Hindu Philosophy Philip Pecorino Summary

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The purposes of rituals and meditation is to give experience for a person 's soul in order to develop and control their own

Hinduism have a belief that if the soul is not liberated neither life nor afterlife are permanent

According to “Bahai.org” the soul is “entirely out of the order of the physical creation,” which there is no exact explanation to where it comes from. The soul is not made of matter, it’s completely immaterial and is the part of us that makes us higher in spirituality than God’s

However, unlike Hindus, Buddhists are against the caste system and reject the concept of Atman, which is the belief that a soul or eternal self exists in every being. Two crucial beliefs in Buddhism are the Noble Eightfold Path and the Middle Way. If followed, the Noble Eightfold Path is thought to help one attain Nirvana, and is often divided into three categories: wisdom, morality, and concentration. The Middle Way is another right path for Buddhists to follow, and is described by the Buddha as moderation between the extremes of self-mortification and indulgence. It’s important to not completely

Scientology is similar to that of Hinduism by which both recognize a relationship between present life experiences and earlier incarnations. Scientology envisions that the elemental problem of salvation is that people have forgotten their true self or spiritual nature. Their beliefs lie in the ARC Triangle and the Bridge to Total Freedom.           In Scientology, the ARC Triangle approves that the goal for salvation and infinite survival is through achievements in this life of knowledge and understanding of how the universe works.

The spiritual aspect of Hinduism shows the overbearing power of the “Brahman”. The Brahman also known as the World Soul comes from the sacred text of the Bhagavad Gita given to Lord Krishna. The Brahman is ones deepest self, the identity that remains beneath one’s changing self (Griffen). In Hinduism, this God is the basis of all creation, and all power worshipped in the religion. The Brahman lies at the root of all who show devotion to other gods.

The word ‘teleological’ originally comes from the Greek word ‘telos’ which means ‘purpose’. God is described as being powerful (omnipotent), present everywhere (omnipresent), all seeing/knowing (omniscient), good (benevolent) and always existing (eternal). The world is a complex place and it makes sense that everything must have a purpose. The teleological argument suggests that someone has put everything in the universe in order and that the universe is too beautiful to have been created by chance, the divine creator must have been God.

Hinduism is a “conglomeration of religious, philosophical, and cultural ideas and practices,” (About Religion, 2015). Thus, Hinduism has various sects, lacking unification of systems and beliefs. For this discussion, a broad context of the faith’s answers to the worldview questions will be addressed. First of all, Brahman is the ultimate reality, and it began to exist from non-existence, an unconscious emanation from the divine; Brahman is the cause of all physical and moral realms in the universe and although many gods exist in Hinduism, they all are below the one true deity above all else, (CAFNepal, 2011).

The human soul is, in essence, the center being of a body. The soul is believed to live eternally even after the body has perished. Each living person deserves the right to have total control of their soul. Yet, there are those who aim to control the total being by first controlling the soul. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the Controllers in the World State devalue the dignity of the human soul through various methods of control and manipulation.

What one will believe in will shape their lives and their decisions. This idea has been proved in the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the main character, Santiago, travels to finds his personal legend and through his travel he comes face to face with many different religions. With every religion, there are different beliefs and traditions, which effect’s how Santiago reacts to the environment. Although Christianity has an impact on The Alchemist Hinduism has a greater effect on all the characters in The Alchemist. One Hinduism Belief in The Alchemist is Karma.

Scholars from all disciplines have argued for centuries about what causes the things in our world to exist. A contributor to this argument was the Greek philosopher Anaximander. His claim is that the cause of existence is the principle of an infinite nature. Everything we know either is a principle of can be derived from one, but infinity is an exception to this. Furthermore, he claims that an eternal motion is what brought the heavens into being, and that this constant motion is what causes the changes seen in nature.

The basis of many nations has been the idea that each individual has something which they can contribute to society. We then must remember that to which we all ought to be committed to, that being the ideals to which each person is entitled are not confined to a country, to age, to race, nationality, sex, or creed, but rather are universal principles to which each person may claim the right to. Orson Scott Card masterfully captured this idea in his powerful piece of writing where consequences for the denial of freedom to some were detailed, but what he wrote goes far beyond the words he wrote down on a page. “Ender’s Came” speaks out against social injustice to combat that which many have been too fearful to face. Governments will rise and fall, but it is how we treat our fellow man which will truly alter the course of

sense for him to be the reason we are born to then die leaving a question mark to our existence and the world. God exists because there can be none greater that can be thought. The ontological argument begins with the claim that God, by definition, is infinitely great. Thus, no entity can surpass God’s greatness. One of the many famous arguments proving God’s existence by a seventeenth-century famed philosopher Anselm.

How they will be reincarnated depends on how they lived their life while they were living. To end this cycle of reincarnation one much reach a state of nirvana. “Nirvana is not a "place" like heaven, but it is a state of liberation from the bondage of this earthly life” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2014. pg. 69).