Respect
One thing I really like about Hinduism is the fact that it teaches to treat everything – even lifeless objects with respect. Here are a few salient things that a Hindu does as a means of showing respect to other things
- Anytime we buy something new we keep it in front of god as means of thanking him or we perform religious ceremonies as a means of thanking god for what he gave us.
- Anytime we accidentally stomp on something, there is a certain gesture we do to acknowledge that it was wrong.
- We pray everything in nature – Sun, moon etc... We are told to treat nature and everything associated with it with respect
- We always revere our parents and as a matter of fact anybody older than us.
- We have various festive occasions in every calendar year for celebrating and revering both material and immaterial objects.
I am sure all other religions also preach such things. After all religion is a medium for enforcing discipline in life. Isn’t it?
Do you have anything to add to this list?
1 comment:
I think there is also the respect for the young ones, children. I think the respect is mainly because of the absence of ego.
Post a Comment