* Rabindranath Tagore ( 1861 – 1941 ), nicknamed ' Rabi ', Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj ( syncretic Hindu monotheist ) philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist

Philosophical conceptions of qi from the earliest records of Chinese philosophy ( 5th century BCE ) correspond to Western notions of humours and the ancient Hindu yogic concept of prana, meaning " life force " in Sanskrit.

Once granted an honored place in Hindu society because they were thought to possess divine powers, the hijras have lost status as Western notions of gender and sexual identity have crept into Indian culture.

It was seen as " something akin to the Hindu notions of ātman ( permanent, invariant self ) and ( primordial substrative nature from which all mental, emotional and physical things evolve ).

Several Yogācāra notions basic to the Abhidharma wing Yogācāra came under severe attack by other Buddhists, especially the notion of ālaya-vijñāna, which was denounced as something akin to the Hindu notions of ātman ( permanent, invariant self ) and ( primordial substrative nature from which all mental, emotional and physical things evolve ).

Taboo, another documentary presented by Kanga, explored religion and disability-for instance, the Hindu notions of karma-exploring how religion can exclude and patronise people of disability.

Kanga publicly rejected Hindu notions of karma ( laying responsibility for suffering at what humans may have done in their last birth ) often foisted on disabled people.

In the Hindu religion, Brahman ( Devanāgarī: ब ् रह ् मन ् bráhman ) is the eternal, unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe.

In Hindu philosophy, it is union with the Brahman ( Supreme Being ).

According to the Hindu philosophy the essence of God or Brahman can never be understood or known since Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally ' understands ' a given concept or object.

Within Hindu philosophy, there is a solid and ancient tradition of philosophical speculation on the nature of the universe, of God ( termed " Brahman " in some schools of Hindu thought ) and of the Atman ( soul ).

Buddhists do not worship Brahma ( a Hindu deity ) or " Deva " ( an ancient South Asian term for a deity, today meaning either a Hindi translation of the English " God "/ Latin " Deus " concept Christian Indians tend to use the term " Parameshvara " or " Supreme Creator God " for the Christian God the Father or a synonym for the ancient South Asian concept of Brahman ).

Because of the Hindu traditions of Vedanta and Upanishads, and the prominent Hindu theological perspective that there is a single Reality ( Brahman ) from which the world arises, Hindus eventually have been included as dhimmis.

Though his vocabulary is replete with Hindu spiritual concepts, such as Brahman, karma and reincarnation, he vehemently opposed dogmas, both in Hinduism and in Islam.

At the top of the Hindu philosophy is the formless, undefined Brahman, from whom / which come the different forms and deities, the foremost of which is the Trimurti: Brahma ( the creator ), Vishnu ( the sustainer ) and Shiva ( the destroyer ), and their individual ' Shakti ' ( commonly defined as their wives, but also goddesses in their own right ): Saraswati the goddess of learning, Lakshmi the goddess of all forms of wealth, and Parvati ( also known as Durga, Shakti, Ambika ) the goddess of courage and power.

Conversely, a Hindu may follow the Dvaita philosophy which stresses that Brahman and the soul are not the same.

; 379: In India, the Hindu king Sira Primal, also known as Iru Brahman, issued what was engraved on a tablet of brass, his permission to Jews to live freely, build synagogue, own property without conditions attached and as long as the world and moon exist.

First, you take form of a plant, then if you have led a good life as a plant, you move on to being an insect, then if you lead another good life, you are and animal, then human, then a BRAHMIN until you have a moksha, when you break out of the cycle and go to be with the Hindu God, Brahman, which is what every Hindu hopes to achieve.

For the authors of the Hindu scriptures of the Upanishads, the syllable Om, itself constituting a mantra, represents Brahman, the godhead, as well as the whole of creation.

Spare used the term " Kia ", which he pronounced keah or keer, to refer to a universal mind or ultimate power, akin to the Hindu idea of Brahman or the Taoist idea of the Tao.

Ultimately, however, the Universal Spirit, the Param-atman, the Brahman ( not to be confused with brahmin, a social class / caste ), or Bhagvan reigns supreme, as one divine entity, in Hindu theology.

