Hinduism as a Religion

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Hinduism, or Santana Dharma, is thought to be over thousands of years old. This paper examines how Hinduism can be considered to be a way of life instead of a united religion because it is comprised of so many beliefs, rituals, principles and philosophies.

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"The major structure or framework of Hinduism is comprised of three different groupings: Saktas who worships a Mother Goddess, Saivites who worship the god Siva, and Vaishnavites who worship the god Vishnu and most Hindus will devote to their own individual deity but will honor them all (Fisher, 2005). At the status of village level, most female deities are shown as stones or a tree and they are not thought of as taking on a human shape. The status of upper class goddesses have temples made for worship and the lower class were prohibited from the temples. One of these goddesses is Durga and is often to have a soft, beautiful face but has 10 arms that yield swords and other weapons to diminish evil. She also rides a lion (Fisher, 2005)."

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