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Religious Beliefs: Brahman Hindu, Guajarati And Marti

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The world around us is occupied with many different cultures, each with different characteristic, which defines who they are and what they contribute in society to form new cultures. Even though many cultures are from the same religion, they can have different belief, meanings of life/celebrations and practices. For example, Brahman Hindu, Guajarati and Marti groups in India. 1. Religious Believes Intro: Notions Thoughts Concepts Individuals and groups use their thoughts, concepts and notions that oversee relations between individuals, groups and their religions. These beliefs can be based on observation or driven solely from personal experience. Therefore, a cultural belief becomes alike and generally known in social circle by which the …show more content…

They are highest class of priests who are well educated and believe that spirituality is essential to be one with G-d. They also believe that cleanliness brings them close to G-d, so they wash their face, hands and legs every time they step in the bathroom and don’t eat meat. Brahmanism gives extreme important to education and not wealth. Further more, Brahman Hindu follows many gods but the main god was Brahma, where the name Brahmanism or Brahman comes form. They believe that the other gods are the different faces of Brahma, for example Shiva and Vishnu and they had different powers to add into the world. “Hindus recognize one God, Brahman, the eternal origin who is the cause and foundation of all existence.” (Beliefs) Guajarati Hindu: Rebirth and nonstop death cycle of life are the main part of Gujarati belief method. They have strong believe that if they show compassion and other human along with unconditional devotion toward their lord Shiva will grant them the better position in life along with fasting, staying clean and doing good deeds toward needy people. According to Rank, if the person wants to claim a better position in present and future life, he needs to follow god, do charity (Dan), kindness toward other humans and cows (Daya) Gujarati Hindu don’t agree with mystical power of the Brahmans. Marti

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