rest of the culture is. In the Eastern culture freedom comes along with a level or state that you have reached in your life. To understand the meaning of freedom you also have to understand its relation to words like Samsara‚ Avidya‚ Maya and Moksha. These are all part of the journey towards the Hindu concept of freedom. Samsara is important in defining freedom in Hindu terms because it is what you want freedom from. Samsara is the continuous cycle of life that takes place in the material
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HINDUISM Hinduism is the oldest and most complex of all religious systems. The origins of Hinduism can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization sometime between 4000 and 2500 BCE. Though believed by many to be a polytheistic religion‚ the basis of Hinduism is the belief in the unity of everything. This totality is called Brahman. The purpose of life is to realize that we are part of God and by doing so we can leave this plane of existence and rejoin with God. This enlightenment can only be achieved
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Cultures have many different views of death. However it mainly relies on the cultures religion. Some religions have extraordinary death rituals and some have ordinary. The main religion in the Indian culture‚ is Hinduism. For Hindus‚ life is a time to prepare for death. Death is nothing to be scared of‚ instead they refer to death as mahaaprasthaana‚ or “The great journey.” The Indian culture has adapted to the religion of Hinduism throughout it’s existence. It is now the world’s third largest religion
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Buddhist‚ they had nirvana‚ which pretty much means means the end of suffering. For Hindu‚ they had moksha which kinda means to "realease" from the sufferings of the worldd.So‚The goals of the two religons were different. Hinduism called their final place Moksha while Buddhism called it Nirvana. For Buddhism‚ anyone can enter Nirvana‚ where as in Hinduism only the brahmans could achieve moksha. Another thing that was differnt between the two is Hindus believed in the four ashramas or ’stages in
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Life has steps to accomplish‚ an if one accomplishes these four stages in ones life‚ can one achieve moksha. Life is lived in anticipation and in preparation for this moksha. This is the Hindu way of life. In addition to doing one’s duty one must cease to desire the material realm. One must view this life as an illusion and being an illusion it is‚ one must now be fooled by it‚ one must
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and Shiva‚ the Destroyer. Another belief in Hinduism is reincarnation. The goal of life‚ the Hindus believe‚ is moksha‚ or union with brahman. They believe that in each existence‚ people can get closer to moksha by practicing good dharma‚ the religious and moral duties of an individual. People must practice good dharma to be reborn at a higher level of existence‚ and eventually reach moksha.
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of that faith. Among many‚ The four goals of life‚ three paths of Hinduism‚ and Reincarnation amaze me and how they are all to reach the final release and the highest good called moksha. Hinduism often seems fit in one phrase being “you can have what you want”‚ all of the stepping stones are there for Hindus to reach moksha. The four goals of life‚ I believe‚ even if one is not a follower of the Hinduism faith‚ should take these goals into consideration. The first two goals are known as the path of
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follow Hinduism and Sufism there are certain principles and goals that are suppose to be followed and reached. In Hinduism the aims of life‚ known as Purusharthas or human goals are: Dharma-right conduct‚ Artha-material gain‚ Kama-sexual love and Moksha-salvation. All men who follow Hinduism try to achieve these goals. (Viswanathan 34) A belief system in Sufism that is similar to these goals are the five pillars of faith. All the people who follow Sufism are suppose to follow these pillars to be considered
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The view of how a person should spend their lives in this earth is all too similar yet they all have a different way of living and showing their devotion. Many of these cultures revolve around a simple idea of reaching nirvana and finally leading to moksha- the release from the eternal circle of life or mukti in Sikhism. Many of the Eastern religions also focus of keeping good karma and respecting the spiritual world by praying to their ancestors. Many of them view the world as full of spirits‚ that
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which is formally known as a Mandir. Some of their beliefs consist of karma‚ dharma‚ moksha and meditation. Meditation is a time of thought and reflection where a person can communicate with the gods and achieve enlightenment. Karma is the view that actions‚ good or bad will come back onto you. Good actions will give you a good life when you come back‚ while bad actions will take you farther from moksha‚ the
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