Karma Research Paper

Paris is offered Helen by Aphrodite, and so he takes Helen as his wife from Menelaus. Paris may not have known that taking Helen would have resulted in the Trojan War; however, he still accepted Helen as a bribe, making him an extremely greedy person. After seeing all the bloodshed and lives at the hands of Paris, he should’ve realized that he needed to return Helen. Anyone with the lowest sense of morality would realize that the right thing to do is to return Helen. Paris was lucky enough to be saved by Aphrodite after he was nearly killed by Menelaus. In the last few lines of Book 3 it is clear how the people feel about Paris and what Paris needs to do:

Karma is a belief in which if you do good, the world will reward you, and if you do bad, it will punish you. Just like in physics where every action has a reaction, is how it is in real life. If you commit a good deed, then somehow, someway, the universe will repay you. Bad actions lead to consequences which is what the universe will be in charge of.

The Iliad during the Trojan war is a very interesting story that could cause debate upon fellow readers. It brings up a lot of questions and thoughts about the gods and greeks of this time period, such as what is more important to them, justice or mercy? Also, it highlights the view that they have on war and whether it is tragic or glorious to them. During the Iliad, justice and mercy both play very important roles throughout the multiple books and are seen by different characters during the war. Also, it shows what the gods are like and how they view themselves and humans.

Hinduism is faced with a revolving wheel of life, death and rebirth called Samsara better known as reincarnation. They believe this life cycle is a direct relation to a person’s karma of deeds done. Karma “determines the kind of body, whether human, animal, or insect, into which he or she will be reincarnated in the next

In the beginning of the story Paris is daring, loving, and Cowardly. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­To begin with, Paris is strong. In the story Paris is strong because he wins the games that King Agamemnon hold. (Homer 13-14) This shows that Paris is strong because he had to compete against other people in athletic games and was the best out of all of them. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Next, Paris is a coward. He is a coward because he did not want to fight Menelaus(Homer 17) This shows that Paris is a coward because he is afraid of Menelaus. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Lastly, Paris is loving. He is loving because in the story Helen falls in love with him. This shows that he is loving because if Helen falls in love with him he must be.

In Hinduism karma and reincarnation are two meaningful major elements. Karma is a concept that the universe will return your good or bad actions back to you. You will find with certain actions you make, you feel good and others around you feel good. When remembering karma think about mental and physical actions that you would make. In the Hindu religion the soul reincarnates itself over and over until it becomes perfect.

Portions of modern society believe fate to be concrete and unchanging. However, in ancient times, it was believed to be influenced and guided by the actions of the gods. Similarly, in The Iliad by Homer, the actions of the gods influence the life, death, and fate of each and every individual. Gods such as Zeus, Athena and Apollo take great influence in human affairs in The Iliad. These actions cause life, death, sorrow, and triumph to befall various individuals of the story. Achilles’ fate results, solely, from these actions the gods undertake. In particular, the gods influence on Achilles’ fate shows when the gods keep Achilles from killing Agamemnon, staying out of the war, and holding onto his rage.

While idealizing the glory of war, as well as exaggerating the grief caused by it, Homer attempts to balance the dual nature of war in the Iliad; however, in an attempt to balance this duality, he winds up demonstrating that even the glory and honor of war is tainted with grief. Rather than being an epic that portrays the glory of war, The Iliad illustrates the grief that is brought by it, “‘war, in the Iliad, is a frightening and sorrowful thing’” (Giles 54). All soldiers, not only in the Iliad, attempt to attain kleos, or glory, however the damages of attaining it far outweigh the benefits. Rather than morning the deaths of their fellow soldiers, they continue on their search for kleos. This bubble of grief that was overlooked builds up, and eventually, like all bubbles, pops. In the Iliad, the pop is represented through the interaction between Achilles and Priam, and in today’s contemporary society, it is demonstrated by the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that many soldiers are faced with. Through the imagery of war, Homer exemplifies how both glory and grief are forms of trauma, as the glory forces soldiers to fall victim to the pressures of being an honorable man while dealing with the grief of losing brothers-in-arms.

