ANIMISM and HINDUISM

Suffering

UNDERGOING PAIN, DISTRESS, OR HARDSHIP

Animism

• This belief has no god but the presence of Suffering shows that some forces had not been pleased.

• There is no Heaven and Hell.

• But there are spirits and souls of the Dead

Hinduism

There is God BUT we are all part of this god

Hinduism

When we got separated from our godship

Avatar

a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth

Hinduism

• When we got separated from our godship

• to be reincarnated as other beings like humans (Avatar)

• we start the long journey to become part of god again

• Hence, we suffer

Suffering

This is a negative karma

Karma

the consequence of every action

samsara

This karma governed _______/rebirth

Good karma

comes from living a good, productive, positive life, and etc

Bad karma

a result of living a life of vices, bitterness, excess (Pleasures), and etc.

Moksha

• “Liberation from the cycle of existence (samsara)”--Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

• “release from the finitude that restricts us from the limitless being, consciousness, and bliss to our hearts desire”--Huston Smith