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It covers the basic subjects of Hinduism and gives good illustration of religious practices to people with no experience of Hinduism. The film mainly focuses on the Hindu approach to god and number of gods’ images. The movie is a winner of Royal Television Society award and a Red Ribbon at the American Film Festival. From my own perspective, this film is a good sorcery to introduce yourself with Hinduism and helps to understand how Hindu lifestyle fits into its religion. Also, there are couple interesting points I made above to further investigate to expand your own knowledge towards 15% of the world population’s

It goes without saying that I learned so much in Religious Studies 101. I was introduced to multiple world religions that were foreign to me prior to taking the class. I never felt the need to explore any other religion besides Christianity because I was content with my faith. However, after learning about different religions and interacting with people that are not Christian, and grew up with different beliefs and values, I now find myself questioning reconsidering my beliefs. By being exposed to the rituals and ideas of cultures and religions across the globe, I find myself wondering what it would be like to follow some of these principles or to try some of these practices for myself. I find myself trying to follow the moral guidelines and principles of the traditions I learn about all the time. It has helped me ask even more questions and broadened my horizons. It 's helping me shape my beliefs and find out who I want to become. I was especially fascinated with Buddhism and have grown a huge admiration for it. In my learning portfolio I will examine what I learned about Buddhism and what about it is so appealing to me. I will also briefly summarize that I learned that Buddhism – just like any other religions, is not flawless and cannot provide a perfect view of life that would be influential enough for me to devote my faith to it. However, there are certain

Write an essay of 1,000 – 1,250 words that analyzes key beliefs in Hinduism by addressing the following concepts:

My first impression of the meeting was that it was a stranger to everyone there. It clearly wasn’t the first time for the others who knew the routine of the meeting. Everyone was involved in a

Communities are all over the place, multiple people belong to all types of communities. The community I belong to is the community of Fox Hall. I’ve lived in Fox Hall for the whole time I have been attending the University of Massachusetts Lowell. I have met numerous amounts of people and made several friends while living in Fox Hall. Fox Hall is a fascinating building because it has eighteen floors of residence. Fox Hall is the tallest building in Lowell which is very interesting. Since I have been here, I was curious about all the activities that have been going on in Fox Hall. I chose Fox Hall as my residence hall because it offers many opportunities to meet new people and make new friends. I find it important to see how people react during

When it was my time to go observe the other group, it was so confusing. I had no idea what was going on or why people kept touching my arm when I got close to them. This was very strange and unexpected because I am not used to people

Hinduism is the first Dharmic religion the textbook mentions. There were many aspects I found to be attractive in this religion. Diversity seemed to be a concept brought up within the textbook about Hinduism and this appealed to me in various ways. My religion is currently Catholic, however, I do not necessarily apply all of the rules to the religion into my life. I am not the type of person to make my life and what I do daily revolve around religion. This is a reason Hinduism appealed to me. The idea of a varying religion interested me because in this way I would be able to find one of the many different types of Hinduism and use whichever one I liked, if I chose to practice this faith.

As we started the tour, she explained to me what a mandir is and what is consist off, since there are many places that can cure other things such as a broken arm, and a not so well trained brain, she told me that it’s a house of worship, it helps with the mending of your soul, heart, and to maintain peace of mind, it’s a place where people learn the values of life, ethics, and overall a place where anyone can come and seek shelter in difficult times. The mandir is a place that fuels their faith in God, strengthens their society and teaches them how to trust one another and to become trustworthy. Of course she was giving me all this information before we entered the mandir, and because of that she brought up what the mandir itself is made of.

Imagine a religion so old that it is said to be timeless and has always been there, even before humans set foot on the Earth. It’s mindboggling to think that the knowledge of everything is floating in the space of the universe and the mind is just a way of reaching it. Hinduism is a very complex religion, yet it still sets one ultimate goal for the soul. To deeper understand Hinduism we must reveal its origin, doctrines, customs, and culture.

My interviewee Tony Khanna, a fellow co-worker, took me to his temple he goes to worship, on a Sunday evening. He took me to the Sri Meenakshi Devasthanam located in Pearland, Texas. The first thing I noticed upon arrival at the temple is the beautiful architectural building design outside. I was in amazement of how beautiful the temple was. I had not seen something so beautiful in quite awhile. The temple is visible from a quite a distance away and has two stunning white towers. When coming up to the temple from the parking lot Tony indicated to me that the temple was established in 1977 and was a replica of a famous temple in India. There was a huge white gate we had to walk through to get to the main temple. Once inside I was greeted by many Hindu's that were quite pleasant and talkative towards this outsider that I was. Before the visit one of my questions to Tony was if Hindu's welcomed outsiders within their temples. He indicated that Hindu's are very open and that I would be welcomed. I was quite surprised for this to be so true. With in the confines of the temple there were many different kinds of symbols that I was not quite familiar with. A couple that I noted was a Diya, Om, and Swastika. There were

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.

Learning courses specializing in religion can foster open-mindedness, cultural appreciation and improve behavior among students. Students may be more apt to accept differences in people around them, and portray a positive attitude when they have access to learning about diverse religions.

I feel like I learned a lot from this course. I think, overall, this course was very eye-opening and made me understand, and want to better understand, issues involving gender and how they effect society. I would say the one of the most important pieces of information I learned was just how much the idea of gender and gender roles influences everyday life. I had never really thought too much about the determents of gender or traditional masculine and feminine ideals before this class, and how we as a society promote and encourage the belief that a person’s gender or sex creates different innate, natural attitudes and attributes. Learning about how important society’s views of gender is, and how it affects the way we learn and think, makes me look at our culture in a different way. For example, before this class I never realized how much women are objectified and put under intense Photoshop in advertisements. This better understanding of the way society is helps me take a step back and look at our culture in a different way, and allows me to become more aware of the issues surrounding gender, sex, and the ideals of masculinity and femininity.

One of the reason I took this class is to learn more about religions and their origins but I was specifically interested in Buddhism so I was excited that it was a religion that the class was going to cover. I had little prior knowledge of Buddhism but I didn’t know the origin, important figures and important teachings but I learned that what I thought was inaccurate. This class deepened my interest of Buddhism more because I learned what it really is about and their teaching while also correcting the ideas I had of Buddhism that were wrong.

I decided to visit a Hindu temple because the Hindu religion was the religion that I knew the least about and was interested in. This assignment gave me an opportunity to learn more about this religion and what their worship services and rituals were like. The temple that I went to was called BAPS Shri Swaminaryan Mandir and it was located in Lilburn. As soon as I walked in, I was amazed by the beautiful architectural design of this Temple. It seemed like it took a lot of hard work and dedication to make the place what it is now. While I was at the temple, I watched the Hindus perform an ancient Vedic ritual called the Abhishek, a ritual bathing to honor the murti of their God.