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From the Hindu perspective, heaven (Sanskrit svarga) and hell are temporary places, where every soul has to live, either for the good deeds which they have done or for the sins which they have committed. There are also significant similarities between Christian and Hindu theology, most notably, both religions present a trinitarian view of God.
Religions provide different ways of dealing with moral dilemmas. For example, there is no absolute prohibition on killing in Hinduism, which recognizes that it "may be inevitable and indeed necessary" in certain circumstances. [21] Christian traditions, view certain acts - such as abortion or divorce - in more absolute terms. In the case of ...
This critique was published in Dharmādharma-parīkṣā-patra (1861), a Hindi-language collection of correspondence between an anonymous British Christian missionary and some Hindus on the relative merits of Hinduism and Christianity. The Hindu pandit, who was a Vaishnava and probably a Bengali, derided Muir as a pakhandi ("heretic" or ...
Figurists promoted the idea that the ancient Chinese knew the truth of Christian revelation and that many of the figures described in Chinese texts are actually figures and concepts from Christianity. Noted parallels include shared flood myths, similarities between Fuxi and Enoch, as well as parallels between Christ and the sages. [40]
Vaidika Dharma is a synecdoche describing the similar philosophies of Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and related groups practiced or founded in the Indian subcontinent. Concepts most of them share in common include karma, caste, reincarnation, mantras, yantras, and darśana. [note 2] Deities in Hinduism are referred to as Deva (masculine) and Devi ...
The problem of evil, in the context of karma, has been long discussed in Indian religions including Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, both in its theistic and non-theistic schools; for example, in Uttara Mīmāṃsā Sutras Book 2 Chapter 1; [146] [147] the 8th-century arguments by Adi Sankara in Brahmasutrabhasya where he posits that God cannot ...
Symbols commonly associated with six of the religions labelled "world religions": clockwise from the top, these represent Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Christianity. Based on projections from the Pew Research Center, this data visualization uses circles (each representing 0.23 billion people) to show the changing religious ...
This category is for articles about interfaith dialogue, religious pluralism and ecumenism between Christianity and Hinduism. For articles and categories involving both religions, use Category:Christianity and Hinduism .