The word hindu is an exonym and while hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world many practitioners refer to their religion as sanātana dharma the eternal way which refers to the idea. It is the world s third largest religion with over 1 25 billion followers or 15 16 of the global population known as hindus. Hinduism is an indian religion and dharma or way of life.
Death causes impurity because upon death the divinities deities of the organs who are present in the body leave the it and accompany the breath prana to the mid region from where they return to their respective spheres. Death is symbolized in hinduism as an impurity poison time serpent and divinities. Time consumes everything from the tiniest atom to all those mighty universes in the material world.
Krishna says in the bhagavad gita that he is death in the form of time. The concept of death in sanatana dharma hindu religion is dealt comprehensively in the bhagavad gita. Implications for therapeutic process lack of cultural competence can have serious consequences on therapeutic effects especially when clinicians work.
Request pdf concept of death in hinduism. Hinduism teaches that through enlightened knowledge the cycle can be broken. Life after death most hindus believe that humans are in a cycle of death and rebirth called samsara.
Among the collected hymns of the rigveda which may date from 1500 bc and probably constitute the earliest known book in the world there is a song of creation death was not there it states nor was there aught immortal the world was a total void except for one thing breathless yet breathed by its own nature this is the first recorded. Death death hinduism. As death nears and a person begins to lose consciousness the self gathers up the breaths pranas and the deities devatas hidden in the organs of the body and enters into the heart hridayam.
According to the hinduism upon death a soul or self proceeds along one of the three paths suggested in the vedas.
