The Hinduism religion live by the Bhagavad-Gita philosophy. It is considered the oldest religion started to develop between 500 BCE and 300 CE after the Vedic times (web). The text teaches the meaning of life and how to live. It also teaches the cycle of rebirth; karma teaches that a person action has consequences. And how everyone should perform their worldly duty they were created with a purpose.
Hinduism is known as the world's oldest religion. According to ISKCON Educational Services (2004), it is hard to construct a timeline because Hinduism has no identifiable human founder or specific origin in history. It is so old that its past goes into pre-history. It is extremely diverse with the Hindu people being more interested in the meaning of events than in providing first hand records. There is also no clear-cut divide between history and myth.
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Hindu is the oldest religion on earth. Hinduism doesn’t have a single founder, a single holy text, or a central religious authority. Most forms of Hinduism view other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations or aspects of that supreme God or Goddess. About 14% of the world’s population is Hindu. According to the yearbook of “American and Canadian churches” they were about 1.5 million Hindus in the US during 1999.
The world’s oldest religion is Hinduism, it is considered a way of life. The Indus valley is where Hinduism originated. It is located near the river indus. Hinduism is a religion that has no one founder or single governing body. This is part of what makes it different form other religions. Some refer to Hinduism as a family of religions rather than a single
Hinduism is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion. It consists of thousands of different religious groups that have evolved in India since 1500 BCE. Because of the wide variety of Hindu traditions, freedom of belief and
Hinduism is a religion that was based off of a local traditions, cults, and clans. Hinduism is one of the oldest, non-literate system that is recorded in history being founded in 1500 B.C. A very high developed culture/civilization was living in the Indus Valley with its own culture and religion, These people are speculated to be the founders/beginnings of Hinduism.
Mankind was first recorded practicing religion in Egypt around 4000 BCE. Hinduism is said to be older than the beginning of written history. Most people agree that Hinduism originated from Northern India. (Lynne Gibson) Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, but it is more than that Hinduism is described more as a way of life than a religion. This makes Hinduism very complex. Hinduism itself is divided up into four main denominations, each having different beliefs. Many aspects in other religions come from Hinduism. Such as Nirvana in Buddhism comes from the Enlightenment in Hinduism. In order, for us to begin comprehending Hinduism we must look at their basic beliefs, Brahman, Vedas, karma, reincarnation, and everyone’s purpose
Hinduism and most of society look down on women; like they are not worthy to do “manly activities” such as working, being strong, or being intelligent. They were seen as being caregivers: providing food and cleaning for their loved ones and were and still not able to have the same opportunities that men have. Two important epics that people who are Hindu follow are ‘The Ramayana of Valmiki’ and ‘The Bhagavad Gita’ and look at the main characters (Rama, Krishna, and Arjuna) as leaders and ideal men that everyone should be. Not many people who read those epics think about the ideal women and only see the men as perfect role models.
Turks Moors and Englishmen during the age of discovery, by Nabil Matar, presents the complex interactions between Muslims and Englishmen. To examine these interactions, Nabil Matar uses a variety of resources such as memoirs of captives, Arabic Chronicles, North African history, and the writings of Englishmen whom were living in Morocco and Egypt. Majority of these resources depict the negative conceptions of Native Americans that were implied on the Turks and Moors by the Englishmen. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Englishmen were portraying the Native Americans as homosexuals, vile, and atrocious people. This negative perception made them believe that it was their moral duty to conquer and civilize these people. In order to conquer and rule over the Muslims in North Africa and Middle East, they adopted the same strategy. Matar is able to show the shifting attitude and attributes of the English in dehumanizing the once dominant Muslims of North Africa and Levant. Matar considers the importance of the English-Muslim-American triangle was in setting the platform for colonialism and racism through the writings and practices that were produced during the English Renaissance.
Hinduism was a polytheistic religion which mean they believed and worshipped many gods. The main area that people practiced this religion was India. They believed in a strict caste system which was given to you by parentage or in other words birth. That position in the caste system would stay with you because the Indian caste system lacked social mobility. from there you would have to conduct good deeds to gather karma. This also works in reverse as negative deeds make you lose karma. At death the Hindu's
In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion since some elements of it date back thousands of years; Hinduism has no single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed set of teachings despite many key figures and numerous holy books that might indicate otherwise. Hence why Hinduism is often referred to as a “way of life” and why it makes sense that the religion was informed by so many external conditions around its “birth” (BBC Religion Profile,
Hinduism is the oldest religions. The most interesting thing about Hinduism is that they have no specific founder or date of origin. Based on their beliefs Hindu’s are divided in to two casts. In the current world, there is still a big conflict about whether Hinduism is a monotheistic religion or a polytheistic religion. Because according to Hindus believe it’s one God with many different faces. This concept regarding Gods is accepted by some scholars, but not all of them. Hinduism has four sacred text Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Epics. The two most common sacred texts are the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita. The authors of all sacred texts are still unknown.
When compared to other religions, Hinduism is different in that it has no official founder, set of guidelines, or origin. The earliest account of the religion is among the Aryans, who were located in ancient India approximately 4000 years ago. Although Hinduism is categorized as a religion, the phrase does not begin to capture the complexity of the socio-philosophical way of life. In fact, the religion is riddled with uncertainty and viewpoints that are not always consistent. Reflectent of the Indian society, Hinduism is practiced by various denominations, races, and translated into just as many dialects. This fact alone has helped mold Hinduism into a very versatile practice. Despite of the heterogeneous mix of interpretations of the religion,
In this week’s assignment, I’ve learned several things about how aging affects you physically and mentally. With my personal growth, this week’s assignment it made me realize why we age and we get older. It is a mystery and there are many theories about how we age. This expanded my knowledge because it forced me to look into why our bodies and minds age. I did not know about the theories of aging and how we age, this a new concept and something I did not have an understanding about. I believed it was the way life evolved. You’re born as an infant that develops into a young person that matures into an adult. The most valuable lesson I’ve learned, there are four theories of aging. The theories are 1. Oxidative stress - the body inability
Hinduism, is the main religion of India and is the worship of numerous gods with a faith in a solitary celestial reality. Hinduism has numerous divisions of religion, but they have a related family of beliefs. Information about this religion can be describe to us by learning about the ancients scriptures of India called The Vedas. They give detail data about gods, and devotion during the Vedi period.