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The Arabic word for God (Allāh) depicted as being written on the rememberer's heart. Dhikr (Arabic: ذِكْر; [a] / ð ɪ k r /; lit. ' remembrance, reminder, [4] mention [5] ') is a form of Islamic worship in which phrases or prayers are repeatedly recited for the purpose of remembering God.
Zikrism (also Zikriyya) [1] [2] is a Mahdist Shia minority Muslim group or sect found primarily in the Balochistan region of western Pakistan.The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word Dhikr.
Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ˌ ɪ z əm /) [1] is an umbrella term [2] [3] [a] for a range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions (sampradayas) [4] [note 1] that are unified by adherence to the concept of dharma, a cosmic order maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, [5] [6] [7] [b] as first expounded in the Vedas.
Hinduism considers pilgrimage as helpful for one's spiritual development. [48] According to Karel Werner's Popular Dictionary of Hinduism, "most Hindu places of pilgrimage are associated with legendary events from the lives of various gods. Almost any place can become a focus for pilgrimage, but in most cases they are sacred cities, rivers ...
Hindu rituals after death, including Vedic rituals after death, are ceremonial rituals in Hinduism, one of the samskaras (rite of passage) based on Vedas and other Hindu texts, performed after the death of a human being for their moksha and consequent ascendance to Svarga (heaven). Some of these vary across the spectrum of Hindu society.
[a] She is worshiped in the form of a mystical diagram (Sanskrit: yantra), a central focus and ritual object composed of nine intersecting triangles, called the Shri Yantra or Śrī Cakra. [3] The south Indian tradition of Sri Vidya generally focuses on Lalitā Tripurasundarī (Beautiful Goddess of the Three Worlds) as the main form of Mahadevi.
Encyclopedia of Hinduism, 1st ed., 2012, is a comprehensive, multi-volume, English language encyclopedia of Hinduism, comprising Sanātana Dharma, a Sanskrit phrase, meaning "the eternal law", or the "eternal way", that is used to refer to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. [1]
After the successful completion of shanti, the kranti rituals, which signify the transition into a new life, most prominently include a ceremonial wedding and the reaffirmation of kalyana (marriage). Shashtipurti is regarded to signify a bridge between the householder's domestic concerns and vanaprastha 's (the third stage of life) spiritual ...