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Term Paper Title	Hinduism
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Hinduism

Hinduism

     Table of Contents

               Introduction                          Page 1
               Hindu Beliefs
                    A. Hindu Gods               Page 1
                    B. Life Before and After Death     Page 2
                    C. The Caste System               Page 2
               Rituals of Life in Hinduism             Page 3 & 4
               Worship
                    A. Daily Obligations               Page 4
                    B. Daily Rituals               Page 4
                    C. Puja                    Page 5
                    D. Yoga                     Page 5
               Hindu Holy Books
                    A. Veda                    Page 5
                    B. Laws of Manu               Page 5
                    C. The Epics                    Page 6
               Pilgrimage                         Page 6
               Shivarati                     Page 6 & 7

     Introduction

Hinduism - stands for the faith and the way of life most of the people who live
in India.

     Hinduism is such an ancient religion that it had many types of beliefs
and religious practices.  Around 1750 BC Aryan invaders from central Asia
settled in North - West India and introduced their own religious ideas.

     Slowly the Hindu came to accept the idea of the existence of an eternal
supreme being.  They called this being, Brahman.  Hindus also worship different
gods which individually represent one particular aspect of Brahman.  The most
popular one of the lesser gods are Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver),
and Shiva (the destroyer)

Hinduism has no founder.  It is a religion that has slowly developed over a
period of time.

     Hindu Beliefs

     Hindu Gods

     The Hindus have four gods Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.  There
main god is Brahman.  He is the origin and the sustainer of all life, and the
goal of all things.  He is eternal and omnipotent and only he is real.  They
believe that Brahman is so great that he cannot be explained in human words
because all humans are imperfect and Brahman is perfect.

Shiva
     Shiva is usually depicted with six arms each one representing a
different function to preform.  He is known as the destroyer and restorer of
life, symbol of the reproductive force of nature, philosopher and sage.  He has
a third eye which signifies wisdom or higher consciousness.  He has a blue
throat which is a result of him swallowing a full cup of mans sins.  Worship of
Shiva includes fertility rites and veneration of the symbols of male and female
sex organs.  Most Hindus imagine Shiva as being in deep meditation high in the
Himalayas.  Shiva is the ultimate god who holds in divine tension the
preservation and destruction of the cosmos, both its birth and death.  At times
he is portrayed as the great ascetic.  He is often depicted as the reconciler of
dualities such as good and e...

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