Major faiths commonly devote significant philosophical efforts to explaining the relationship between immanence and transcendence, but these efforts run the gamut from casting immanence as a characteristic of a transcendent God ( common in Abrahamic faiths ) to subsuming transcendent personal gods in a greater immanent being ( Hindu Brahman ) to approaching the question of transcendence as something which can only be answered through an appraisal of immanence.

He united various sects of Hinduism under on umbrella by accepting all the major Hindu deities as forms of the one Brahman.

Since he was a member of the influential Brahman caste ( the highest-ranking caste ), it is reasonable to assume that he supported caste distinctions, and the Guptas may have been responsible for the emergence of Brahmanism as a theological system as well as a code of social behaviour, which was carried into present Hindu society.

* Brahman (, literally " growth ", also " pious utterance, prayer ", n .) is the Hindu idea of the formless transcendental immanent Divine, often in English called " the Brahman ".

Ancient Hindu texts specify an age for the Upanayana ceremony based on the caste ( 8 for Brahmins, 11 for Kshathriyas, 12 for Vaishyas ( Manu Smriti sloka 2: 36 )) Upanayanam marks the start of learning of " Brahman " and Vedic texts.

The name in the Hindu zodiac is likewise kumbha " water-pitcher ", showing that the zodiac reached India via Greek intermediaries.

It is celebrated likewise with much fervour in various parts of India, especially the Himalayan region, but is celebrated in various forms throughout the Hindu universe.

This has led some archaeologists to believe that there was never serious conflict concerning religion in Java as it was possible for a Hindu king to patronize the establishment of a Buddhist monument ; or for a Buddhist king to act likewise.

Many Hindu gods are likewise worshipped by Burmese Buddhists, including Saraswati ( known as Thuyathadi in Burmese ), the goddess of knowledge, who is often worshipped before examinations.

Thus Badakhshan reached out an arm into the Pamirs eastwards-bottle-shaped-narrow at the neck ( represented by the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush ), and swelling out eastwards so as to include a part of the great and little Pamirs.

When reports reached Patel that large groups of Sikhs were preparing to attack Muslim convoys heading for Pakistan, Patel hurried to Amritsar and met Sikh and Hindu leaders.

It was in this context that fears of a Buddhist or Jain takeover spurred a large Hindu revival that reached its peak in the 7th century and continued nearly into the 2nd millennium.

Alexander the great after conquering Iran and passing through the Hindu Kush, reached the Punjab and came to the River Biyas and then turned back from there.

Hindu influences has reached Sundanese people as early as 4th century AD as evident in Tarumanagara inscriptions.

In Geert Hofstede ’ s terms Europe can, to a large extend, be considered an individualistic civilization ( i. e. a rather direct and analytic style is preferred, important points are mentioned before an explanation or illustration in an argument, decisions are based on compromise or the majority ’ s vote ); in contrast, the Sinic ( Chinese ), Japanese, Arabic and Hindu ( Indian ) civilizations are collectivistic ( i. e. a rather indirect and synthetic style is used, explanations and illustrations are mentioned before the essential point of an argument, decisions are reached through consent ).

Hindu influences reached the Indonesian Archipelago as early as first century.

When news of this reached Lucknow, Lawrence recognised the gravity of the crisis and summoned from their homes two bodies of pensioners, one of sepoys and one of artillerymen, to whose loyalty, and to that of the Sikh and some Hindu sepoys, the successful defence of the Residency was largely due.

Finally, through the Iron Gates of Termit, over the Amu Darya, and by way of Balkh and northern Afghanistan, Changchun reached Genghis ' camp near the Hindu Kush.

When the goal is reached the Christian, the Jew, the Islamist, the Hindu, and the Buddhist realize that each has worshiped the same Reality.

In the General elections of 2007, the Hindu Yuva Vahini was at one point contemplating running the elections on its own, but finally a compromise was reached with the BJP.

On 26 May 2008, the Government of India and the state government of Jammu and Kashmir reached an agreement to transfer of forest land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board ( SASB ) to set up temporary shelters and facilities for Hindu pilgrims.

The Aśvakas, according to Hindu tradition, were resident in the eastern parts of modern Afghanistan, south of Hindu Kush and their population reached up to the Indus River and to parts of Punjab in Pakistan.

The school reached its height c. 700 CE, and for some time in the Early Middle Ages exerted near-dominant influence on learned Hindu thought.