Personal Narrative: The Beliefs Of Hinduism

Hinduism has a many beliefs, and five of the main beliefs are Brahman, Deities, Dharma, Karma, and Samsara. On my mandala, I drew a muscle for Brahman because Brahman is the supreme power in the universe, and Brahman is the creator and destroyer of everything. Those facts relate to a muscle because a muscle is very strong, so it can create and destroy things, like Brahman. Not only can a strong muscle create and destroy things, it also has a lot of power, like the supreme power Brahman has. The second belief is the Deities, and people who believe in the Deities believe in many gods. So, I drew two crowns to show they believe in more than one god. The lightning bolt between the crowns represents Deities because one of the gods they believe in
is Indra, the God of thunder. (He was fierce and warlike.) The candles in every corner of the triangle in the mandala represent Divali, Hindu New Year. In Divali, people celebrate the good over evil with lights, so I drew candles. Next is Dharma, and I drew the yin yang symbol to represent the Dharma. The yin yang symbol means balance, and Dharma means to perform one's duties. The yin yang symbol relates to the Dharma because if people in their caste follow their Dharma, their caste will be in harmony. But, if they don't follow their Dharma, the caste won't be in harmony. But, there is no such thing as harmony with light only, yet there is no balance with darkness only, which means, you need to balance yourself out, like the yin yang symbol. The fourth belief is Karma, and Karma means what form the soul will take in it’s next life; people who lived well in their lives will reborn in a higher caste and vice versa. The endless knot I drew defines Karma because it symbolizes interlinking of cause and effect, like how your behaviors effect which caste you will get into when you reborn. Lastly, the infinity symbol, on my mandala, represents Samsara. The basic meaning of Samsara is that people born, die, and reborn into a new person. The infinity symbol shows that the cycle of borning, dying, and reborning never ends, and the soul in the person never dies, only the body does die. Each symbol represents each belief of Hindu and each has it’s reasons why. Like the Hindus, I have some beliefs too, and five of my main beliefs are that people who do the right things, get nice things in return, and vice versa.
Also, people only live once in the world and they don't reborn again into a new person. Adding on to that, there is no such thing as an afterlife. Plus, there is only one god, and you can't have good without evil. Lastly, there are no different classes here that separates different types of people. These beliefs are also important to me in many ways, but here are just some of the reasons why the beliefs are important to me: people who do the right things, get nice things in return and vice versa is important because it’s an encouragement for people to do good things. If everyone started doing bad things, the world will become a disaster. Therefore, it is fair for everyone, and people can get their own taste of what they have done to affect other people or other things. Also, people only live once in their life in this world and they don't reborn, so there is no such thing as an afterlife.This is also important because life is short and you need to put a lot of effort into it. It’s not like people have 10 lives each, they only have one. So, everyone needs to live their lives to the fullest, which also teaches us to be responsible for themselves. There is only one god in the world and this is also important to me because he did many things to save our people, like how he sent his son to die on the cross for us. The belief,
there is no good without evil, is also important because it proves that no one is always fortunate and everyone at leasts has one bad day in their life, so it shows that we need to appreciate what we have because if there was no evil, everyday would be boring and you won't take anything for granted or appreciate anything. Lastly, there are no different types of classes, everyone is treated with respect. This is important to me because it shows that no matter who you are, people still need to treat you with respect. (Even if you are out on the streets.) These are all my main beliefs and why I think they are important to me. Hindu’s have their five main beliefs, I have my main five beliefs, but some are different and some are similar.
One of Hindu’s belief is Karma, and Karma relates to one of my beliefs, people who do the right things, get nice things in return, and vice versa. These two are similar because Karma determines what form of soul will take in the next life, and people who do good deeds get into a higher class when they reborn, and vice versa. Those two facts mean exactly the same. (What goes around, comes around.) Also, another one of my beliefs is that people only live once and there is no afterlife, and that is different from Samsara. These two beliefs are different because people who believe in Samsara believes that when people die, only their body dies not the soul. But, I believe differently, when someone dies, the body and the soul dies together, therefore, these two beliefs are different. Unlike people who believes in the Deities, I believe that there is only one god. Deities is a belief where people believe in many different gods, and respect all of them, where I only respect and believe in one god. Therefore, my belief in only one god is different from Deities. I also believe that without evil, there is no good, and that doesn't relate to the Dharma because Dharma is when people follow rules to keep their own caste safe in harmony, when my belief is when people follow their emotions and feelings to adjust their behavior. People who believe in Dharma follow the rules just
to keep their caste in harmony, but my belief is when people follow their emotions to appreciate what they already have. Lastly, another one of my beliefs is that there are no classes to separate people into categories for who they are. That belief has nothing to do with any of the five Hindu beliefs, but it is different from their beliefs in having a caste system. The Hindus believe putting people in different levels, like ranking them in a caste system is okay and organized. Putting people in different groups is very disrespectful, especially having an outcast. Therefore, my belief is different from theirs by having a caste system. Based on the Hindu beliefs and my beliefs, only one pair of beliefs agree with each other, and the other four pairs are different from each other.