With a beginning of life there is an end, but the nature of death and how it is view can affect how we live. Death is understood to be that one’s biological function cease to function and the body no longer is capable of anything (Pence, 2011). The nature of death is viewed by each one of us differently and this paper is going to discuss the values and beliefs of different religions on death. This paper is going to look at Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto religion discussing what the nature of death virtues and values are. Finally discussing the overall understand of the nature of death within all these religions.

During their reading of the Iliad and the Aeneid, scores of readers only see the two great poets commenting on the nature of war and destruction. What countless do not see, however, are there passionate outcries on behalf of the tragic heroes and humanity itself. The author of the Iliad, Homer, has been theorized by some to be a collection of writers working in collaboration. Nevertheless, this author had an immeasurable effect on ancient Greek culture. The Aeneid was written by Virgil, who was born in 70 BCE and had two other works in addition to his epic masterpiece. Through their use of tragic heroes in The Iliad and The Aeneid, Virgil and Homer comment on humanity’s flaws, the oftentimes seemingly hopeless future and the courage

Within Homers’ The Iliad and The Odyssey, the relationship between the will of the gods, and the will of the mortals is a recurring theme. The Greek gods, who support and infuse mortals with strength, are shown to have many ideas about what the future holds. To what extent are these ideas proof of the future? If mortals are fated to do something from the gods, do they have any choice, or free will, in the matter? The gods are involved in the lives of their favorite mortals, and through that, many prophecies and seemed fates surface. Fate is a suggestion from the gods which mortals interpret with a selfish blamelessness.

Contrarily, Hinduism has more similarities with a marathon. A long, grueling battle to achieve the ultimate goal of Moksha, and in this marathon, death is only a short rest. Some believe Moksha is for one's soul to finally identify with being one with Brahman and the ultimate plane of being. But some more theistically inclined believers say that Moksha is only achieving a higher state of being, one without God. In any case, the achieve Moksha, one must be released from Samsara. Samsara is the repeating cycle of birth, life, and death that every living being goes through. After a death, the soul is expelled from the body, leaving it to be reborn in a new body. What body a soul receives is decided during its own day of judgment. During this time, the soul's new life is decided by its Karmic value. Karma is the energy one gets from all its decisions and actions made in a life, whether it positive or negative. If the final Karmic value is

Karma is a term that has been around for decades and is still used today. Many different cultures use it in different senses, but it is all basically the same idea. The idea that whatever you put into life is what you will get out of life. Karma in the pop-culture world is having a person’s personal decisions have an effect on them throughout their lives; Hinduism is more of the cause and effect of following the paths of God through the soul of the body through one's lifespan. A person must make a choice when they are old enough to think for themselves what type of person they want to be. This decision will determine how one’s soul will transform through life. Karma is not a person’s best friend nor does it care what kind of excuses a person

While this circumstance may be easy enough to understand, such setting or background in the plot actually entails more history: Even before Paris was born, a prophecy was carried out that the handsome prince would cause the destruction of Troy; thus, King Priam and his queen banished the baby to be raised in the wilderness. Later on, as a shepherd, he encountered the three goddesses, Hera, Pallas Athene, and Aphrodite, and set the motion of what would be the war that extinguished the Trojan line—Paris was to decide who is the most beautiful of the goddesses. Each goddess tried to bribe him with promises of power, riches, fame, and glory, but it was Aphrodite who succeeded in the end as she promised Paris that he can have the most beautiful mortal, Helen. This simple arrangement would then serve as the catalyst of a war that would kill thousands of Trojans and Greeks as soon it is revealed that Paris has stolen Helen and the gods and goddesses of Olympus have each taken sides on the war which would further complicate the lives of the people of Troy and Greece. (Buck Jr. , 11-12)

Homer’s epic The Iliad, is a great tale of war and glory. It takes place during the last year of the ten year Greek-Trojan war. The Greeks have been fighting with the Trojans for quite some time, and just when peace seemed like a possibility, the youngest prince of Troy, Paris, acts out selfishly and steals the beautiful wife of Menelaus, Helen. This instigates the fighting again. Throughout The Iliad, Homer tells of two heroes, both similar, but also very different in their character; the great and powerful Greek, Achilles, and the strong, loving father, Prince Hector of Troy. In Homer’s The Iliad, Hector and Achilles differ as heroes in regards to pride, duty, and family love, the latter being self-centered and prideful, while the