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    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints‚ otherwise known as the Mormon Church‚ is a well known large organization. With about thirteen million members‚ this Christian religion just keeps on growing. Mormons believe that the heavenly father (God) and Jesus Christ lead the church through revelations given to the President or present day prophet. They also believe that a man named Joseph Smith translated a sacred book called the Book of Mormon. With a living day prophet and this extra book

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    EDT303Q RE summary2

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    Religious studies 1 EDT303Q 1 UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions 1 UNIT 2 - Overview of the religious history of humankind 1 UNIT 3 – Points of departure 1 UNIT 4 – African Religions 3 UNIT 5 – San‚ Batswana & Amazulu 3 UNIT 7-9 – Hinduism 4 UNIT 10-12 – Buddhism 7 UNIT 13-15 - Judaism 9 UNIT 16-18 – Christianity 10 UNIT 19-21 – Islam 12 Religious studies EDT303Q UNIT 1 – Welcome to the world of Religions Pluralistic world – many religions Religion – something referring to God Throughout

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    artThe Arthashastra Insights on Statecraft and Reflections of Ancient Indian Society
 
 
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 This paper investigates the Arthashastra and its implications for ancient Indian society‚ as well as the rationale behind the principles underlying the text.1 It is necessary to bear in mind that the Arthashastra‚ “the science of wealth and warfare‚”2 was just discovered and translated in the past century in Mysore by R. Shamasastry‚ and that until then‚ there was no knowledge of

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    Diwali

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    Tobago‚ Suriname‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore and Fiji. For Hindus‚ Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. For Jains‚ Diwali marks the attainment of moksha or nirvana by Mahavira in 527 BCE.[3][4] Arya Samajists‚ celebrate this day as Death Anniversary of Swami Dayanand Saraswati. They also celebrate this day as Shardiya Nav-Shasyeshti. The name "Diwali" or "Divali" is a contraction of "Deepavali" (Sanskrit:

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    Hinduism Four Stages of Life In the religion of Hinduism‚ they believe there are four stages of life. Contrary to the fact that Shakespeare says there are 7 stages that every person goes throughout birth to death. The Hindus believe there are four. Those stages are called Ashramas. The First Ashrama called Brahmacharya also known as the student stage. “It lasts until the age of 25‚ during which‚ the young male leaves home to stay with a guru and attain both spiritual and practical knowledge.” (Das)

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    I found this to be the most interesting module so far‚ very fascinating beliefs and practices throughout the eastern religions.There are a lot of differences I could have chose from. In the end‚ I chose to talk about the spiritual duality that the western religions have faith in (i.e. the afterlife) and the idea that the spiritual world and reality are singular which is what the eastern religions believe. I had always heard of the possibility of being reincarnated‚ as a matter of fact I can remember

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    Over the course of the semester we have studied four religions: Judaism‚ Islam‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism. I learned a lot about each religion and have more knowledge to the different religions. Overall‚ I found Hinduism the most interesting out of the four we studied. Many people do not know a lot about Hinduism; however India has the largest population in the world of Hindu’s. The reasons I find Hinduism interesting compared to the other religions is because it is so different than my religion

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    Hanuman's Tale

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    The tale of Hanuman             Hanuman‚ a mighty devotee ape of lord Rama and an incarnation of Lord Shiva‚ is one of the most interesting deities in the Hindu culture. The tales of Hanuman dates back to the time of Ramayana. Fairy tales from India are mostly based on the Hindu religion and the mythical characters associated with it. One has to thoroughly understand Indian culture to be able to identify with the culture’s tales. The values and beliefs presented in Hanuman cater to what is important

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    Origins of Hinduism

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    Origin Running Head: Hinduism: An Ancient System of Dharma |Antilkumar Gandhi | |Prof. Charles Fleming | |Religion & Philosophy | |HUM-400

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    via Indonesia during the Sri Vijaya and Majapahit Periods Hinduism- one of the oldest religion that entered the country Popular feature is the caste system (a rigid system of social stratification) Basic concepts: reincarnation‚ karma‚ dharma and moksha Reincarnation – cycle of

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