Prayer and Fasting: Traditions That Cross the Barriar of Religions

In today's world, there are hundreds of religions with thousands of traditions and customs. Many of these religions share the same roots, but there are so many differences over the years, the only thing in common that is common to them is the god they worship. Observing the two major religions in India, Hinduism and Buddhism, you can see some similarities like polytheistic worship. There is nothing in common. Indeed, Buddhism and Hinduism have a common main roots.

The most common symptoms of religion can be seen through prayers, rituals and traditions practiced by specific religious sects. The most important religions in the world include Catholic, Muslim, Judaism, Hinduism. Other religions like Protestant are chapters of the Catholic Church. There are still controversial things such as Confucianism and Buddhism. Some people think that they are religious, others are opposed. The problem is how other people are recognized as religion and others are still ambiguous.

Religious ceremonies are standardized and repeated activities. It involves manipulating religious symbols such as prayer, sacrifice, sacred text reading. Rituals usually include a tradition of religious provisions that can be determined regularly, on specific occasions, or by individuals and communities. Anthropologists have found ceremonies all over the world in all cultures. Among its most fundamental elements, rituals are one of many cultural universals, but cross-cultural differences in form, content and social function are often large. For example, in the Hindu ritual that the temple is worshiped every day, it repeats the same simple daily routine every night before the gods fall asleep.

Nath (2007) defines religion as a group of general beliefs and practices normally held by a group of people, often written as prayers, ceremonies, and religious laws. Personal Not only beliefs and mysterious experiences but also discussions on cultural influence on economic behavior began with classical economists such as Adam Smith and John Mill who used cultures to explain economic phenomena It was. The former 'moral emotion theory' argues that culture is an important element in explaining the wealth of the people, but later that cultural behavior is more important than the pursuit of personal interests Conceivable. Instead, Karl Marx argues that technical changes determine the dominant structure in culture. It is "handmade feudal society, steam factory to create capitalism" (Marx 1859)