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    Hinduism Research Paper

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    my opinion, I would like to say Hinduism is a way of living the life rather than just only religions or bunch of beliefs. Hinduism includes all aspects of living life and inspirational sacred and epic stories taking place in the history such as Mahabharata and Ramayana. The holy Hindu wakes up at sunrise and take a bathe. After that, he or she worships Lord with fresh flowers, non-animal food, fruits and sandalwood. A scientific study behind this has proved that the fragrance of this sandalwood and

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    in the home, within rituals and within creation. I will look at the roles of a husband and wife, as well as Goddesses and Kings. The main traditional texts that support these roles are the Rg Veda, the Kalpa Sutras, the epics (the Ramayana and Mahabharata), Tryambaka, and Manu Smrti. They are believed to lay the foundations for order in society, as well as giving people the knowledge of their duty. I will show how these separate texts have defined roles within castes and genders and show how their

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    Bhagavad-Gita, exhibits disobedience through his initial decision not to engage in combat on the battlefield; but, Arjun also discards his duties as a warrior through his protest. The Bhagavad-Gita, through Arjun’s rejection of war, reflects the concept of dharma (duty), jnana (knowledge), and yoga (discipline), which are integral components of Hinduism.  Throughout The Bhagavad-Gita, Arjun is constantly reminded of these very concepts through his conversations with Lord Krishna, concepts he would otherwise

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    The Upanishads are the foundation of the Hindu philosophical thought, and have profoundly influenced diverse traditions. The Bhagaved Gita (Part of the Mahabharata) is one of the most popular sacred texts of Hinduism. Hinduism has many gods and goddesses, all manifestations of the supreme being. Brahma is considered to be the creator of all universe. Vishnu is considered to be the preserver or protector of

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    culture and philosophy, is universally perceived as one of the world’s ethical literatures. The Sanskrit title, Bhagavad-Gita, is commonly construed as “Song of the Lord." The Gita is incorporated into the sixth book of the longest Hindu classic, Mahabharata, although it is known to be a subsequent accretion to the epic, which stands on its own distinction. The ideology encapsulated in the Bhagavad Gita, doing action with detachment from the consequences is relevant and vital to our understanding of

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    challenges the will of Krishna by choosing to look past the action of fighting and focuses on the result of his kin dying—the fruits of action. Krishna, in his response to Arjuna, retains the idea that Arjuna must serve a greater good and that his dharma, his sacred duty, is to do this as well. Further, through the statement “A man cannot escape the force of action by abstaining from actions; he does not attain success just by renunciation. No one exists for even an instant without performing an action

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    Agunpakhi, published in April 2008 is the first full fledged novel written by Hassan Ajizul Haque. He was born in1939 in West Bengal and just after the completion of his school studies, his family had to leave India for East Bengal to avoid any insidious after-effect of the partition. Atin Bandyapadhaya and Sunanda Sikdar both left East Bengal for West Bengal but Ajizul Haque was one, who left West Bengal for East Bengal. Ordinarily, the critics tend to take it as altogether a feminist novel, but

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    The Epic Of The Ramayana

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    from ancient sage Hindus with philosophical concepts which has inspired religion, beliefs, ideas, humanity, and principals of life. Henceforth, an epic narrative, the Ramayana’s textual history and formation dates back to centuries before the Mahabharata, during the Kurukshetra War as believed by Hindu religion and archaeological findings. In tradition, it belongs to the second of 4 yugas or eons, which is Treta Yuga in the Hindu chronology and is considered kavya poetry. The profound thinker and

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    Ethics is a concept derived from an individual’s religion, philosophies or culture, forming a collection of moral principles carrying out the manner in which a person leads their life. In modern society philosophers divide ethical theories into three separate areas, meta-ethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. Meta-ethics refer to the origins and meanings of ethical principles, dealing with the nature of moral judgement. Normative ethics refers to what is right and wrong and concerned with the

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    in India, and started out as a Hindu. Hinduism emerged before Buddhism and influence many of Buddhist beliefs such as the Dhamma, Karma, Samsara, and Nirvana. Dhamma, for instance, is the moral law of the universe which comes from the Sanskrit word dharma. It has the same meaning in Hinduism and was revealed to the rishis who composed the Vedas. Karma as described as the “action”, and “consequences of action as well” (pg.97). The term originates as well from Hinduism but is also an essential core value

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