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Concepts of Immortality

This 11 page paper uses the Bhagavad Gita, The Dybbuk and The Monkey as sources to examine concepts of rebirth, the soul and the a...

A Vedic Sacrifice Substitute

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...

Moksha and Nirvana Distinction

been taught as a sure and sufficient means for the attainment of our spiritual goal, call it Mukti, Moksha, Nirvana, Liberation or...

1930 Salt March Led by Mohandas K. Gandhi

In six pages this paper discusses the relationship between Indian labor and activist Mohandas K. Gandhi in a consideration of his ...

Hindu and Buddha Images Contrasted and Compared

In a paper consisting of eight pages Hindu images of 'preserver' Vishnu and 'destroyer' Shiva are contrasted and compared with Bud...

Discussing Indian Religion

In a paper consisting of two and a half pages a situation in which the writer overhears a conversation between a Saiva tantric pra...

4 Social Hierarchies

In seven pages this examination of social hierarchies considers the similarities that exist between Confucian China, Hindu India, ...

Analects, Symposium, and Bhagavad Gita

a state of disinterested selflessness. Confucius (or more accurately Kung-Fu-Tzu or Kongfuzi) explains the thinking and motivati...

Islamic and Hindu Religions on Death and Dying

In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...

Destiny and Hinduism

In eleven pages this paper examines the Hindu religion in terms of its destiny concept in an overview of history and karma. Five ...

Yoga in Buddhism and Hinduism

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...

Spinoza and Hindu Monism

In five pages this paper compares Hindu monism with Spinozan monism in this overview. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Life and Man Viewed Across the Cultural Divide

Aristotle, Native Indian and Hindu philosophers had varying philosophies of life and the nature of man. This essay compares Aristo...

India's Temple and the Union of Opposites in A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

In five pages 'Temple,' the final portion of Forster's novel, is examined in a comparison of the author's representation of Britis...

Nuclear Power and India

In fifteen pages this paper discusses India and nuclear power in a consideration of national security issues and Hindu nationalism...

Comparative Analysis of Technological Development in the West and East

In this paper consisting of 30 pages attempts at understanding the development of technology Eastern and Western cultures are disc...

4 Stages of Hindu Life

as a hermit in the forest, representing stage three: the vanprastha ashrama. With age comes wisdom, as is apparent by stage four,...

Hindu Gods Vishnu and Shiva in Art

In a paper consisting of five pages the symbolic significance of Vishnu and Shiva to Indian art is examined along with the artisti...

Hindu Religious Text Bhagavad Gita

In five pages this religious work is critically examined and considers how maintenance of the social status quo is a primary featu...

Hindu Tradition and Renunciation

This is taken to mean that dharma is that which forms the foundation for holding everything together in a coherent form and can ap...

Life After Death in Hindu and Christian Beliefs

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...

Nigerian Yoruba and Hindu Myths Regarding Creation

The Yoruba gods Olorun, Orunmila, Obatala, Olokun, and Eshu alike have many powers. The Hindu gods, in turn, represent the concep...

Hindu Tradition and Human Beings

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

Nature of Siva in Hindu Myth

This paper is in outline form and pertains to literature promoting understanding of the nature of the god Siva in Hinduism. ...

Peach and Gale's Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs in the new religious landscape of England

in the United Kingdom" and focus on changes primarily between the middle to the end of the twentieth century (Peach & Gale, 2003)....

Catholic and Hindu Perspectives on Good and Evil

happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...

Comparison of Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish Prayer

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 ...

Native American Ceremony and the Importance of the Circle

involve the use of the four directions which some may say could be construed as a square but when ceremonies are being undertaken ...

Self Awareness and Environment in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

alienated himself from Mother Earth in his anger and frustration, cursing the jungle rain, which "grew like foliage from the sky."...

Structure of Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

he feels totally disconnected from the world - everything is "other." This disconnection from reality is integrally tied to the ea...