WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Hindus believe that an enlightened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute, as are personal discipline, good conduct, purification, pilgrimage, self-inquiry, meditation and surrender in God.

Detailed explanation-2: -Samadhi or Nishta is the state of transcendence when intuitive awareness of Brahman alone prevails. In this state, the soul experiences its own self, which is of the essence of the eternally blissful, pure consciousness, unaffected by all that is physical, pointed out Srimati Uma Bala Subramaniam in a discourse.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Hindu views the entire universe as God’s and everything in the universe as God. Hindus believe that each person is intrinsically divine and the purpose of life is to seek and realise the divinity within all of us. The Hindu belief is totally non-exclusive and accepts all other faiths and religious paths.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hindus believe that there are four goals in human life: kama, the pursuit of pleasure; artha, the pursuit of material success; dharma, leading a just and good life; and moksha, enlightenment, which frees a person from suffering and unites the individual soul with Brahman.