Tasha Wright May 29, 2012 Hum/130 Hinduism Paper Hinduism lacks a uniting belief system, however it’s spiritual texts and different of practice it balances out. Hindu was made up on a belief of one God, by a lesser powerful duties that very important aspects of life and it was made up in living to see the liberation of Samsara. I would say those societal influences on Hinduism vital that made it a region and the location where it had originated. However there are some beliefs that Hindus share and they are “one, all=pervasive supreme begin who is both immanent and transcendent, both creator and unmanifest reality. They also believe in divinity of the four Vedas, and that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation,
It is also deductive, so the conclusion is the only possible one that could be deduced give the premises. Therefore, it is theoretically strong. Anselm proposed in the Proslogian that the existence of God was true for him by the virtue of faith and logical necessity. He proposed a reductio ad absurdum argument that aimed to demonstrate he impossibility of denying God’s existence. His first form of the argument runs as follows: (P1) God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived (P2) If God exists in the mind alone (in intellect) then a greater being can be conceived (in re) (P3) God to be the greatest being, has to existing the mind and in reality, otherwise another being would be greater than God.
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Understanding this, it would seem to be a dualistic relationship between the body and the atman and there are two separate substances. In most religions which feature reincarnation, however, there is often a monistic (there is just one sacred substance) approach and this is the same for Hinduism. This is where the idea of Brahman is brought in; that all is one and
The main reason Lawrence Cunningham and John Kelsay use a phenomenological view point towards religion is for a better understanding. A better understand on a number of aspects for multiple different religions. The phenomenological approach helps them accomplish this by letting them look at religion in an un-bias way and be totally accepting of that religion’s traditions and ideas of sacred. They state in the text, “At its simplest, a phenomenological approach leads to an effort to understand religious thought and behavior from the point of view of the religious person.”, (Cunningham and Kelsay 4) this means that if that person says that a certain book or object is sacred we take them at their word that that book or object is sacred. Phenomenology is also geared towards creating a framework for understanding religious traditions.
Existence is an intrinsic quality of something. Anselm had the claim that a predicate (intrinsic quality) of God is existence therefore he must exist in both the mind and reality as that would be the definition of the greatest being as something that exists in only the mind or only reality would be less than a something that exists in both. The conclusion
The similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism originated in India, Buddhism had its beginnings in Hinduism, and the Buddha was Hindu. Both religions have similarities and differences, and it is widely accepted that Buddhism gained popularity in India because it released the people from the oppression of traditional caste system. Both religions share the concept of ultimate reality, but the meaning differentiates within each religion. Hinduism searches reality in the self to find the truth about existence and oneness of Brahman; whereas, Buddhism search reality in the self not to find ultimate reality, but rather the reality of the truth that manage and govern the human world and this universe. In Hinduism, attaining the highest life is a process of removing the bodily distractions from life, allowing the individual to eventually understand the Brahma nature within.
“It is regarded as an eternal religion (Sanatana Dharma) by its followers,” (Answers). Christianity began through Jesus Christ. The Hindu religion had many gods in the beginning. To my understanding, the Hindus had more than thousand of gods. Animal’s hav ealso been known to be worshiped as Gods because they have been used for traveleing.
It seems that people in all cultures have a set of beliefs that go beyond both the self and the natural world. These beliefs are used to help explain reasons for human existence and to guide personal relationships and behaviour. Many current religions take previous traditions and beliefs and adapt them to fit the way of life lived by the majority of the population, today, in the 21st century. However some still take their sacred texts literally, and incorporate them into their everyday lives, seeing them as a set of instructions and rules, rather than a metaphorical meaning to life. This is evident in Hinduism, the predominant religion of southern Asia.
This helps explain why the religion unfolded so steadily sometimes in reaction so competing religions such as Buddhism or Islam. Hinduism pursued numerous religious approaches, from the strictly ritualistic and ceremonial approach many Brahmins preferred, to the high-soaring mysticism that sought to unite individual humans with an all-embracing divine principle. Hinduism also provided a basic, if complex, ethic that helped supply some unity amid the various forms of worship. The illustrated a central emphasis on the moral law of dharma as a guide to living in this world simultaneously pursuing higher, spiritual goals. The concept of dharma directed attention to the moral consequences of action and at the same time the need to act.