Hindu Temple Research Paper

The Hindu Temple papers I read were deeply informative with regards to the Hindu faith. Hindus are primarily concerned with living a good life in order to get closer to Brahman, an all-inclusive, all-knowing being that pervades every aspect of the world. Their faith follows specifically four full tenets of ethical living. These tenets are austerity, purity, compassion, and truthfulness. For Hindus, successful application of these beliefs helps the soul receive positive karma which will in turn help the soul get further in their next life through the process of reincarnation. This process stops when the soul reaches a certain point, called nirvana, where all conflicts are resolved and the soul joins Brahman. The Hindu faith also has some very

However, there are at least six forms Hindu philosophy that can be divided between theistic and nontheistic. The main nontheistic schools are Nyaya, formal reasoning, Vaisesika, individual emphasis, Samkhya, evolution, and finally Yoga, or the discrimination between the spirit and nature. Nyaya is focused mainly on application of logic. It has four forms of knowledge and has emphasis on sequence of cause and effect in time. (Nyaya) Vaisesika classifies every being into one of seven categories and says that all matter is divisible until it reaches the smallest, indivisible size, the atom. This is remarkably similar many Western theories of matter. Vaisesika is closely related to the Nyaya school of logic, and emphasizes the fact that reality is a system of differences. (Vaisesika) Samkhya says that the universe is divided into two separate realities, soul and matter, Purusha and Prakriti. It says that while they were originally different, they became seemingly close and now the goal of knowledge is to be able to decide between the two. Samkhya is the school that focuses closely on reincarnation, and teaches that once a body dies, the soul goes into another one. (Samkhya) Yoga is the final of the four theistic schools in Hinduism and teaches that the path to enlightenment from self-realization through spiritual, physical, and emotional control. All four of these are important parts of Hinduism that help the practitioner become enlightened through the exploration of science and moral well-being. The two theistic schools are Purvamimamsa, or the rituals of the Vedas, and Vedanta, or the questions raised in the Upanishadic of the Vedas. Purvamimamsa is focused mainly on finding enlightenment through dharma, or the correct application of rituals that further the world and the person doing the rituals. (Mimamsa) Vedanta is concerned primarily with the