Hindu family‚ I had learned that taking a life is not morally justifiable. Killing someone for to protect one’s dharma or upholding the righteousness‚ however‚ is permissible. An act of killing a bed-ridden person was not an acceptable excuse of safeguarding righteousness. Hence‚ my upbringing had established the notion that physician-assisted suicide is a sinful act and sullies one’s dharma.
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view that sati should remain in the religion because it has been a sacred historical part of Hinduism. Sati should be continue to be allowed as a strictly religious practice because the performance of this act represents the widow has fulfilled her dharma and devotion to her husband. Sati should be continued to be allowed as a religious practice in the modern Hindu religion. In the Hindu religion‚ the roles of genders are produced by a constructed system. The role of women in Hinduism is to serve
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References: Buddhist Studies: symbols/iconography. (1995). Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc. Retrieved December 9‚ 2008 from http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/symbols.htm/. Coomaraswamy‚ A. K. (1972). Elements of Buddhist Iconography. New Delhi‚ India: Munshiram Manoharal. Coomaraswamy‚ A. K. (1972). The
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There are different dharmas depending from which Varna and asrama one comes. However‚ all Hindu’s adhere to the sadharana dharma‚ or universal dharma which is the term used for honesty‚ non-harm or the fundamental rules of life. Hindus‚ like Jains‚ believe the key to liberation is renunciation and that austerities lead to ‘great worldly
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Reincarnation in Hinduism I. Introduction Before discussing the Hindu theory of reincarnation‚ let us clarify the meanings of Hinduism and reincarnation. Hinduism is the predominant religion in the Indian region. It is the third greatest religion by number of followers after Christianity and Islam and is considered as the oldest one. Moreover‚ it can be described a patchwork of moral and philosophical teachings rather than a religion with fixed morals and dogmas; for instance‚ Hindus can be
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The main concept of the Hindu religion is based around people’s way of life rather than a religion itself. Sanatana Dharma is another word that coincides with Hinduism. It reflects the belief that customs have always existed‚ while Dharma includes natural law‚ duty‚ social welfare‚ health‚ ethics‚ and transcendental realization. Reincarnation is a doctrine from Sanatana Dharma expressed by the Upanashidas. When a person dies their soul will leave the body and enter either in another human life
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prayer was still not exhausted. Therefore‚ Dagchen Sonam Rinchen included him in the pantheon of worldly dharma protectors of the lower rank. I found the above explanation far from convincing. In my opinion‚ seeing the deplorable situation in which the spirit was passing through‚ out of pity‚ Dagchen admitted him to the lower rank of Sakya protectors on the condition that he must serve dharma practitioners. Anyhow‚ he finally found a
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of the oldest religions that is still in exsistance today. Those who follow Hinduism say that it is not a religion that it is in fact a way of life. The law that governs all of a Hindu’s life is called a Dharma. Hinduism‚ has its own beliefs‚ ethics‚ philosophy and theology. The question of origin in Hinduism is that there is no origin. If you look in the Bible for the answer‚ you will not find any mention of Hinduism
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Education in Ancient India Education in ancient India was tremendously important for the society and was given to the 3 upper classes‚ namely Brahmins‚ Kshatriyas and Vaishya Introduction http://www.sciforums.com/Education-System-In-Ancient-India-t-16676.html It may be said with quite a good degree of precision that India was the only country where knowledge was systematized and where provision was made for its imparting at the highest level in remote times. Whatever the discipline of learning
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The movie Little Buddha follows the story of a boy named Jesse who lives in Seattle and is said to be the reincarnation of a dead monk named Lama Dorje. The monks bring Jesse and his father to Bhutan where him and two other children are to be determined if they are really the reincarnation of Lama Dorje. There is also a second story going on in the movie which shows how Siddhartha left his fathers kingdom and became Buddah. The movie follows many of the topics on Buddhism that we covered in class
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