belonged to princely families and not to priestly families. (3) Both deny the existence of God. (4) Both denied the authority of the Vedas and the necessity of performing sacrifices and rituals. (5) Both have accepted the theories of Karma rebirth and Moksha. (6) Both taught in the language of the common people i.e. Prakrit and not in Sanskrit which was the language of the priests. (7) Both of them were opposed to animal sacrifices. (8) Both of them admitted disciples from all the castes and from both
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practice‚ trying to find yourself and who you are as a person. They do believe in reincarnation‚ but until you achieve Moksha‚ Moksha is “the ultimate goal‚ which is recognized as being unattainable for most‚ is to move beyond the cycle of death and rebirth‚ and attain a transcendent state known as Moksha” (172)‚ which is enlightenment. Hinduism rules/guidelines for living is achieving Moksha‚ and doing that anyway you can‚ without doing anything bad. Hinduism is open to other faiths‚ they just want you
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There is no Hell‚ for that means there is a place where God is not‚ and there are sins which exceed his love.” (Hinduism‚ 2008). The Hindu religion focuses on four key pieces that lead one to salvation – personal gods‚ karma‚ reincarnation‚ and moksha (spiritual liberation). In this paper‚ I will demonstrate how Hinduism is a plausible religion‚ and how it compares and contrasts to the Christian faith that I was brought up believing. Hindus believe that there is not only one God‚ but many.
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these religions are comparatively similar through these aspects‚ there does lay significant differences between Jainism and Hinduism. These differences include the ability of women to reach moksha (release from the cycle of rebirth) and the caste system in each religion. The ability of woman to attain moksha found in Jainism is considerably different to that found in Hinduism. In Jainism‚ their sub traditions question the ability for woman to attain liberation from the rebirth
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to exist and experience the pains and pleasures of life. The spiritual goal of Hindu is to become one with Brahman‚ illusory form of “individual self.” This freedom is referred to as “moksha.” Moksha is the achievement of freedom from the rebirth cycle. It is the liberated state and possesses divine qualities. Moksha is the ephemeral truth of life which without humans cannot sustain themselves. Within the stage of the individual the atman is involved in working of samsara‚ the cycle of birth and
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Compare and contrast the teachings in the foundation periods of Hinduism and Judaism The foundations of both religions will be compared in a timeline format with contrasts and comparisons highlighted. The main difference to be noted even before the timeline comparison is that Judaism is a monotheistic religion in that it believes in one God as creator and ruler of the universe and the lord of human history. Hinduism is a religion of many Gods‚ some decent and some evil but all worthy of the respect
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Buddhism‚ according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ is the belief that suffering is inherent in life and that one can be liberated from it by mental and moral self-purification. Buddhists believe that salvation is reaching Nirvana‚ the ultimate state of release and freedom from rebirths. In order to reach Nirvana‚ one must wholly follow the Noble Eightfold Path and accept the Four Noble Truths. The four noble truths are the existence of suffering‚ the cause of suffering‚ the end of suffering‚
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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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South India‚ where devotees believe Shiva is All and omnipresent. Lord Shiva is always portrayed with the same postures and symbols in various forms of media such as paintings and idols. Shiva is the ultimate role model for a Hindu trying to attain moksha by embodying the four stages of life‚ the cycles of creation and the
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