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Ramayana (1) Relationship between Dharma‚ Artha‚ Kama and Moksha Human life is consumed in chasing materialism (Artha) and sense pleasures (Kama). Ramayana makes it clear that these two pursuits should never be at the cost of Dharma (righteousness). In withholding dharma‚ both artha and Kama can be and must be sacrificed. The ultimate goal of life is Moksha (liberation) and it can be attained only by relinquishing Artha and Kama and by strictly following a life of Dharma. (2) The importance of one
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Being a Hindu‚ growing up in a modern society‚ I have got this wonderful opportunity to research Hinduism in contemporary world. In this essay‚ I have explored Hinduism not only by juxtaposing it with modern Hinduism‚ but also with ancient religious practices. Modernity is not simply the western world‚ or connecting to contemporary and rejecting the old. Modernity‚ as David Smith says is theorization of modern world and according to modernity self is autonomous‚ and God is dead. This feature of modernity
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refreshed feeling. The funeral was supposed to be a time of mourning but the whole time I was there I felt no need to cry or even be sad. I was a very happy and content person the rest of the day. I really enjoyed my visit to the Yellow Springs Dharma Center and I would definitely not be against doing it
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Every culture contains heroes. In epic tales/stories‚ this is an individual to admire and to live by their ways‚ and because of this he/she is the embodiment of the values and concerns of the culture of the author that created him/she. The values of every culture were shaped by the social conditions of that time and different attributes became valued. Cultural values are expressed in both actions of a hero and his motivations. As heroes‚ Gilgamesh and Rama reflect the values of the cultures that
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because it was created by the Aryans‚ or the nomads that moved into India. This system did not just happen over night‚ it developed over thousands of years through a blending of many ideas. The Major beliefs of this system were the Caste System‚ Dharma and Karma‚ and Rein carnation. All three of these beliefs are directly connected. The Caste system was the social classes of Hinduism‚ you were born into your Caste and for the rest of your life you remained in that caste and could only associate
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beings to the divine‚ and ways to attain the pure calm of infinity.” (Excerpt Elements 1). For example‚ through Krishna it is explained how the life of an Indian man is all about putting duty and honor before desires. To preserve honor and fulfilling dharma is even more important than death‚ which results in good karma. Karma is is the ideal that for every action there is an equal reaction‚ what a person gives to the world its the reciprocal of what the world will return. Indian people however do not
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Buddhism and Christianity have certain aspects of themselves that had made them distinct universal monastery religions from Western and Southern Asia during time period 2‚ both having unambiguous kindred and congruous characteristics between themselves. Firstly‚ both universal religions of Buddhism and Christianity were considered missionary religions. Buddhism had at first converted those low in the social class of Hinduism‚ mostly untouchables‚ and those in poverty. Under Buddhism‚ their quality
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Bhagavad Gita‚ Analects‚ One Thousand and One Nights all have a theme that encases the idea of Dharma. Dharma is the ethical duty and purpose of why someone does something. Bhagavad Gita shows this theme through the idea Krishna is called to be this warrior in the war that has put family against family. In the Analects‚ many are written with the theme of Dharma. For instance‚ in the Analects that states “He who by revising the old knows the new‚ is fit to be a teacher”. This person is called to a
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I am not religious‚ but I will compare the similarities with Christianity since I grow up in a Christian household. Gita’s classical wisdom is as applicable now as it was in the days it was written. Krishna appears to be Christ; he created and sustained everything in his glory. The Bhagavad Gita asserts that humans are infinite‚ spiritual entity‚ the Bible illustrates that individuals are produced at a particular time and‚ though our spirits will exist on after our bodies decay‚ our corpses‚ and
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