According to some on this day Lord Ram reached Ayodhya along with Sita and Lakshman. The villagers of Ayodhya welcomed Ram‚ Lakshman and Sitaby decorating and illuminating their village withdiyas. Jains says this is the day when Lord Mahavira attained “moksha or salvation”. They show lights in jubilation of thus attainment. Dayanand Saraswati of Arya Samaj also attained ‘Nirvana’ on this day. It is a festival of lights and firework. It comes after Durga Puja as the winter sets in. In West Bengal and
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Brahma Kumaris‚ Beauty‚ and Breathing Walking along the street‚ the Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center is just part of the cityscape. It is located almost directly in the center of San Francisco‚ quite close to the panhandle of Golden Gate Park. The exterior of the building does not stand out in a typical “religious” way‚ and a person making his or her way past the Meditation Center might not even realize what it is. But that is exactly how those who follow this branch of Hinduism view physical shells:
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The details of Guru Ravidas ’s life are controversial. According to some he was born in 1376/7 or else 1399. According to history he was born in a village named Seer Govardhanpur‚ near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh‚ India. His father Baba Santokh Das was a Chamar leather merchant and Mata Kalsa Devi was his mother. His father got him married to Mata Lona Devi at early age and they had a son named Vijaydas. Saint Ravidas was the disciple of the famous Swami Ramanand of Varanasi. He was a close friend
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holy people of the world have a calm and serene smile. It was Buddha’s smile that calmed a rogue elephant and brought it to its knees. It was his peaceful smile that revealed to Angulimaal the turmoil within him and brought to light his need for moksha. Have you had a fight with your friend? Do you want to make up with your friend?? Just SMILE. A smile is a powerful weapon – it can defuse a frown. It can turn back anger. You can even break ice with it. According to Mother Teresa Peace begins
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of life because I’m inspired by an individual who I can connect with and see similarities and how to make myself a better person. I learned that similarities to Buddha and Hinduism is karma and reincarnation‚and that the ultimate goal is to reach Moksha and Nirvana. One of the last thing he talked about and that was contrasting the two I think buddhism is a much more peaceful religion than hinduism because it is no permanent self no eternal god and no matter who you are you can convert to this way
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Buddhism‚ one of the major world religions‚ founded by Siddhartha Gautama popularly known as the Buddha (the Enlightened One)‚ is regarded as one of the three most widespread religions in the world today. Buddha was born in India during the sixth century BCE into a royal family of the Sakyan clan. Though He had all the comforts for a good life with wealth‚ palaces for three seasons and so on He was not satisfied with them. He saw life as suffering due to impermanent nature of phenomena and determined
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Comparative Religions Rachael Buckingham Life after death Death is certain to happen in life‚ that is why religions have beliefs about death‚ life after death and so on. Although‚ no human beings knows the answer to the question‚ is there an After Life?‚ all religions have their belief of what is going to happen to you after death. Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and Sikhism are three different religions that share some of the same beliefs. In the after life‚ all three religions believe that the ultimate
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FRQ Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India Han dynasty and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed in roughly the same time frame and overlapped in the years 320 B.C.E. - 220 C.E. developing in different parts of the globes with their own unique geographies. Both the Han and Mauryan/Gupta empires developed bureaucratic governments that were ruled by kings‚ but due to the different geographical regions‚ India’s government was fragmented into local governments. The Han Dynasty of China was structured off of a
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Olga Castillo World History Studies 3301-04 Professor Dr. Nilanjana Paul Primary Source 1 February 5‚ 2017 Gender Relations in Classical India From the beginning of time civilization has hindrance and progressed. In early times‚ one can see how a male caveman were dominate over women. Even today in some societies these same rules apply where man dominate women. Although the Indian caste system had a religious basis and a difference of gender inequality part of civilization has not progressed. First
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Buddhist canon‚ and the Tibetan Buddhist canon. The Mahayana sutras also exist in various Sanskrit writings. The most popular out of all the sutras is the Lotus Sutra (Lotus of the Good Law). This scripture supposedly contains the teachings of Buddha‚ and the three ages of Dharma. The Diamond Cutter Sutra is the scripture that teaches the transcendence of prajna (Nondual Wisdom). This is found in the emptiness of distractions‚ and is beyond normal perception in its truest form. Moreover‚ the Heart
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