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of Hinduism, and it is generally revered and considered to be the source of dharma.5 "Veda" can be translated literally as "knowl...

paths of their hair and the red dot or bindi that is displayed on the forehead" indicate they are sexually active in many ways (La...

the invasions were less important than first thought, and that the fall of the Indus Valley civilization was caused by internal ca...

is thought to have healing properties and it is known to lower blood pressure for example. Yet, meditation stems from Buddhism (Vi...

Hinduism. There is not a very large population in the United States of practicing Hindus, but there are some, and it pays to explo...

had not merely been a practical matter, but one of deep, psychological significance (1990). They had rejected a system that condem...

it means "partiality of cultural and historical truths" (1986) because the whole truth cannot be known in anthropological studies ...

Christian ethics consist of many different entities, including Gods love for all His creation and the bond He established with hum...

the fact that "The Buddhists consider the world to be full of sorrow and regard ending the sorrow as the chief aim of human life" ...

is the Purusha and thus an infinite being. He only has to liberate himself from the bondage of Maya to realise himself" (Indian Re...

(4.4.5-6) details how the law of karma determines the birth of the reincarnated soul (Pravrajika, 2001). Vedanta Hinduism views de...

Interestingly enough, the Hindu religion is not one single religion per se, but rather, a collection of customs, traditions, belie...

human being itself is the Purusha and thus an infinite being. He only has to liberate himself from the bondage of Maya to realise ...

the Internet that dealt with three topics: the values and beliefs of Hinduism; the advantages and disadvantages of a college educa...

centres (Veylanswami, 2002). One example is the community created in Toronto Canada by the 300,000 Tamil Hindus that live around ...

called a "beast," when she all along she thought she was a woman. This humorous beginning not only shows two diametrically opposed...

The past molds and conditions us yet few of us have an understanding of women's struggle for equality. Beginning in the early- to ...

women voting was by no means in the best interest of the country at large and the family unit in particular. Clearly, at the foun...

be defined as a sexual act and it made Peggy uncomfortable. According to the law, it is up to Peggy to do certain things before s...

Much has been written about how womens societal roles have changed over the history of our country. One of the more interesting i...

underpinnings for decision and action, nonetheless real for being symbolic. It is my contention that such constellations of enshri...

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

like an angel because she was so caring and helpful, and I couldnt get her, or nursing, out of my mind. I soon realized that nursi...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

women did more than this, and perhaps provided a great deal of the food consumed by families. Figueroa (1996) states that the wome...

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

had children to raise on my own and my financial situation was not dire, but I had to earn a living and I turned to writing. Alc...

collective unconscious (Allen 175). Therefore, Maria Josefa expressing her desire to marry a "handsome male on the shore of the oc...

record of 512 miles, from Chicago, Illinois to Hornell, New York (Bilstein, 2001; House, 2006). When America entered the First Wo...