ET Bureau. Visitors to India are told they must follow one rule: only use your right hand. The left, they are told, is used for ablutions, a euphemism whose archaic sound makes it sound all the more imperative. Hindus, Muslims and Christians all apparently agree that leading with your left is simply abhorrent.Aug 10, 2014
When we receive Prasad, also, the tradition in India is to take it with the right hand, which resonates with sympathetic responses so that we can reciprocate the feeling of joy of the giver.Apr 23, 2018
Hindus believe that charity, or dana , is important. This is because helping others is helping Brahman , as all living things have an atman , or piece of Brahman, within them. Selfless charitable acts are seen as examples of Karma yoga .
For Hindus, dana (giving) is an important part of one's dharma (religious duty). Dharma has a wide variety of meanings such as eternal law, duty, conduct, behaviour, morality and righteousness. Each person has a dharma towards family, society, the world and all living things.Sep 1, 2001
New Delhi: In Hindu temples, prasad is offered by priests to devotees as holy offerings from the god or goddess, as the case may be.Apr 15, 2014
In the Hindu religion, food is offered to God during rituals or puja at home or temple. Eating of prasad after offering it to God is considered as holy and divine gifts from the Gods that are seen as blessings and something that one must not refuse.Aug 20, 2019
Hinduism reinforced a strict social hierarchy called a caste system that made it nearly impossible for people to move outside of their social station. Emperors during the Gupta empire used Hinduism as a unifying religion and focused on Hinduism as a means for personal salvation.
According to Parāśara Smriti 2:13:– One should pay 16.67% as tax, donate 5% to the gods/temples and 3% to the brahmins. According to Manu 2% Gov. tax on cattle and gold and 16.67% on all other produce. (According to Apastamba all women are free from tax.)
Four major traditions are, however, used in scholarly studies: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism. These are sometimes referred to as the denominations of Hinduism, and they differ in the primary deity at the centre of the tradition.
Hinduism and organ donation No religious law prohibits Hindus from donating their organs and tissues. Life after death is a strong belief of Hindus and is an ongoing process of rebirth. This could be seen as reflecting positively on the concept of organ donation and transplantation.Oct 15, 2003
Jehovah's Witnesses are often assumed to be opposed to donation because of their belief against blood transfusion. However, this merely means that all blood must be removed from the organs and tissues before being transplanted. (Office of Public Information for Jehovah's Witnesses, October 20, 2005.)
Hindu legends have numerous examples of organ donation and transplantation , so this concept is actually embedded deep in the Hindu psyche. Kannapa , a tribal hunter , was a devoted follower of Lord Shiva. Once a priest at a temple objected to his offering meat to a Siva Linga(symbol of lord siva).