Law of karma In Hinduism your perpetual soul’s future and the quality of your rebirth and progress towards liberation depend on your actions in life. The law of karma states that every event has a cause and effect, and every cause has a destiny. It signifies the interplay between fate and free will. Hindus are not fatalists who believe that humans have no freedom, are subject to preordained for...

State Shintoism and Buddhist Persecution. THAT THE MEI]I RESTORATION \'\'AS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A COMbination of forces (such as the development of commerce, industry and capitalism) which were united under the slogan of the Restoration of· Imperial Rule which, in turn, was concocted bv the students of the Hirata School of Shintoism under the impending atmosphere of \'V'estern encroachment to the ...

Cows are still considered holy to the people of the Hindu faith across the Indian subcontinent. In this paper, the authors discuss details of the religious, historical, economic, cultural and sociological significance of the sacred cow in Hinduism. The authors also suggest options to use the sacred cow for the enhancement of eco-friendly living in India in the near future.

This paper focusses on two popular book projects that sought to communicate Buddhism’s variety and complexity non-specialists. The first emerged from a radio series the author was asked write present for BBC World Service in mid-1990s, entitled Way of Buddha. A followed, published by Oneworld. second an edited also slotted into series, Equinox - Buddhism 5 Minutes. is exercise self-reflexivity,...

BACKGROUND The influence of religion on demographic behaviors has been extensively studied mainly for Abrahamic religions. Although Buddhism is the world ́s fourth largest religion and is dominant in several Asian nations experiencing very low fertility, the impact of Buddhism on childbearing has received comparatively little research attention. OBJECTIVE This paper draws upon a variety of data ...

dukkha as the most important teaching of buddhism has passed a different process during buddhism history and its schools, with respect to the reality of the suffering and the salvation. in early teachings of buddha and in the form of four noble truths, it is emphasized and forms special philosophical and ideological system, especially in travada tradition. but this doctrine in the tradition of ...