Hinduism what is the meaning of life

This sexual aspect of kama is considered to be a natural part of human instinct and also produces children. Artha means prosperity. To Hindus this means the pursuit of wealth. Many Hindus believe that there are only a few people who do not require material wealth.

Therefore, it is of utmost importance that Hindus attain material wealth as part of attempting to achieve moksha. However, they must not become attached to this wealth. Moksha is the ultimate aim in life for Hindus. It means to be saved salvation. Hear me out. Religions delude a person. They make him rigorous.

Bcoz thei religion prohibits them. There is escape from suffering. If thought Human birth has its advantages. Gods in Heaven thrive for Human birth as knowledge can be possessed by becoming a human. Right now normally people start under Maya illusion created by Vishnu so people find it hard to get salvation. Maya cuases suffering. Another aspect of Hinduism is to get rid of Maya. And that can be done by chanting Hare Krishna Mantra which is most powerful mantra in Hinduism.

The biggest challenge of the life. This book is to help all those who are ready to accept this biggest challenge of how to attain moksh. This article is not well written and shows the author is unclear about Hindu philosophy. All Hindus believe they are inherently divine as opposed to Christians where they are made to believe they are born sinners.

Hindus believe they are all children of God just as the wave belongs to a larger ocean — a human beings belongs to all pervading Brahman. It takes him many births to get enlightened and to realise he is actually one with God, the cycle of re-birth stops and he reaches moksha which is end of cycle of rebirth and finally belongs again to all prevailing -all pervading Brahman!

There is no heaven or hell for Hindus and neither is God an angry -external God. Many Hindus may be too lazy to read Hinduism books and but love to write blogs but the fact that Hindus love all races and are all friendly and are easy going people is because Hindus do not indulge in hierarchy of religions as ultimately all are children of God.

Juneb, you have captured the essence of Hinduism in such beautifully concise form that is so deeply meaningful. I express my sincere thanks. I must acknowledge your innocence Santan Dharma is a natural and eternal human process based on the spirit of enquiry, self enquiry not dogma, no prophets, no specific holy scripture, no commandments, no heaven or hell and no god or gods.

To be a Hindu does not involve conversion or any ritual, not even a agent to convert. It is essentially how one lives from day to day, and how one manages their mind. It has nothing to do with being born in a certain country or religion. The true purpose of human life therefore is to get to know yourself better and better, improve, enlighten and transform, to move from the pleasures of life to experience not joy but Ananda or bliss.

Easily said but perhaps lifetimes to achieve. If you have questions, cell number: direct. Such a great understanding and explanation. I am a Hindu but I hardly know anything abt Hinduism. But I have an interest to learn and I agree this blog is not well written. Fair observation but not really widely taken among practising Hindu. My own view is that.. Humans are not children of God. Derived from God in a relationship that is not akin to parent-child 2. Purpose of life over multiple retry can call it rebirth is to evolve consciousness beyond body to reach back to origin God, creator or Brahman 3.

Karma the Cause-Effect mechanism facilitates my path. The biological evolution is a background process incidentally process of evolution is part of Science…. Gods or demi-gods are other life forms of higher science, technology or consciousness in this process. They are much more evolved than humans 5. He, She or It is the process owner of Karmic cycle and is Sakshki witness or observer 6.

All rituals are i Regulatory methods; ii Psychological mechanisms; iii Adaptation of few historical beliefs of success stories from great Gurus or Prophets ; or iv Some trials or success methods to contact demigods. The entire effort is Quest or investigating the creation. It is less of a fixed doctrine. Dharma-Artha-Kama-Moksha are socio religious doctrine for sustenance of the quest of Liberation or Moksha. Lot of great thought has gone in with very fine detail bottom-up and grand unification top-down.

Postulating multiple universes multiverse is very prolific. It is a great opportunity to be a Hindu. Christians are not made to believe they are sinners,they know they are sinners because they sin every day of their life. They Hindu,s having a sinful nature they do not understand call it something else,anything else to not have to deal with it.

If you can be a happy pedophile ,it shows how deep into the abyss you have gone. The Bible explains where EVil comes from and people find the explanation exactly as they see their hearts when put under the xray of the word of God.

Christians have the perfect FIX for their problem and it was totally provided by the God of the Universe who lives outside and independent of His Creation. He can do with His Creation as He wishes since He made it,set the rules for its operation,rewards and demerits for failure to obey his commands.

