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Religion In Nepal |
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Nepal is
regarded as the only Hindu Kingdom. Officially, large number of
the population is believed as the followers of Hinduism. It is
believed as the oldest religion and guided by the oral tradition
for long time. For Hindus Himalayas has been described in the
Epics as the playground of the Gods and Goddesses. They believe
in the numbers of Gods and Goddesses. Sacrifice of the animal is
interesting feature of the Hindu practice. They think that they
should make the ferocious God and Goddess happy with the
sacrifice of the animals. They have lots of different aspects
and faiths that their lives generally guiding so they all the
time try to be close with the gods and goddess. Second place in
the country is occupied by Buddhism.
It is dominant in the northern side of the country. It was
founded some 2600 yrs back by the lord Buddha who was Prince of
the southern part of the present Nepal. To get rid from the
sufferings from this world was the key concern for him, who then
set to achieve the solution, had meditated and Enlightened .He
became the Buddha and then started to preach about his
achievement as four noble truth to get rid from the suffering .
The goal of the life in Buddhism is to get Nirvana or the state
of supreme bliss. In the southern part there is some number of
the Islam. The practices of Animism and Shamanism are another
type of practice which is very rare with the modern attack in
the society .Now the increasing numbers of the Christianity
belief shows its influence upon Nepalese. In fact Hinduism and
Buddhism exist side by side along with others and showing the
perfect harmony of the religious practices
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