Essays 31 - 60
the differences noted above, Hindus are often immersed within the same cultural elements as are non-Hindus, from outward appearanc...
out the names of his ancestors" (Hauser, 1990). Every eight days, the tribal chief ritually provides a full meal for all the ance...
good and bad doings, it also determines how an individual or being will live their next life, and what lessons they may have to le...
of both a man and a woman. These are considered to be pure beings made of Divine Consciousness which can be whatever they need t...
Hindus in that they also believe that dharma is a natural universal law which is in and pervades everything. To live in harmony wi...
we can broach the question presented above it is first necessary to understand the teachings of the "Bhagavad Gita" in terms of th...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses India and nuclear power in a consideration of national security issues and Hindu nationalism...
In this paper consisting of 30 pages attempts at understanding the development of technology Eastern and Western cultures are disc...
In five pages 'Temple,' the final portion of Forster's novel, is examined in a comparison of the author's representation of Britis...
In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...
In eleven pages this paper examines the Hindu religion in terms of its destiny concept in an overview of history and karma. Five ...
from around A.D. 300, which is one of six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The literature on Yoga stems from the set of sut...
In five pages this paper compares Hindu monism with Spinozan monism in this overview. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....
Aristotle, Native Indian and Hindu philosophers had varying philosophies of life and the nature of man. This essay compares Aristo...
In seven pages this examination of social hierarchies considers the similarities that exist between Confucian China, Hindu India, ...
a state of disinterested selflessness. Confucius (or more accurately Kung-Fu-Tzu or Kongfuzi) explains the thinking and motivati...
In a paper consisting of eight pages Hindu images of 'preserver' Vishnu and 'destroyer' Shiva are contrasted and compared with Bud...
In six pages this paper discusses the relationship between Indian labor and activist Mohandas K. Gandhi in a consideration of his ...
In a paper consisting of two and a half pages a situation in which the writer overhears a conversation between a Saiva tantric pra...
Bhagavad" PG) the people are reminded that vedic sacrifice is indeed something to look up to. At the same time, and this can be d...
been taught as a sure and sufficient means for the attainment of our spiritual goal, call it Mukti, Moksha, Nirvana, Liberation or...
In five pages this religious work is critically examined and considers how maintenance of the social status quo is a primary featu...
as a hermit in the forest, representing stage three: the vanprastha ashrama. With age comes wisdom, as is apparent by stage four,...
In a paper consisting of five pages the symbolic significance of Vishnu and Shiva to Indian art is examined along with the artisti...
we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...
This is taken to mean that dharma is that which forms the foundation for holding everything together in a coherent form and can ap...
is the Purusha and thus an infinite being. He only has to liberate himself from the bondage of Maya to realise himself" (Indian Re...
The Yoruba gods Olorun, Orunmila, Obatala, Olokun, and Eshu alike have many powers. The Hindu gods, in turn, represent the concep...
This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...
happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...