Sacred Elements Characterize Hindu Religious TraditionsEssay Preview: Sacred Elements Characterize Hindu Religious TraditionsReport this essayHinduism is one of the oldest religions in the history. With all of the relgions out here, Hinduism has been able to hold itself against repeated assault by other religious extremist who have tried to destroy it. Maybe the reason why Hinduism has been able to stay is major a religions in the world is because, Hinduism is more a way of life than a restrictive and organized religion. Actually, the core of Hinduism is the consciousness of the Indian society, and infuses in the every day life. Although sacred elements that describe the Hindu religious traditions are difficult to identify, because of the absorption of the Hindu culture and traditions that have evolved and changed throughout thousands of years.
The only thing holding the tradition together is that it has to be re-constructed and re-re-interpreted and that it belongs to the religious communities of India. Hinduism, like all religions, belongs to a culture and to the religions of this world. There is a unique and unique form of Hinduism, its religious traditions that are unique to its land and its people. However, Hinduism has evolved in unique ways, to make it unique and to make it powerful. It is the most dynamic religion in a number of aspects, including: • the belief in God and love for each other. • Hinduism and non-Buddhistism are at the heart of the Hindu experience. • The most powerful spiritual forces, including the spiritual forces of nature and man, live in this world. • The most advanced religious system of society in the world is the Hindu religion. • The true essence of the divine must be expressed in Hinduism. • The first and most powerful force in all the world — human nature — is Hinduism. • A universal religious system that is based on a transcendental, eternal, transcendental, divine law can exist at any time in the world as a religion. It is the religion of God at its most fundamental. But there lies a very real danger (also referred to as ‘the danger of Hinduism’) with the worship of Shiva. The Hindu God Shiva is believed to be the embodiment of the supreme deity, that which has existed from the beginning of the universe, and whose very existence has been described by Krishna as like a god with no godhead (though Krishna did not claim these names). The very essence of the Shiva worship is the existence of the most powerful force in the human world, and by extension it is the power and the divine and divine with their own unique form — the gods. The god Shiva — the king of all existence, that most powerful force, and the source with which humans in this world are created by the collective will of humans, like the God that has come before us, with the supreme law (called the law of man), to protect him from all evil, as one who is born and raised. The divine gods, by their existence and the nature of their being, transcend the power of darkness. The only way to preserve this divine power is through the sacrifice of their deities in order to carry it out. And yet the very power of the Shiva worship has been brought into existence by the union of its many powerful forces (which include the gods): • the divine God, Brahmans, Shiva, Vishnu — this is very important. The god Shiva is the best kind of being — the only being that is ever given divine power over the lives of his hosts, his gods, the human race and the whole cosmos. Therefore his own power is its own force, and cannot be used against anyone else. He must be at least the best of being. Therefore the strength of Shiva is that of one man, the son of a godsman, who has come to sacrifice all who are worthy of the greatest gift (sattva), which is the knowledge that he has of God and his gods, and the divine knowledge, even to come to make him immortal and complete his work. And there lies such a power — and such a strength — in the Shiva worship, that there are so many forces that would make their very presence so great if they chose. This
The only thing holding the tradition together is that it has to be re-constructed and re-re-interpreted and that it belongs to the religious communities of India. Hinduism, like all religions, belongs to a culture and to the religions of this world. There is a unique and unique form of Hinduism, its religious traditions that are unique to its land and its people. However, Hinduism has evolved in unique ways, to make it unique and to make it powerful. It is the most dynamic religion in a number of aspects, including: • the belief in God and love for each other. • Hinduism and non-Buddhistism are at the heart of the Hindu experience. • The most powerful spiritual forces, including the spiritual forces of nature and man, live in this world. • The most advanced religious system of society in the world is the Hindu religion. • The true essence of the divine must be expressed in Hinduism. • The first and most powerful force in all the world — human nature — is Hinduism. • A universal religious system that is based on a transcendental, eternal, transcendental, divine law can exist at any time in the world as a religion. It is the religion of God at its most fundamental. But there lies a very real danger (also referred to as ‘the danger of Hinduism’) with the worship of Shiva. The Hindu God Shiva is believed to be the embodiment of the supreme deity, that which has existed from the beginning of the universe, and whose very existence has been described by Krishna as like a god with no godhead (though Krishna did not claim these names). The very essence of the Shiva worship is the existence of the most powerful force in the human world, and by extension it is the power and the divine and divine with their own unique form — the gods. The god Shiva — the king of all existence, that most powerful force, and the source with which humans in this world are created by the collective will of humans, like the God that has come before us, with the supreme law (called the law of man), to protect him from all evil, as one who is born and raised. The divine gods, by their existence and the nature of their being, transcend the power of darkness. The only way to preserve this divine power is through the sacrifice of their deities in order to carry it out. And yet the very power of the Shiva worship has been brought into existence by the union of its many powerful forces (which include the gods): • the divine God, Brahmans, Shiva, Vishnu — this is very important. The god Shiva is the best kind of being — the only being that is ever given divine power over the lives of his hosts, his gods, the human race and the whole cosmos. Therefore his own power is its own force, and cannot be used against anyone else. He must be at least the best of being. Therefore the strength of Shiva is that of one man, the son of a godsman, who has come to sacrifice all who are worthy of the greatest gift (sattva), which is the knowledge that he has of God and his gods, and the divine knowledge, even to come to make him immortal and complete his work. And there lies such a power — and such a strength — in the Shiva worship, that there are so many forces that would make their very presence so great if they chose. This
The Hindu religion is strongly dependent on the Hindu philosophy and rituals and practices. The Hindu religion has many Gods because the Hindu philosophy believes that every human being is God himself. The Hindu religion allows religious freedom and does not infer the proclamation of the religion on anyone. Actually, Hinduism teaches in order for a person to attain liberation from the worldly bondage, that person must select the religion that he is comfortable in. The Hindu way of life has many beliefs that offered social balance in the society. For example, the norm of sacrifice and the mandatory rules on feeding others helped to provide food for the needy. Similarly, the social practices were seen as the physical manifestations of the philosophical edicts that Hinduism preached. For example the practice of sacrifice to the fire is a physical manifestation of the philosophic ritual of giving up everything for the sake of understanding the truth. Similarly, the belief that the confluence of the three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswathi is holy, is due to the Tantric belief that the meeting point of the three nerve centers in the body awakens the Kundalini, which is the seat of power in the human body.
The Hindu religion has over the years become very ritualistic. The Hindu religion offers many ways to realize God. Therefore there is a way of attaining liberation in which the practitioner have to undergo severe self-punishment to understand the God. The rituals that are performed in the Temples in India are in fact, the reflection of the Tantra (sacared text that teaches followers the traditions on how to honor the feminie divine). Rituals are performed by Brahmins, the priest class of the caste system, who use mantras or specific sound syllables that are believed to have specific powers.
The Hindu society is caste based, which was originally devised for the division of labor. Hence the Hindu society has the Brahmins, the highest class who performs rituals and is