RELI 100 Chapter 1: Hinduism E Book Notes
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"duty" to act appropriately, to act so that righteousness is achieved: not for your own benefit, but for the protection of the dharma. These are just guidelines that hindus strive to observe. Ok then: karma - repercussions of your actions, there really are no set rules for hinduism, you just kind of do you own thing and believe in god and they don"t really care how to practice it. It is a rulers job to oversee and improve administrations and legal processes: modern india is secular; a democracy with hindu characteristics, nepal is the only hindu kingdom in the world. Its strongly believed that you should stay pure until marriage: but they also believe there is a place for sexual pleasure, kama - sexual pleasure. It is ok to have se before marriage if marriage will follow. Lots of different ways to get divorced, if the women is not happy, if the women has no sons.