Reincarnation is the re-birth of the soul or the re-birth of the Atman. Reincarnation is considered a failure to Hindus because you didn't reach Moksha. You can be reincarnated as basically anything. The best this to be is a human because its closest to Moksha. Also an animal, plant, or any object depending on your previous life.
They perform jobs that are considered disgraceful to the higher castes such as garbage disposal and cleaning toilets. [2] Hinduism is based on the idea of reincarnation, Hindus believe that life flows in a constant circle beginning with birth, life, and death and the only way to break the cycle is by completing moksha. [3] Moksha is complete liberation from the endless cycle of rebirths and is attained through the true realization of why one has been put on earth. [4] There are four life goals in Hinduism that helps one realize and appreciate the true meaning behind salvation. These three goals are kama, artha, and dharma which result in moksha.
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,
Hicks Replica Theory states that the soul cannot be separated from the body and at the point of death on earth, God creates an exact replica of that person in another space. They would look the same and have the same memories; however there are many problems with Hicks ideas. First of all it could be argued that if the replica has the same ‘consciousness, memory, emotion and, violation’ as the original it is then logically possible to identify the replica as the original. Further to this Bernard Williams argues that Hick’s portrayal of an endless life of replications would be a meaningless life. It might prove a boring
Philosophers state that most of the evil in this world is because of our own choice and isn’t god’s fault. While making the world, God faced a choice: he could create people with a choice like us, or he could create robots, without the ability to make choices of their own. God chose to create people with their own choices, and he made the right choice. However the outcome for this is the abuse of freedom that we see around us. The people with a choice sometimes choose to abuse their freedom, to do wrong.
They believe that “life is the most basic gift of loving God-a gift over which we have stewardship but not absolute dominion”. Even if it is legalized in many places around the world today, there are many that are still strongly against it. Dr. Leo Alexander says that “the problem with euthanasia is the acceptance of an attitude that life is worthless, can be thrown away. That attitude is in its early stages right now, but as it progresses, so will our value of life drop. Anyone, the socially unproductive, the socially unwanted, will be considered useless; will kill off our own species, our morals.
Those Asians who choose to follow traditional customs stand out even more readily. The earliest Asian Indian immigrants to North America were singled out as strangers because of their turbans. Today, the customs of Asian Indian Americans continue to make them vulnerable to racism. Since they were denied the right to own land until 1947, property ownership is a matter of pride to East Indians (Daniels). In San Francisco East Indians own or lease more than 50 hotels, forming the second largest Indian community group in America.
IS.218 Jahnice Thomas January 8, 2012 Ancient India Hinduism & Buddism We have been studying India .in particular we have compared the two major religions that began there. Hinduism is practiced and is considered to be the most important religion in India. Buddhism is the fourth largest religion in the world that teaches compassion and nonviolence. Hinduism is the most important religion located in India. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world .the caste system evolved from Hinduism.
Lastly, the aspect of karma with respect to the environment will be explored. Hinduism was founded sometime between 1500 and 500 CE in the area of the Indus valley civilization. There is no individual founder and no names given to say who developed it. They are many gods in the religion of Hinduism. Many Hindu followers believe that one of the gods is the true god; this creates a division in Hinduism, Vaishnavaism and Shivaism.
Hindu and Hinduism are terms that can be difficult to define not only accurately but also universally. These terms can define one’s religious beliefs, one’s place within the caste system, one’s language or one’s region within India. According to the 2001 census, India’s population has reached over one billion and of those counted, Hindus make up over 80% (Narayanan, 2003). The Hindu belief system can be as simple or complex, as its follower chooses to make it because Hinduism itself is very diverse in its components. Hindus believe that their belief system has existed forever and many aspects within their belief system are cyclic in character instead of possessing a beginning, middle and an end, as is common among other belief systems.