Hinduism Vs Judaism With hardly any common ground to share Hinduism and Judaism remain two of the more dominate yet distinct religions of our time. Hinduism dates back to almost 3000 BCE while Judaism originated in 1300 BCE according to traditions. These religions happen to be two of the most well-known and historic religious with millions of followers all over the world. In terms of the scriptures, Hindus refer to Vedas, Upanishad, Puranas, Bhagavad Gita while the Jews consider Tanakh (The Jewish bible) and Torah (Scrolls) as their religious texts. The language of the original texts is also different their origin languages are different. Also, the two religions differ in their fundamental religious beliefs, Jews strictly believe in one God and have no exception to that belief.
This idea is also expressed in Hindu religion because they also claim to believe in God however there is more than one in their religion of practice. The one main God that Hindus are taught to believe in is Brahma, the Creator. The first member of the Hindu trinity, he is called the creator because he periodically creates everything in the universe. The second member of the Hindu trinity is Vishnu, The preserver. Vishnu is one of the three main gods in Hinduism.
Vaishnavas believe that Vishnu is the highest God. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he protects the earth from being destroyed and keeps it going. The third God in the Hindu trinity is Shiva, the Destroyer. Shiva is tasked with destroying the universe in order to prepare for its renewal at the end of each cycle of time. While in Judaism, rather then believing in separate Gods that control different aspects of life and the world, they only believe in one. One God who creates, preserves and destroys all in one. Along with believing in different Gods for different purposes, the way these two religions worship and pray to these God’s are along different lines.
In Judaism, typically when planning to pray, Jews would visit a synagogue, synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of prayer, Tanakh reading, study and worship however, a synagogue is not necessary for worship. Worship can also be carried out alone or with however many people wish to join. Jewish daily worship centers around prayer. In practice prayers are said three times a day: in the morning shortly after waking up, in the afternoon, and in the evening shortly before heading to sleep.Pujas refers to all forms of Hindu worship: prayers, prayer rituals, and offerings. They can be simple acts by worshipers at a temple or extreme rituals performed with the help of Brahmin priests to mark special life cycle event. They usually involve chanting, bowing and leaving offerings before images of Gods. Offerings, placed in front of images of Gods can include flowers, flower petals, , morsels of food, colored powder, uncooked rice, fruit, milk, yogurt, water, and bells.
Many people light oil lamps as well. Sometimes the offerings are made to the sound of chants or beating drums, ringing bells, and blowing horns. This can happen in a home or in a Hindu temple. Family members often worship together.
Rituals should be performed three times a day. A final difference between the two diverse religions is dietary practices, Hinduism. A lactovegetarian diet is followed by many Hindus not all, these practices include, no meat, poultry or fish, no eggs, but milk products are allowed. Beef is prohibited, as the cow is considered sacred, they believe this as the cows provides us life sustaining milk.
The Jews have a similar dietary practice which is called kosher, although not all Jews follow the kosher laws, it is still apart of religion most do Hinduism Vs Judaism With hardly any common ground to share Hinduism and Judaism remain two of the more dominate yet distinct religions of our time. Hinduism dates back to almost 3000 BCE while Judaism originated in 1300 BCE according to traditions. These religions happen to be two of the most well-known and historic religious with millions of followers all over the world. In terms of the scriptures, Hindus refer to Vedas, Upanishad, Puranas, Bhagavad Gita while the Jews consider Tanakh (The Jewish bible) and Torah (Scrolls) as their religious texts. The language of the original texts is also different their origin languages are different. Also, the two religions differ in their fundamental religious beliefs, Jews strictly believe in one God and have no exception to that belief. This idea is also expressed in Hindu religion because they also claim to believe in God however there is more than one in their religion of practice. The one main God that Hindus are taught to believe in is Brahma, the Creator.
The first member of the Hindu trinity, he is called the creator because he periodically creates everything in the universe. The second member of the Hindu trinity is Vishnu, The preserver. Vishnu is one of the three main gods in Hinduism. Vaishnavas believe that Vishnu is the highest God. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he protects the earth from being destroyed and keeps it going. The third God in the Hindu trinity is Shiva, the Destroyer. Shiva is tasked with destroying the universe in order to prepare for its renewal at the end of each cycle of time.
While in Judaism, rather then believing in separate Gods that control different aspects of life and the world, they only believe in one. One God who creates, preserves and destroys all in one. Along with believing in different Gods for different purposes, the way these two religions worship and pray to these God’s are along different lines. In Judaism, typically when planning to pray, Jews would visit a synagogue, synagogues are consecrated spaces used for the purpose of prayer, Tanakh reading, study and worship however, a synagogue is not necessary for worship. Worship can also be carried out alone or with however many people wish to join. Jewish daily worship centers around prayer.
In practice prayers are said three times a day: in the morning shortly after waking up, in the afternoon, and in the evening shortly before heading to sleep.Pujas refers to all forms of Hindu worship: prayers, prayer rituals, and offerings. They can be simple acts by worshipers at a temple or extreme rituals performed with the help of Brahmin priests to mark special life cycle event. They usually involve chanting, bowing and leaving offerings before images of Gods. Offerings, placed in front of images of Gods can include flowers, flower petals, , morsels of food, colored powder, uncooked rice, fruit, milk, yogurt, water, and bells. Many people light oil lamps as well.
Sometimes the offerings are made to the sound of chants or beating drums, ringing bells, and blowing horns. This can happen in a home or in a Hindu temple. Family members often worship together.
Rituals should be performed three times a day. A final difference between the two diverse religions is dietary practices, Hinduism. A lactovegetarian diet is followed by many Hindus not all, these practices include, no meat, poultry or fish, no eggs, but milk products are allowed. Beef is prohibited, as the cow is considered sacred, they believe this as the cows provides us life sustaining milk.The Jews have a similar dietary practice which is called kosher, although not all Jews follow the kosher laws, it is still apart of religion most do
