HINDUISM | Diigo

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28 Jun 14

mary lowe
hinduism
24 Mar 14

Katherine Livick
- Meditation is often practiced
- daily devotions, public rituals, and puja, a ceremonial dinner for a God.
18 Apr 12

Krishna Kumar
HINDUISM
16 Feb 11

Graham C
"Hindu beliefs and practices:

Categorizing the religion of Hinduism is somewhat confusing:

* Hinduism has commonly been viewed in the west as a polytheistic religion - one which worships multiple deities: gods and goddesses. Although a widespread belief, this is not particularly accurate.
* Some have viewed it as a monotheistic religion, because it recognizes only one supreme God: the panentheistic principle of Brahman, that all reality is a unity.
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The entire universe is seen as one divine entity who is simultaneously at one with the universe and who transcends it as well.
* Some view Hinduism as Trinitarian because Brahman is simultaneously visualized as a triad -- one God with three persons:
o Brahma the Creator who is continuing to create new realities
o Vishnu, (Krishna) the Preserver, who preserves these new creations. Whenever
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dharma (eternal order, righteousness, religion, law and duty) is threatened, Vishnu travels from heaven to earth in one of ten incarnations.
o Shiva, the Destroyer, is at times compassionate, erotic and destructive.
* Strictly speaking, most forms of Hinduism are henotheistic; they recognize a single deity, and recognizes other gods and goddesses as facets, forms, manifestations, or aspects of that supreme God.

Most urban Hindus follow one of two major divisions within Hinduism:

* Vaishnavaism: which generally regards Vishnu as the ultimate deity
* Shivaism: which generally regards Shiva as the ultimate deity.

However, many rural Hindus worship their own village goddess or an earth goddess. She is believed to rule over fertility and disease -- and thus over life and death. The priesthood is less important in rural Hinduism: non-Brahmins and non-priests often carry out ritual and prayer there.

Hindus believe in the repetitious Transmigration of the Soul. This is the transfer of one's soul after death into another body.
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This produces a continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth
08 Sep 10

ryan bailey
- Hindus believe in the repetitious Transmigration of the Soul. This is the transfer of one's soul after death into another body. This produces a continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth through their many lifetimes. It is called samsara. Karma is the accumulated sum of ones good and bad deeds. Karma determines how you will live your next life. Through pure acts, thoughts and devotion, one can be reborn at a higher level. Eventually, one can escape samsara and achieve enlightenment. Bad deeds can cause a person to be reborn as a lower level, or even as an animal. The unequal distribution of wealth, prestige, suffering are thus seen as natural consequences for one's previous acts, both in this life and in previous lives.
- he main goal for the "nivritti," those who renounce the world. is:
  
  moksa: Liberation from "samsara." This is considered the supreme goal of mankind.
25 May 10

Julie Cunningham
- The primary sacred texts of Hinduism are the Vedas: the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. The Vedas contain hymns, incantations, and rituals from ancient India
07 Jul 09

hazelwood9 Martínez Avellaneda
02 Jun 08

Fiona Collins
Chris

Beliefs 5BD Hinduism
16 Jun 07

Chaturapit Chompunud
hindu

Public Stiky Notes

Kevin Champion on 2006-09-05

- My understanding: All parts of the universe create the whole and the whole is constitutive of all the parts. Each part then is a manifestation of the divine entity that is the universe. However, it transcends the universe because giving it a name is limiting the entity. It is the everything. It might not be good to even think of it as an entity or a being or a god. It is the everything (and the nothing!).
Jessie Stone on 2006-09-05

whaa? i had to read this a few times... can someone break this down for me? it sounds great but i can't quite wrap my head around it
Katie on 2006-09-03

I thought this was interesting based on what I learned through a guy, who is from India, that I became friends with this summer. He said that a man doesn't begin to even talk to woman seriously (not even taking someone on a date) until after he has established his career. Which woman he talks with and maybe eventually marries, is usually arranged by his parents or other family. To me, this makes it sound like Hindus are very open to sex. Perhaps this is a misinterpretation on my part.
Eric Skov on 2006-09-05

Oh, okay. It is a somewhat useful idea though
Mike Wesch on 2006-09-01

Yeah ... bad example. It was the first one that came to mind. The main point I wanted to make is that Marx only considered Christian notions of the afterlife and a few other Christian concepts in coming to this statement. Before we accept his statement, we should analyze whether or not it fits all religions (or even all of Christianity, as his portrayal of Christianity was fairly limited and almost entirely negative). The other question we need to ask ourselves about all of these theories is precisely what good they can do for us in our understanding of other religions. Would it be useful to go around studying all religions of the world asking, "How is this religion an opium for these people?" It isn't a useless question, but it has its limits, and we may want to ask other questions (as well).
Eric Skov on 2006-08-31

You gave this as an example of a religion that wasn't an "opium of the people", but it des give people a reason for where they're at and a hope for improvement in a next life if they diligently carry out their...caste assignment. So why does this one not gel with Marx's theory?
Eric Skov on 2006-08-31

interesting that dharma has this definition and is also translated into English as "religion" (see top of page, the other names for Hinduism
Eric Skov on 2006-08-31

This view is what they taught me in my world history class last spring...no mention of the new theory.

Page Comments

jessica on 2006-09-04

Has Hinduism survived so long because of it's flexibility and tolerance forother religions? I think it is important for people to look at what causes a system of belief to last as long as it does, and to observe what causes major shifts within the religion itself
Frankie on 2006-09-04

Just like Christianity, Hinduism preached tolerance of other religions. Its saddening to see people today stray so far from acceptance.
Jourdan on 2006-09-04

I like the idea that the soul is trying to gain truth. This is what this religion is all about, finding truth. This is exemplified in the ideas of karma, reincarnation and so on.
Jessie Stone on 2006-09-05

My roomate, who happens to be Indian, has a bunch of booklets that break down the many religious stories in Hindu, I'll ask if I can bring them to class!
Madison on 2006-09-05

Wow...this religious practice has spread around the world.
Madison on 2006-09-05

Wow...this religious practice has spread around the world.
leshia on 2006-09-05

I had always thought of Hinduism as being very politheistic, which it is. I have never learned that some veiw there to be one central god of which all the others were a part of. New perspective on Hinduism for me.
Laura on 2006-09-10

What certain people call truth will conflict with what other people call truth. One of them has to be wrong. Thus, not every religion/path leads to the truth. Which path/religion leads to it? Should we accept all versions of it, even if one is a lie? Why would we do that?
Laura on 2006-09-10

Oh, so that's what "kama sutra" means! The way/path of the pursuit of pleasure, etc. I've been wondering, what with all these translations of the words from all these religions. Nice to know.

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