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HINDUISM---ITS
NATURE AND ESSENCE.
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IDEALS REPRESENTED BY LEGENDARY CHARACTERS IN
HINDUISM SCRIPTURES)
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KUNTHI:
Wished a life of unending misery
andmisfortune to keep the presence of God
always in her mental image.
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YUDHISSHTIRA:
refused to enter the gates of Heaven till
permission was granted to a dog that
accompanied him till the end. (Also wished the
restoration of the life of his youngest
stepbrother Sahadeva.)
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KARNA:
gave every thing till the last breath including the
accumulated virtues
inclusive of his
life-long merits.
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HARISCHANDRA:
Prepared to sacrificing his all—kingdom, family life,
comforts etc to defend his pledged words.
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RAJA
SIBI: prepared to sacrifice his very life to save the life
of a bird.
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HANUMAN:
Rejected even the precious gift of necklace offered with
love by Sita as he considered nothing more precious
than the memory and name of his Lord Sri Rama.
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ARJUNA:
Wanted only the company and personal attendance of
KRISHNA.
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RAMA:
THE PERFECTION OF HUMAN LIFE: Endowed with all the sixteen
aspects f human ideals.
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Hinduism
is a way of Life. It is an approach, an outlook and an
attitude to the problems of every day life.
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Its
origins are buried in ageless times.
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It
has neither a founder nor a book tracing its origins and
prescriptions. The VEDAS are only the earliest extant
works handed over by oral traditions and
explain only the longings and the evolution of the early
Aryan immigrants in to India.
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It
is characterized by its flexible approach and has room for
all forms, norms and attitudes. There are references to Atheism also
in Rig Veda.
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Every
form of worship and all religious belief systems are
recognised as long as they ensure a life of MORALITY and
FAITH in a supreme POWER.
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