Topic: The Ramayana

Type of paper:	Book Report
Subject area:	Asian Studies
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 22:40:24
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story, culture, hindu, ramayana, rama, Hindu, India, Hinduism, Sita, Lord Krishna, Ravana

The Ramayana and the core values of Hinduism represented in the Epic
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Hinduism , with its eight hundred million practitioners worldwide is
unique among the world 's major religions because it cannot be traced to
have been founded by any specific individual nor can it be said to have
come about out of any specific historical event . ``It is as diverse as
India itself and is an extraordinary collection of variations and
expansions -some ancient and some more recent (Toropov and Buckles '
What is interesting about Hinduism is that it does not have any
specific one book which its followers can turn to for moral guidance
like the Quran for Muslims or the Bible for Christians . Also , because it
arose from no single person or institution , it is seen as eternal and
unchanging in its existence with believers even regarding it as having
existed forever (Toropov and Buckles .
Such is the case with the complexity of pin-pointing a basis for
Hinduism , its aspects and social implications that it is indeed a chore
to point to a specific work or oral tradition that should be followed .
``It is an ongoing , pragmatic and inspired synthesis , not the product of
any strict ideology or doctrine (Toropov and Buckles ' There are
of course , still various ancient texts that can be considered to support
the existence and traditions of Hinduism .
For many , the Rig Veda , known as the Gayatri manta , equates to what
Hinduism...

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