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is a unique religion that embodies an enormous range of spiritual customs. Although many of these practices differ from my own personal beliefs, the information that I have attained during my studies in the classroom permits me to give substantial respect for th ....

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.... person you marry. The many people among these various castes are still encouraged to live a very religious life marked by certain religious/social stages in life. The Hindu beliefs in stages of life are more religious then the western philosophies of life stages. Hindu’s believe that the earliest stage of life begins around eight years old and last till around twenty, in this time period the person is “laying the religious foundation for life” (Malloy 72). Just about the same time as the ending of the Hindu’s first stage, the next begins with a prearranged marriage and ends with the “person fulfilling the demands of society by raising chi ....