SIN is not strictly reflected in Hinduism. There are 2 other terms — Dharma and Adharma; Punya and Paapa. Core tenets I see are: 1. Brahman is absolute truth and it forms an absolute derivative of itself, called Atma Not strictly the same idea as Soul. Atma has consciousness and Brahman has universal consciousness no space-time-context limitation.

Atma takes the body to enhance its limited consciousness towards the eternal Atma Gyana. In this process, the Atma takes many births with a material body to achieve divinity. The universe is driven by this. Every life form is mandated to Karma tasks to survive and to enhance its consciousness. Sinful actions eg. Every life form Atma has an equal and voluntary capacity to attain Brahman. There are no special people in Hinduism.

A free-will determines what everyone chooses to do with their life. Karmic theory determines where the move to. Krishna was questioned in his lifetime and continues to be interrogated today. Numerous examples showcase this eg Kabir, Surdas, Sankaracharya, Valmiki, etc.

Humans are given choice to determine their path of enhancement. There are no wrong or right approaches. That is why there are so many diverse religions embedded within Hinduism. So many Gods and rituals. I started reading this article followed by comments of different people to know the answer for the basic questions. The motionless things are perceived to be dead. Can life be categorised as Active or inactive or there is a different meaning of life in spiritual and religious terms.

LIFE — even after the creation of synthetic life forms, is undefined. It is cyclically described. Life is consciousness — Then the problem shifts to what is consciousness There are two other terms defying definitions or evidence in modern science.

Dark Matter, Dark Energy are these. We are told to believe that these two dominate the universe and determines past, present, and future the buildup of the Universe. What am I without my memory? Everything from my identity, capability, beliefs, relations are all memory-based. As there is no proof of any consciousness after death, life is memory and ends with death. I have been studying and practicing hinduism for the past 3 years now.

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Bhagavad-gita, and suggest that you read them as well as they are highly informative. He taught Kriya Yoga. Seeking kama is also one of the four aspects in hinduism its same as you enjoy a ride on your bicycle early morning,going out for a long journey or sitting at home bieng happy and having fun about it last but not the least kama means enjoyment without replacing moral values i could use that.

Diwali is a festival, a celebration for a great harvest, just enjoy it. Hindus follow the essence of Sanatan Dharma which is not a religion as most people would like to understand it. The idea of dharma is to seek the truth, the ultimate truth which should lead an individual to moksha, or an end to the cycle of birth and death.

Hindus believe in karma and reincarnation which means that unless you reach the point of moksha you are recycled to put it very simply. This creates hatred instead of unity To a Hindu the body is just a shell, a vehicle to contain the self, the jiva atma. The mind is not the self because it only directs the body to carry out functions as it wishes.

The mind needs control and supervision at all times or it easily gets diverted to outward senses like sight, sound, taste and touch. By awareness of looking inwards a degree of control is slowly achieved, a certain amount of self enlightenment may happen and may progressively grow. You could then be on the path of moksha.

Moksha is through Jesus christ. He laid his life on cross so that we may have moksha through him. Try reading bible your eyes will be opened.

Sorry, Sir. I wish it were so easy. Nor do we need any book, for that matter. On the contrary, it is the books that get in the way…. What we need is silence, silence completely free of books or gods or dictates of sutras or endless chapter and verse…. It is the Atma or the soul that is within us is through god. When you feel your breath while sitting in silence is the energy of GOD. Why do people meditate? To find inner peace and knowledge. Inner peace is once self connecting to god. That is where true happiness comes from.

I can figure out you are still on the way of learning about moksha. Humans so far have tried to picture God in their own way without actually knowing who he really is.

Miss Savita may be you have tried a lot of books, scriptures and never found what Moksha really is.. I suggest you please give a try to Bible once try to understand what it says i assure that you will be satisfied reading it..

May God reveal himself to you… wish you all the best. Hello Enosh… I said nothing about not needing God — whatever God means. I said I do not need the Bible, nor any other book, to reach silence. Nor do we need Jesus Christ. There is a massive gulch between a book and God. Do not worry about whether I have read the Bible. I come from a Christian culture and the Bible is in my bones.

