according to med lexicon’s medical dictionary‚ gender is "the category to which an individual is assigned by self or others‚ on the basis of sex." In other words‚ sex equal to male and female‚ and it also refers to a natural or living feature. Parallel to that‚ gender equal to manly and feminine‚ it refers to cultural or learned the statistical significance of sex. In addition‚ when a baby is born‚ that baby can be given a gender base on its biology sex. Gender roles refer to society’s notion
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Professor Roy Shaff World Religions March 11‚ 2012 Hinduism is a very complex religion that consists of a variety of beliefs and traditions. The Indian religion embraces the belief and practices of Hindu. Hinduism is a religion of many gods and goddesses. There are many elements that characterize the Hindu religion. The oldest and most sacred scriptures‚ is the Vedas which originated around fifteen hundred B.C. The Hindu people believe that Vedas is timeless. Veda means “knowledge”
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Since the beginning of time men have played the dominant role in nearly every culture around the world. If the men were not dominant‚ then the women and men in the culture were equal. Never has a culture been found where women have dominated. In "Society and Sex Roles" by Ernestine Friedl‚ Friedl supports the previous statement and suggests that "although the degree of masculine authority may vary from one group to the next‚ males always have more power" (261). Friedl discusses a variety of diverse
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The Bhagavad Gita text is highly valued in Hinduism. The epic poem demonstrates the cycles of the world and a person who seeks liberations lifestyle. It talks about being an ideal person‚ and how to do so. It is apart of the epic poem‚ Mahabharata. In the epic poem‚ Krishna and Arjuna are the two major characters. Krinisha acts as a disguise to Arjuna telling him he needs to go to battle. One major theme addressed in the Bhagavad Gita is lifestyle. It serves as a guide on how we should live our
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great religion work of the Aryans - the Rig Veda. The Veda and the Brahmins‚ the priests‚ came to hold a most prominent place in Vedic society. By about the forth century B.C. Hinduism had supplanted the older Vedic faith and became supreme. During this period two new religions Buddhism and Jainism developed out of Hinduism. The basic institution of the society was the extended family. The family consisted of eldest male and his wife‚ their sons‚ grandsons and heir wives and children and unmarried
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have their different beliefs and cultures that are interesting to observe. One of the most interesting aspects on religion istheir views and approaches on suffering. Two religions that I find have interesting views on suffering are Christianity and Buddhism. {draw:frame} In the Bible‚ it pays a good deal of attention to the reality of suffering. Christianity doesn’t disregard and turn a cold shoulder towards suffering like some religions have neither do they deal with it superficially. One of
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and understanding” is based on Hinduism. This project posse the information one requires for basic understanding and awareness of Hinduism. We tried our level best to gather more and more information. This project answers many questions what one wants to ask in order to understand this faith. Our work carries the information taken from the books on Hinduism as well as the interviews of people. Our work also discusses the misunderstandings regarding Hinduism created by the people of different
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From 1648 Hinduism With over 900 million followers‚ Hinduism is the third largest religion today. Only Christianity and Islam have more. The major difference between them though‚ is that Hinduism did not spread like the other two religions. Out of the 900 million followers that the Hindu religion has‚ only 20 million are located outside of India. The religion barely spread outside of India‚ mainly because of how the Hindu religion is followed and how its culture is. Hinduism has a very rich
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“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make‚ both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing‚ you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself (Robert Bennet)” This quote captures the very essence of Existential Therapy. This theoretical orientation deviates from all the other theoretical orientation‚ due to it overarching theme which focuses on a “way of thinking” than methods and strategies
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Hinduism as a whole is a simple yet complex religion that has had a great impact on the region of its conception. The Hindu religion as a whole has one ultimate goal and that is to become liberated from the earthly existence we know and to be without worldly limitations of this earth. Even though Hinduism lacks a uniting belief system there are many aspects that make Hinduism a religion. There are also many cultural and societal influences that have made Hinduism a vital influence to many across
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