leadership positions on earth are Gurus‚ Holy mans‚ and Brahmans Priest. Their place of worship is the Hindu temples while the Jews worship in the Synagogue. Their leaders are Priests and Rabbis. Judaism is the oldest existing religion. It was founded in 2000 b.c. It is the oldest existing religion and has over 14 million followers. Hinduism‚ formed in 1700 b.c.‚ has over 900 millions followers‚ and is the third largest religion. The Hindu people are governed by Dharma and Karma‚ while the Jewish people
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every day life. Although sacred elements that describe the Hindu religious traditions are difficult to identify‚ because of the absorption of the Hindu culture and traditions that have evolved and changed throughout thousands of years. The Hindu religion is strongly dependent on the Hindu philosophy and rituals and practices. The Hindu religion has many Gods because the Hindu philosophy believes that every human being is God himself. The Hindu religion allows religious freedom and does not infer the
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Donald Johnson 10/16/13 Eastern Religion Field Trip The Hindu temple was the first temple that are class attended. It was such a different atmosphere then the usual church setting I was accustom too. From every statue to every piece of clothing the Hindu temple was an incredible place to be in. It had a smoky scented smell in the room. The Gods had very colorful elaborate clothing on. The women would bring the clothing to make the gods look better than us humans. The only time the women would
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many Gods. HISTORY AND WORLD PREVALENCE The beginnings of the Hindu religion are difficult to pin down. There is no known founder of the religion‚ with its history predating the any written tradition. Hinduism has gradually developed over 4‚000 years. There is
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This system repulses other groups‚ resisting social mobility between the groups. This system is accompanied by many rules dealing with each person’s role in society. deviation from these rules results in social rejection and‚ according to relevant Hindu philosophies‚ rebirth into a lower caste. the most important of these rules deal with endogamy and occupational restriction. these social laws maintain the Caste System by preventing people from marrying or working outside of their caste. everyone
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used for sacrifices while the Atharva Veda is different from the first three in that it does not relate to the sacrifice. The first Veda has 1‚028 hymns divided into ten books. The hymns are addressed to a single god or goddess (Van Voorst) which a priest will sing loudly during a sacrifice to attract that specific god’s attention to the sacrifice. The Rig-Veda also contains the stories of creation. There are two different creation stories in this Veda. They are viewed in more of a philosophical
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Religion In the Hindu religion‚ the founder was not one person alone. It is believed by historians that the Aryans developed Hinduism over 3500 years ago. The Hindu religion was developed around the caste system. The caste system was the social class of India. At the top to the caste system were the Brahmins or the priests. Below them were the warriors followed by the merchants‚ the farm workers and lastly the laborers or “untouchables” (Zysk 1996). Important books of the Hindu religion are the
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INDIAN CINEMA AND COMMUNAL POLITICS “Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change.” -Charles Moore Indian Cinema or Bollywood produces over 750 films a year‚ released across 12‚000 theatres in the country. Popular for its tear-jerking plots‚ colourful and exotic
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Pondicherry‚ India Gita Patel – Pi’s Mother Satish Kumar – Pi’s biology teacher in Pondicherry Father Martin – A catholic priest that introduces Pi to the catholic faith Satish Kumar – A Muslim mystic that shares the same name with Pi’s biology teacher Hindu Pandit – A man whom is never named‚ he becomes very angry at Pi for practicing religions other than his own Pi Patel‚ a Hindu boy from Pondicherry‚ India‚ narrates this novel. The novel begins with Pi going into great depth about the life of a
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Waldo Emerson by Pragati Ghosh Read this short summary of “Brahma” by Ralph Waldo Emerson ! This poem is a perfect blend of both the Eastern and Western thoughts. This poem is basically about Brahma‚ the Hindu God of creation. He has learned about Brahma through the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu Scriptures. This poem basically explains about divine relationship and the unity of the universe. The poem is laid in four stanzas. In the first stanza‚ the poet expresses the continuity of life. We believe
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