I would not recommend Leviticus for a smooth read, however! Or the God herself himself or itself is a non interfering observer. He the process owner of these creation and possible empowered the life to seek the wisdom on its own. I learnt about it as Sakshi — witnesses or scrupulous observer. Hinduism is not Theism no one doctrine binds it. It is a continuum of learning experiencing and elevating. Possibly Jesus is one who achieved such wisdom consciousness.

Buddha is another such. But each of other humans have to discover their own path of salvation. If you need to elevate yourself to God means, is this an effort of yourself or combined effort of God and you? Why do you need to elevate to God? There is no strict direction to this path! From primitive life to forms of present day humans , a hidden conjecture of some advancement is embedded.

There may be really no evidence or measure for such. New research on how many bacteria cells exist on human body, point to the earth being ruled by bacteria? The quest is to attain that. May be it can surely come closer to the seeker! God he, she or it is seen as non interfering observer. Therefore, there is no clear response of it he or she to get closer or farther.

Death is not moksha. Death is only for the body which is bound by law of physics on earth such as gravity, growth and decay. Bible is all about fear so that humble people follow the book, get converted and empower Christianity. The essence of humanity is within you and has to be revealed not by another but yourself. Look within. If you think heaven is a better place to be you should hurry up and go there. Every moment of your life is wasted on earth as you delay. Others would be happy here without you.

Yes we have intelligence, and that intelligence is to choose between good and bad. The road to heaven is very narrow and perhaps only a few reach it in first shot. To me that would mean using a book like Bible is only an aid to open up your mind so that you may look beyond a book.

Lets not forget if the Bible or for that matter any religious book that claims to be written by god himself can only be a hollow claim as the Bible has so many versions and gets revised much too frequently.

Does god do that or is it someone feeling a little uncomfortable about the older version. Friends the mind is god made, the Bible is not. Religion only divides humanity with hatred for those who do not subscribe to THE one exclusive faith. Conversion is for the power hungry and a convenient excuse to eliminate unbelievers one way or another. Christianity and Islam the religions that convert have used this method and fine tuned it to dominate the world. I understand conversion as the greatest sin.

Live in the present not the past or dream of the future. Be open to what this wonderful world has to offer in so many ways. That all is also created by god. Totally agree, Brahm Mishra. All texts, be they Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas or the Bible, are there to point beyond themselves.

There is a problem with the Bible though…. Then, gone is the moon! Now we are stuck with the finger. Its an endless search. The search is for oneness and unity with all there is. Its is called yoga. We must rely, therefore, upon men who are fully fluent in English and Greek to translate.

It is one bible translated in different languages. Its a bread of life to those who hunger for life. The most wonderful part of bible is its says about past, about our present, and the future, future of humankind is written in the bible, You are absolutely wrong if u think i m introducing a religion, no i m not interested in religion either, I m interested in having a relationship, relationship with GOD who created everything and the relationship is through Jesus christ.

Topic was on Moksha salvation and yes i m interest on that, the ultimate peace. Jesus is the prince of peace. All the thoughts of human mind, all the ideas, languages will fade away, But the word of God will stand forever. Have a great day. These versions are merely different, often updated, translations. So, quick! Better hunker down and believe in this Jesus guy, just in case I miss out on eternal life! If there is such a thing as eternal life, it does not come through any person other than oneself — no Jesus, no personal God, but something called moksha, the original topic of this thread.

Hi Savita, Eternal life that comes from Jesus is different from Moksa that you want to attain. Hinduism's most treasured gods -- the Hindu triumvirate of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva -- are givers of creation and life as well as of destruction. Although its complex cosmology is layered, it does encourage four universal goals, or purusharthas, that shape the meanings of life: dharma, artha, kama and moksha.

For Hindus, life's meanings are defined by four goals that play a role in shaping one's karma and samsara. Karma is the belief that every action has a consequence, and a person's karma strives to create a balance between these actions. Karma shapes reincarnation -- the rebirth of one's soul into another physical form -- as a person's actions decide the circumstances of his or her next life.

This cycle of rebirth is called samsara. The ultimate goal in life is to achieve moksha or enlightenment, which ends this cycle of rebirth. Dharma -- meaning virtue, morality or duty -- is one of the four concepts that give meaning to life for a Hindu. Dharma is different for each person, as a Hindu's obligations are wholly dependent on a number of factors, including social position or caste, age and gender.