Hinduism
Title: Hinduism
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 801 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hinduism
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 801 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hinduism
In his section on Hinduism, Huston Smith discusses the Hindu belief in how they can obtain
the fullness of human potential. There are four different "paths" or yogas Hindus may take to reach
their goal of uniting with God. They have different paths for different types of people who choose
to follow them. Jnana yoga is for more reflective individuals, bhakti is for those whose emotions,
more particularly love, drives them to become closer
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aware of their self. Step eight they are no
longer aware of the object and as Smith states "is confronted with total being."
Smith then states that Hinduism believes that everyone has a part of every yoga in them, but
one may move faster towards God on one path than on another. They are also encouraged to try all
of the yogas and possibly combine them into whatever will help them move faster to God.