Universal Ambiance: Judaism, Islam, And Christianity

4. Plato focuses on the ideas of piety and holiness, virtue and wisdom, laws and justice. In the Euthphyro he is

The Upanishad scriptures suggest that followers exercise their body and mind. These exercises become more important to Hindu practice as time goes by. Through the teachings of Upanishads there is a spiritual essence called “Brahman”. Brahman is a single world soul that is the base of all physical matter, energy, time and space. Brahman is all things on earth and beyond. It is thought that a person’s inner soul known as the “atman”, is part of Brahman and therefore; a person’s innermost soul is part of the single world soul. The meditation associated with the search for perfect knowledge has evolved into a permanent aspect of Hinduism and is known as “Yoga”. During this period Buddhism and Jainism were created as additional ways of reaching enlightenment while denying key teachings and practices.

The unifying factor of the varying views held by Buddhists on the afterlife is that one should be committed towards avoiding reincarnation in order to be liberated. Another striking view of the Buddhist beliefs on the afterlife is that there is no soul. This implies there is no permanent form or substance in the life after death. However, Buddhism provides certain predictions on the individual identity assumed in the afterlife.

Hindus believe in an everlasting soul (atman) that is reincarnated almost intact from birth to birth, and through spiritual practice Hindus seek release (moksha, also known as liberation) so that the soul can join with the Divine God, known as Brahmin.

The respect of human life especially in its final stages is essential to respecting human dignity. This essay seeks to provide an answer of the issue and mystery of after life in Christianity and Buddhism religion and there thought of what afterlife encounters for them.

The idea of the soul varies widely in religious tradition. While these variations exist, its basic definition is unvarying. The soul can be described as the ultimate internal principle by which we think, feel, and will, and by which our bodies are animated. The soul is seen as the core principle of life or as the essence of a being 1. Views on the permanence of the soul vary throughout religious tradition as well. While some view it as a mortal entity in flux others believe the soul is an immortal and permanent unit. These interpretations vary from time period to time period and between religions. These characteristics of the soul are interpreted differently through an Eastern or

The Christian philosophy of care involves the act of charity, the virtue of looking after someone or something outside of one's self. Jesus Christ essentially divided the Mosaic law into two parts, the first concerning man's duty towards God, and the second concerning man's duty towards his fellow man. In a sense, Christ intimated that we are all our brother's keeper. Eastern religions have a different philosophy of care, however. Their spiritual perspective on healing is derived from their spiritual objective which is release from the circle of life. Karma represents the Eastern philosophical equivalent of the Western maxim, "What goes around, comes around." Release from this continuous cycle is what is meant by moksha or, the attainment of nirvana (a place free of suffering, according to Buddhism). The Eastern religions and philosophies all give varying accounts of karma, samsara, moksha, and nirvana.This paper will examine Sikhism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, analyze their belief systems, and show how they compare and contrast with one another and with Christianity.

Even though religion has evolved throughout the years, the way in which religions are formed has not changed. Through every religion, there comes a story, or a myth, a society and experience, rituals, a doctrine, and ethnics. These are the six dimensions that form a religion. In this essay, I will utilize the Buddhist 1994 movie of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation to analyze and explain how Buddhism calls for the unity of these six dimensions in order to form a religion.

Followers of the Hindu religion believe in the concept of atman. One’s atman, which is their true spiritual identity does not change under any circumstances and it is also a part of Brahman which is the true reality of how things are. Every living organism has an atman, which is passed on time and time again after death through a cycle known as Samsara. The term atman is Brahman illustrates the point of liberation (moksha) in Hinduism. This term is saying that even while our circumstances, persona, and ego all change, to reach moksha one must realize that what they truly want, and what they have been spending their entire lives searching for is actually them self, and it just took them this long to realize this because the material world we

Religion is an intriguing concept as there is a diverse amount of religions that are practiced throughout the world today. One of the widespread forms of religion is Buddhism. Some believe that this particular type of religion is more of a state of mind or a lifestyle rather than a religion; however, some still classify it as a religion due to the variety of rituals and beliefs that are associated with Buddhism. By going through the central themes of Buddhism, it will provide the pertinent information of what exactly Buddhism is.

Judaism (Jewish), Christianity (Christians), and Islam (Muslims) are all world religions and each has a great deal to offer faithful followers, but each one merits serious attention, and full devotion. Religion and identity are highly stressed, and are never casual, indifferent, or meant to be spread out among contending convictions. Like Judaism and Islam, Christianity has beautiful rituals and festivals with unique music, and values and ideals worthy of a great religion.

Hinduism strongly believes in ‘Atman’, the soul and ‘Brahman’, the eternity of self. As per Buddhism, there is no concept of the self or I and salvation involved in realizing this concept.

However, people who practice Buddhism and Hinduism believe in life after death. Both Buddhists and Hindus follow the teachings of karma and reincarnation, which is backed up by what Victor J. Zammit says about how “Buddha accepted the basic Hindu doctrines of reincarnation and karma”. Buddhists, unlike Hindus, dont believe that humans have eternal souls. They instead believe that people consist of a bunch of habits, memories, and desires, that reincarnate in body after body (p. 1). To people who follow Tibetan Buddhism, after death, a person’s spirit has to go through a forty-nine day long process. This process is separated into three stages referred to as “bardos”. When the three stages end, the person either reaches nirvana or is reincarnated. The first stage of Bardo is the dying one. It starts at death and can last from a half a day to up to four days. At this point in time, they believe that all people see “The White Light”. In the second stage of Bardo, called the Luminous Mind, the dead encounter peaceful or wrathful deities created by karma. The spirits have to go through the process without flinching in order to get into the paradise realm. The third stage of Bardo consists of the spirit being reincarnated back onto earth (Zammit, p. 2). Hindus, unlike Buddhists, believe that people possess souls that are reincarnated. Zammit says that “Unlike Western...reincarnation, which tend to make the idea...exotic, desirable, and even romantic,

When thinking of Hinduism, one is immediately reminded of karma, reincarnation, and India. It is the third largest religion in the world. In reality, there is no single definition of what Hinduism actually is. Being a religion that is built on an undefined background, the only solidarity that holds the ‘idea’ of Hinduism together is the basic ideals that the many sects are based on, which creates an animistic basic religion, or a collection of overlapping religions that we call Hinduism today.

Next Death speaks of being “taught by a teacher who knows the Self and Brahman as one, a man leaves vain theory behind and attains to truth.” This I find very interesting because, I to believe that all forms of life are different facets of the large diamond that Hindu’s would call Brahman. Knowing this is one of the first things that you must realize, as you begin your path to enlightenment. The Hindu idea of the Self, being separate from the body, doesn’t seem to be that hard of an idea to grasp. The human body is simply the form that the Self has been given to take in this little bleep of time. The mind though has a tendency to be overtaken by the senses and forgets the true Self. To find ones true Self again one must follow the path of meditation.