FIRST QUESTION Religion, what is a religion? You can define religion through your effort to overcome ignorance and gain correct knowledge. Or you can perceive it as Nirvana, a supernatural beatitude, a void, that extinguish that leads to peace and tranquility. Some ideas are used in the west but not in other eastern religions. They do have similarities which include each individual has to find their truth. They have to have self-effort and be responsible for you’re their sin .The more you know about yourself you will be able to reach of well-being. Lincoln’s four domains of religion are quiet interesting. The domains consist of discourse, practices, community and institution. Discourse relates to a source of text and beliefs. For example Jesus …show more content…
Many people use these words everyday. Do they know what they mean? Essential can be described as something that is necessary and sufficient. Something that is a must that provides a certain outcome for you. Functional(ism) is when you don’t depend on on your internal thoughts but instead on the way it functions, the role it plays in the system. The main Question is does any of what I just touched on exhibited in both Buddhism and Hinduism? Buddhism is a unique topic because the central focus of most religions is god or gods but Buddhism is non-theistic. The Buddha taught that believing in gods was not useful for those seeking to realize enlightenment. Hinduism is also a unique in the sense that there is no “one Hinduism”. It’s a diverse bundle of beliefs and traditions that the prominent themes are: Dharama(ethics and duties), Samsara (rebirth), Karma (right action) and Moksha (liberation from the cycle of …show more content…
Jnana is the path of wisdom and knowledge. You use your will and power to cut through the veil of ignorance and attain the truth. Bahakti is the path of love and devotion. You use the combined energies of all emotions to sublimate them into the highest of all emotion : prem. Prem is pure, condition-less, divine love. Raja is the path of self-control and self-mastery. You control your mind until it becomes perfectly still. The main practice is meditation. Lastly is Karma, which is the path of selfless service. For Karma the main problem is our inherent selfish-ness which is based on spiritual ignorance. The key is to practice selfless action without any