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
John Ferrara Comparative Religion Professor Ryan Scacci 1 May 2012 Shinto and Buddhist Japan In Japan, there are two religions that dominate the life of an average citizen. These religions are Shintoism and Buddhism. Shinto, or “the way of the gods”, is the indigenous faith of Japanese people, with an ultimate goal to reach cosmic harmony, with all elements in balance. Ninety million people in Japan also follow the religion of Buddhism, which comes from the word “Butsu” or “Buddha”, which means “teaching”. These two religions are far from exclusive, and overlap each other in many ways.
#80: Compare and contrast Enlightenment and Romantic views of the relationship between God and the Individual. The Enlightenment saw God as rational and tried to explain events with reason; in contrast the Romantic Era explained events with their inner feelings and that God was as human views. Both sides saw God as an evident force that created earth. The difference is that the Romantic Era disagreed with deist views, which stated that the belief in God is based on reason rather than revelation and involving the view that God has set the universe in motion but does not interfere with how it runs. On one hand, the Enlightenment views saw God as a far away figure that did not interfere with the lives of humans.
In Buddhism, by following a methodical life one can find an understanding of existence and achieve Nirvana (enlightenment). The word Hindu has geographical implication and was used originally for those people who lived beyond the river Sindhu or the region watered by the river Indus. Hinduism is a shared term pragmatic to the several metaphysical and religious customs intrinsic to India.
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Howard Swiggett REL/133 September 11, 2012 Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Religion is the human enterprise by which a sacred cosmos is established. (Peter Berger’s 1967). Another meaning is “A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things that is to say, things set apart and forbidden (Durkheim1960). Religion is a way of life founded upon the apprehension of sacredness in existence. (Julian Huxley biologist).
Functionalist say that society is like a living organism and all the social institutions perform specific functions in order to help society function effectively. The sociologist Durkheim says that a key feature of religion is not a belief in Gods, spirits or the supernatural, but a fundamental distinction between the scared and the profane. The sacred are things set apart and forbidden which inspire feelings of awe and wonder. By contrast, the profane are things that have no special significance, things that are ordinary and mundane. Durkheim believed that the essence of all religion could be found by studying it’s simplest form, in the simplest type of society.
As a result, people are without excuse.” According to Paul, the natural world reflects God's invisible attributes. It reflects his eternal power, and his divine nature. The Apostle then makes the point that since these invisible attributes are clearly perceived, then all people are without excuse for worshiping him and acknowledging Him as God. The Apostle then goes on to state, “For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly, but because of Him who
Lastly, spirituality was designed without written rules to be edited and manipulated, without limits and boundaries, without segregation and prejudice. Spirituality is something we possess within ourselves and cannot be coerced, deceived, and compromised. That is the number one reason Native American Spirituality still exists today with or without other cultural influences. Colossian 2:8,” See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on
Art and architecture commonly are used to express the religious beliefs of the culture that a religion is part of. In no two religions is this truer than the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Elements of these religions are seen in temples throughout Asia and each religion has its own unique style. Hinduism According to Mitchell, the Hindu Religion is organized around cults that are specific to the different Gods and Goddesses of the Hindu. Thus one critical aspect of the Hindu temple would be the central shine to the deity worshipped in a given location, or by a given sect of Hindu’.
“Mysticism is the conscious awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or got through direct experience, intuition, or insight” (Wikipedia). It usually centers on a practice that is intended to nurture these experiences or awareness, it is meant to unite the diving and sacred and is an activity with a definite goal. Although mysticism is philosophically and religiously neutral it is often used in the context of strong religious motivation and is therefore often tied into religion (blessings). In Taoism salvation is attained through mysticism and the experience of enlightenment. There are many practices and beliefs in Taoism that are mystical such as the origin of the religion, theories of connection with nature, use of yin yang symbol, meditation, martial arts and magic.