civilization is responsible for the original Hindu teachings. In the 14th century, Hindu became a reference used for a person who was not a follower of the Islamic faith (Flood, 1996). In the 18th and 19th centuries the British Raj attempted to define Hinduism as a particular sect, due to the complexity of the religion (King, 1999). This sect only focused on one branch of Hinduism, which the Advaita’s practiced. Advaita refers to “not two” meaning they believed that everything that comprises the universe is one expression of reality. Hence, there is no difference between a human being and god. Overtime, Hinduism developed into a religion characterized as a way of life or a path to seek enlightenment. Today, many Hindu’s practice polytheism, where they believe that all reality is one, known as Brahman, but also accept and worship many different gods and goddesses.
Hinduism is a multiplicity of indigenous religions that began in India and have since spread throughout the world. Today, there are over 900 million people worldwide who practice some form of Hinduism.
Hinduism is considered as the world’s third largest religion, it contains thousands of different sects and groups evolving in India since 1500 BCE because of their Indian traditions, beliefs, tolerant philosophies and weird point views. By Cristian Violatti: “the Hindu insight claims that the Oneness expresses itself in many different forms”. Hinduism is the dominant religion in India and nearby countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka…It’s not a religion as the word it seems but a socio-religious body shape of Indian society with its specific meanings and reflects.
Hinduism was an interesting religion to learn about. The first big question that people might ask would be about the founder of the religion. Hinduism has no founder that can be identified. This faith was originated in India but does not seem to have an organizational structure to help defend the faith. The climate in India is very warm which has made it easy for people to live outside. Because of this, it has helped to create some of their religious values that help to minimize a need for material goods such as clothing, housing, and wealth. India does have many rivers but the most important one to them is the Ganges. This river has allowed their civilization to prosper which has made them believe that this river is the source of their energy. There are many deities in the Hinduism faith that are worshiped, and the most important ones include what is called the Trimerta which are, Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu, and Deva. There are different forms of the Trimerta which will have different deities listed. There are four listed here instead of three because Deva really should be included in this. Brahma is seen as