Hindus do not have one "Holy Book" like many other religions, but many texts including the four Vedas along with their Upanishads, called the "Sruti", several Dharma Sasthras or Smrutis, Ithihasas and Puranas including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. ... Here please note that unlike the other major world religions, Hindus also see the Supreme as Mother, including as Sri Meenakshi, as Visalakshi, as Kamakshi and as many other names of Sakthi. ... (No such thing as a free lunch.) -- Hindus strive to follow Karma Yoga which is Doing one's own duty without expectation of any rewards for it....

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In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... Even though Douglass states how religion was used in a negative way towards the slaves in his book, he does however differentiate Christianity identity. ... Douglass is, therefore, strengthened in his fight for freedom because he understands that his true nature through the will of God is to be spiritually, mentally and physically free. In the same way, author Booker T. ... He states: The old preacher could go no furth...

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Another example is Joseph (son of Jacob) Jacob had twelve sons- Joseph the youngest and favorite to his father – envied by his brothers- dreams- taking food for brothers- sold to Egyptians-slave-from dearest son to a slave-lost even the identity as a free man- blessed in Potiphar's house-In charge of the house- Potiphar's wife- false accusation- again lost everything- in the prison- Kings dream- revealing the secret-next to Pharaoh- Better than what was previous. ... (food-clothing-shelter) - Consider who can help (interpersonal), community (Friends, Relatives), Spiritual (Chu...

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It is through this period of sleep that Raskolnikov is transformed and rebirthed as an individual who is free from his past sins. ... Dostoevsky refers to Sonya throughout the book as a child, emphasizing her innocence and gentleness. ... Dostoevsky also notes Sonya as a dove when Marmelodov is talking again, "My little Dove" (28). ...

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O'Connor describes the appearance of Grandmother's "leathery thin face " and the trousers of Red Sam whose "stomach hung over them like a sack of meal swaying under his shirt " ("A Good Man..."" 34, 37).The characters appear this way to foster the shock that O'Connor intends, and Enjolras notes it as the hallmark of her writing (8-9). ... Freeman's name is ironic because she is burdened by the land that she works, so is not really free. ... (O'Connor, Habit 334) In his book, American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque, Anthony Di Renzo comp...

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