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addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...
we can broach the question presented above it is first necessary to understand the teachings of the "Bhagavad Gita" in terms of th...
In a paper consisting of two and a half pages a situation in which the writer overhears a conversation between a Saiva tantric pra...
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...
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...
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 five pages 'Temple,' the final portion of Forster's novel, is examined in a comparison of the author's representation of Britis...
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...
to merge . This would seem to be a level in ones spiritual development, in fact, it would be the final level on earth since Nirvan...
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...
happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...
in the United Kingdom" and focus on changes primarily between the middle to the end of the twentieth century (Peach & Gale, 2003)....
is the Purusha and thus an infinite being. He only has to liberate himself from the bondage of Maya to realise himself" (Indian Re...
This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...
In five pages this religious work is critically examined and considers how maintenance of the social status quo is a primary featu...
in the woods or when theory are alone or even when they are in a crisis situation. Prayer under the umbrella of many religions is ...
The Yoruba gods Olorun, Orunmila, Obatala, Olokun, and Eshu alike have many powers. The Hindu gods, in turn, represent the concep...
he feels totally disconnected from the world - everything is "other." This disconnection from reality is integrally tied to the ea...
complete of his sense of self - everything within his environment has the feeling of being "other." Tayo is literally the walking ...
returning home only to find his friends drunk and lost to the world. He essentially needs healing and he can only find healing thr...