Hindu Culture Essays - Shabda, Hinduism, Karma, Reincarnation, Hindu

Hindu Culture The Hindu culture is a very complex culture: which combines rich ethnical and normal beliefs. The view of Hindu culture from the outside as a group or as a society is very much dependable upon our own beliefs and good deeds you do in your life but some say it's too mythical and old to belief. We will take a close look and try to understand the Hindu culture. The Hindu religion is the oldest religion of the five major religions, which are Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism. It began to develop about 4.000 years ago in India, but it has no single forwarder or system of belief. It has many diverse and different Gods. One important belief is the theory of karma, which holds that all beings, human or animal that karma determines which soul is for which body and the birth attribute of each soul. The ideal of the religion is for the soul to move upward to the most sacred level through the reincarnation. In other words if a person leads a good life, done good deeds, and had good faith -he/she will achieve a good karma (score)- his or her soul will move up ward maybe to king or a scholar personality, meaning his or her soul will have a much better position in the coming life. And if he or she did bad things in their lives his/her soul will move down wards to worse position in life maybe a filthy animal or instinct. Hinduism is primarily found in India where almost 85% of the Indian population is Hindu. Supporters of Hinduism (apart from the Hindus themselves) say that the Hindus are very peaceful. It is also part of their religion to become in higher karma you need to forgive and forget and avoid fight and violence because it is considered an act of evil. They also have to be patient in the religion in their religion and this is also one of the reasons for their peacefulness. Hindus are also known for being very friendly. I remember once I met this Indian women who held a very newly born child in her hands, I love babies very much, so I started staring at the baby and fell in love with it. She noticed how much I was interested in the baby and at once made the baby's face clear for me to see and smiled at me. She suddenly stood up and came up to me and asked me to keep the baby with me for a while till she goes to the bathroom. I thought that it was amazing that a mother could trust keeping her baby with a stranger, and that only shows that she is the type of person thinks that everyone is an angel and who would think like that unless he or she was an angel themselves. I am not stereotyping here of course there are some exceptions in every culture in the world but I am talking about the majority. Not only this situation but so many other situations that I faced with Hindus when I lived in Abu Dhabi proved that they are a very friendly and peaceful people. People who do not support Hinduism criticize it for being a passive religion and too mythical. They also think that being the oldest religion may decrease its validity as a religion. But others could hold this point in the Hinduism's side by saying that it is the origin of all the other religions. For non- believer Hinduism is just a great myth for children like Cinderella, and not religion to live by. Yes Hindus are passive but not in a stupid way, given Ghandi as an example, he knew how to set India free from the British colonization by his beliefs. I am not a Hindu myself but I believe that we should respect other people's beliefs if we want our beliefs to be respected. Besides I feel that they are misunderstood as being passive but simple Hindus respect the respectable one and avoid the disrespectable violent ones, and personally I think it is amazing to save those morals in such a violent world. To control yourself and not get influenced (no matter what your beliefs are whether they are mythical or realistic) as long as they are not with the flow, and you hanged on to them, then you are definitely a strong smart person. I conclude by saying that Hindus are very special, and their peacefulness distinguishes them,