What Are The Three Ninian's Smart Dimensions
Section A In this essay, three of Ninian's Smart dimensions will b defined. The first dimension is the ritual or practical dimension. According to, "An Anthology of Living Religions," ritual or practical dimension id defined as, " symbolic actions, individuals or groups, crude or refined, such as a fight, a funeral, wedding, meditation, or worship(Bailey, Fisher, pg 10)" Ritual are forms and orders of ceremonies private and /or public. What adherent of a religion do as part of the religion praying, dancing, marching, sitting, singing, fasting, flag-waiving, ect. The second Ninian dimension is mythic or narrative dimension. This dimension is defined as, " stories that reveal the nature of the universe, humanity, the development of a religion,
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The rituals of Hinduism is focused on devotion of God such as Brahman, Shiva, Vishnu, Skakti, or other gods. The middle act of Hinduism ritual is definitely worship. When Hindus worship, they do a puja. A puja is a ritual to attract the sense of both the devotee and the gods. By doing this ritual, it is mean to educate the feelings of devotion and religiously and therefore, bring God and spirituality into the center of human life. However, for example, during the visit to the Hindu Temple, the speaker was mentions rituals in their religion such as praying to their gods before they starting a puja, singing during the puja, and worship each …show more content…
As we look back, narratives are like stories about certain nature of the universe deities, or narratives stories about religions. It seems that when the speaker was continuing on talking more about Hinduism, I feel like there was some mythic or narratives going on as we speak. Obviously, narratives are stories and I feel like there was some stories about the religion of Hinduism. According to the speaker, he was mentioning that Sanskrit narrative traditions expanded and flourished. The most important of which were the "ancient stories" called the Puranas. There are eighteen Puranas which have been confidential as associated with the gods, minor deities, or such particular as sacred sites. The most famous of the Hindu scriptures expresses in narrative form of the concerns in Hinduism which is Dharma. It is responsible for action and the maintenance of social order and
The rituals of Hinduism is focused on devotion of God such as Brahman, Shiva, Vishnu, Skakti, or other gods. The middle act of Hinduism ritual is definitely worship. When Hindus worship, they do a puja. A puja is a ritual to attract the sense of both the devotee and the gods. By doing this ritual, it is mean to educate the feelings of devotion and religiously and therefore, bring God and spirituality into the center of human life. However, for example, during the visit to the Hindu Temple, the speaker was mentions rituals in their religion such as praying to their gods before they starting a puja, singing during the puja, and worship each …show more content…
As we look back, narratives are like stories about certain nature of the universe deities, or narratives stories about religions. It seems that when the speaker was continuing on talking more about Hinduism, I feel like there was some mythic or narratives going on as we speak. Obviously, narratives are stories and I feel like there was some stories about the religion of Hinduism. According to the speaker, he was mentioning that Sanskrit narrative traditions expanded and flourished. The most important of which were the "ancient stories" called the Puranas. There are eighteen Puranas which have been confidential as associated with the gods, minor deities, or such particular as sacred sites. The most famous of the Hindu scriptures expresses in narrative form of the concerns in Hinduism which is Dharma. It is responsible for action and the maintenance of social order and