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A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community. