Key Beliefs

               Today we are going to learn about the key beliefs of Hinduism. Hindu’s believe that Brahman is the life force of the Universe and that he is manifested as the many Hindu gods and goddesses. Gods just got a lot more difficult, so let’s recap. There are millions of gods, and each person gets to choose which god or goddess they worship but Brahman is manifested as many of the Hindu gods and goddesses. I think I’m beginning to get this religion now. Hinduism is kind of like Catholicism, with both religions having one main being, a head honcho. Brahman is present in the universe and makes everything what it is, just as God created the universe and is always with us in Catholicism. Hindu’s also believe in reincarnation, this is the idea that once we die our souls move on to another body. Personally I think this idea is wonderful, it causes people to think before they act in their present life, in order to be reincarnated into something or someone greater. The goal of every Hindu is to break out of the cycle of reincarnation so their soul can become part of Brahman (this is called Moksha). This is just more motivation to do good deeds, I see this as a way for people to better themselves. If more people believed this we would have a more just world. Everyone would be concerned about Karma and the fact that to reach Moksha, we need to break out of the cycle, and to break out of the cycle, one has to do good deeds. In a perfect world, we would always be doing good deeds to achieve Moksha; however this world is nowhere near perfect. So people may take advantage of the idea of reincarnation, by doing bad things in this life, just because they know that they will be reborn again. Nonetheless with the good comes the bad, and we can’t always get what we want.