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Hindu And Buda Essay, Research Paper

The idea of ?religare? or binding oneself back to one?s religion is key to

many religions. In Christianity, we bind our selves back to the truth unveiled

through scripture, myths, tradition, and the church?s teachings. Hinduism,

however has a much different interpretation of the idea of binding oneself back.

There really is not a whom or what that I can put my finger on. We all came from

one God and we must get back to God. But how can one go about doing that? A

Hindu would say to free ourselves from the desires and illusions present here on

Earth. To free ourselves from the material possessions and pleasures would be to

obtain Moksha. Moksha, for Hindus, would be the point of freedom and the

attachment to Brahman. In a way this is extremely ironic, for in the act of

binding oneself back, a Hindu would obtain liberation. To me, these terms seem

directly contradictory, however, this is proof to the fact that our minds cannot

understand certain aspects of religion, and that we are limited. The goal of a

Hindu is to release themselves, but also to gain a complete understanding of

life. By doing this, they are freed from the continuous cycle of reincarnation.

There are, as Huston Smith tells us, four paths to the goal. The yogas are the

specific direction taken to unleash the human potential of Moksha. The goal of

the yogas is to come in to and remain in touch with Brahman. The first way to

God is through knowledge. The three steps taken on this path is learning,

thinking, and the third, a little more complex, consists of separating one?s

material ego form one?s Atman. The second way to God is through love. The love

we show to others can be translated into a love for God. The third path to God

is though work. Through a devotion to one?s work, God can be seen through the

highest rewards if done so wisely. The final Hindu path to God is through

Psychophysical Exercises. In this way, a Hindu experiments with mental exercises

and observing their effects. Not all Hindus take the same path to God, but the

goal is identical. The Buddha made much reform to the path to God. Well, not so

much a reform as perhaps an alternate route. He called this the Middle Path. A

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