Myths help people to understand their customs and tradition. The western myths are largely the derivatives of the Greek and Roman mythologies. In India‚ we have our very own Ramayana and Mahabharata‚ tales from Vedas‚ Upanishads‚ etc.‚ which are introduced to us even from our early ages. The problem is we do not understand them completely as we are not told the entire story but only certain parts of it. Indian myths are largely patriarchal‚ where we find the female characters playing marginal roles
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By understanding our existence to be the work of an all-powerful God and not a direct extension of said God‚ as well as by not developing the principle of reincarnation‚ I find the natural theologian’s perspective regarding the human soul less inadequate than the Hindu perspective. Natural theology provides a definite description of God as being existence itself‚ and spirit as having no parts‚ not spatially-bound
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Buddhist accepts the basic Hindu doctrine of reincarnation and Karma‚ as well as the ultimate goal of the religious life‚ which is to the escape of the cycle of death and rebirth. Buddhist believe that what kept one bound to the birth and death cycle is desire. Buddhist also believe the life as Samsara‚ meaning perpetual wandering. Buddhist use the word rebirth rather than reincarnation. Rebirth implies the essence of a soul‚ while reincarnation means causality or independent origination. Buddhist
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In "Buddhism & Hinduism‚ Comparative Study of Buddhism & Hinduism‚ Compare Contrast Buddhism & Hinduism."); yet there is also a prominent difference in the major ideational elements of Doctrine of both; which includes “Concept of God”‚ “Reincarnation” and “Caste system”. In each and every religion of the World‚ the word “God” generally refers to designate a supreme power‚ who is the ultimate creator of the entire universe. In Hinduism there is also such definition for God. “Neither the multitude
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enlightening. The film has two story lines shifting back and forth throughout the movie‚ the first half being set in modern times. Long story short‚ several Tibetan monks travel to Seattle in search of a boy. According to their dreams‚ he is the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama. The boy whom they are searching for is a ten year old named Jesse. The monks befriend Jesse and his parents and try to convince them to let Jesse return to Nepal with them. Jesse’s parents are very skeptical. Upon leaving Jesse’s
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The British Library‚ 2014. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. Lio‚ Ada. ""The Ramayana" - Summary by Stephen Knapp." About.com Hinduism. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. "Mythology." The Creation‚ the Flood‚ and Gilgamesh. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016. "Aeneas." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 26
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slowly adopted as the local belief system. Sanskrit became the literary and court language of Java and later of Bali. The Hindus changed the Wayang (as did the Muslims‚ later) to spread their religion‚ mostly by stories from the Mahabharata or the Ramayana. Later this mixture of religion and wayang play was praised as harmony between Hinduism and traditional Indonesian culture. On Java‚ the western part of Sumatra and some smaller islands traditionalists continued to play the old stories for some time
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often teach a lesson. (Kearns) While Hinduism was clearly the religion favored by the empire ’s rulers‚ Buddhism still flourished. Hinduism “is a diverse family of devotional and ascetic cults and philosophical schools‚ all sharing a belief in reincarnation and involving the worship of one or more of a large pantheon of
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to World Religion 2300 Buddhism and Catholicism are two main world religions that great populations believe in. Catholicism and Buddhism differ in teachings as well as holy books‚ life after death or reincarnation‚ and forgiveness of one’s sins. . They differ greatly in their belief systems‚ yet have similarities in the time they established their churches as well as the spirit of their followers. In comparison‚ both religions are believed to be some
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continues to exhibit the principal Roman virtue‚ pietas‚ which comprises the concepts of piety‚ public virtue‚ and duty. The idea of pietas bears an uncanny resemblance to the Hindu value‚ dharma. After a careful examination of The Aeneid and The Ramayana‚ it is evident that Aeneas and Rama both exhibit the true mark of a hero: the ability to sacrifice one’s most profound desires in order to uphold the highest ideal of one’s culture. Aeneas’ most significant display of pietas occurs during Book
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