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The Hindu religion is one of the most interesting religions out there; it has been around for thousands of years. The religion consists of several gods and different ways of worship. Like many religions there are many old traditions as well as newer transitions. It is uncommon for a Hindu to follow all of the traditions.
Yoga is considered a form of worship, it is done to find and focus on the inner sprit. There are many different types of yoga that one can practice. Other acts of worship include but are not limited to prayer, the cleansing of the body as well as the sprit, offering flowers to the gods, burning incants, and worshiping particular idols. The idols represent various gods and what they are the gods of.
Hindu’s are nonviolent people who will not kill any thing because they believe in reincarnation. I find this very interesting Hindu people do not believe in Heaven or hell but they believe that when you die you will come back as something else, their fore they refuse to kill anything because they could be killing a former family member.
Hindus worship in temples most of which are located in India. Along with reincarnation another interesting aspect of Hinduism is karma or the adding up of good and bad deeds, and balancing them out. Karma is able to follow you into your next life. So it is very important to do good deeds if not bad things will come your way.
One thing that is common with various other religions is celibacy until marriage I wonder if the youth or young adults have the same problem with this as us Americans do. The Hindu religion has a long history as well as many bright and exciting traditions.
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