Category: Religion
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Atheist Ceremonies
Curious and intrigued, I checked the site. I am providing excerpts without comments. I shall be replying each point by point in separate posts. My intention is to propagate this Great wisdom and original thought, apologies to Carvakas.
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Jainism a Part of Hinduism?
1.Both believe in Rebirth or Transmigration of Souls. While Hinduism believes in the existence of God to act as a sort of Catalyst for the Karmas to bear Fruit. Jainism declares that Karmas by themselves yield results and Jainism does not believe in the Existence of God. 2.Both Religions in Mind/Spirit and Matter, Hinduism has One or Dual Realities, depending on whether you are an Advaitin or a Dualist and there shades in between. Matter in Hinduism is an aspect of the Reality, Brahman and is manifested as the world as a Phenomenon.. Jainism classifies things as Jiva,Soul and Ajiva, Non soul , matter. Hinduism believes that the Reality is perceived in different times and in different sizes depending on the Perceiver. Jainism states that the Jiva, Soul can not perceive the Matter per se and is limited and can not perceive things at the Absolute level.
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African Religion Hinduism Similarities
I was surprised at the limited and sanitized version of Religion in Africa. The impact, the subsequent colonization and the effort of Islam and Christianity) in trying to portray the Africans more or less animals and uncivilized(Gandhi subscribed to this view), that there is great difficulty in understanding what the African Religion in its true form. There is a wanton effort to obfuscate the issue by saying and confusing the readers by stating Indigenous and traditional. The indoctrination and doctoring of the History of Religion in Africa, as in India, is to such an extent that ‘Christianity is reported to have been practiced by the Africans before Christ! 1.The African Religion does not have a Text and its traditions are transmitted orally like the Vedas and does not have Missionaries to spread it. 2.They do not have a founder. 3.They do not proselytize. 4.Just as in Hinduism African Religion is not a Sunday Religion but a way of Life. 5.They have one Supreme Deity and other Deities under it, functionality wise.
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Breaking Coconuts On Head Vow.
” This year locals expect to use more than 20,000 kilograms (44,092 pounds) of turnips to drive the demon away. Even though the exact origins of the festival are not known, various theories exist including the mythological punishment of Caco by Hercules. It is generally believed to symbolize the expulsion of everything bad.” I was reminded of the practice of some communities,‘kurumbas’ and certain sections of the ‘24 Manai Telugu Chettiars’ in Tamil Nadu. They break Coconuts on head! This practice is prevalent in Karur, Coimbatore and pats of Madurai Districts in Tamil Nadu.
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Jainism Hinduism Essentials Differences
Agreement and differences with Hinduism. For example, the Karma Theory. The theory of Karma is more stringent and is not dependent on Ishvara or personal God as in Hinduism. In Jainism Karma operates independently of Iswara. Hinduism speaks of One Ultimate Reality,Non Dualism , Jainism speaks of Multiple Realities. The Reality is not one. The individual Soul is not dependent on the Universal Soul, there is no Universal Soul. There are two entities, Jiva, with Consciousness and Ajiva without Consciousness. The sentient are Jivas and the non-sentient are Ajivas.
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Jainism Historical Sites Temples List
India is not merely the Home of the Hindus. Hinduism has given birth to two great Religions,Jainism and Buddhism. Though these two Religions were initially founded against the Vedic School of Thought, it is a fact that they are included as a part of Hindu tradition. In fact they are regarded as the nastika sect of Hinduism, meaning one which does not accept the Vedas as the authority. Most of the essentials of Jainism and Buddhism are from Hinduism. A separate post follows on this.
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Secularism Different Views.
Secularism means a lot of things to various people, depending on what your attitude towards Life is. If you are a Christian, acceptance of the other sects of Christianity .For Islam it is the embracing of Islam. For the Communists, it is bourgeois culture. For Indian Politicians the appeasement of Muslims and Christians and the baiting of the Majority Hindus. For Christianity and the Bible ‘Heathens’ For Islam ‘Kafirs’
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Jainism Buddhism Created By Lord Vishnu.
There are twelve Avatars of Vishnu which is in vogue. There is also a list of the 28 Avatars of Vishnu, about which I have blogged. The Vishnu Purana states that the Jainism and Buddhism were a created deliberately by Lord Vishnu as a curse to ensure that the Asuras do not follow the Vedas, as the strict adherence to the Vedas by the Asuras were making them stronger and more powerful than the Devas. The narration is like this. Mahavir , the Founder of Jainism Mahavira,Jainism-The last Thirthankara. During one of the innumerable wars between the Devas ans the Asuras, the Asuras were gaining the upper hand and the Devas entreated Lord Vishnu to save them. Lord Vishnu created Maya Mohan,One who appears to be Real but illusory, that is the Preaching would be deceptively similar to the Vedas but against the Authority of the Vedas. Maya Mohan taught the new system to the Asuras and as they were listening attentively, he ,Lord Vishnu, kept repeating ‘Arhatha, Arhata’,’Be Deserved for this’
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Adam Eve Lived around The Same Time.
There was a report quoting a Study that Adam and Eve did not exist at the same time, indicating that the Genesis version of Evolution man might be wrong. Now another Study suggests that they lived ‘around the same time”. It is not clear whether they lived at the same time. So we are back to square one. The emergence of man at the first instance is of interest. The Bible says that Eve was creased out of Adam’s Ribs, Hinduism states that Daksha Prajapati was the first Man and a woman was created by Brahma. He married her. Scientifically speaking,one has to know first whether one can be created out of another. If true,this leaves another question. From where did they spring fro? Again from another Being? This becomes a case of Circular Reasoning, which is a fallacy in Logic. It all boils down to one thing. is there a Reality? If so, is it One or Many? Story:
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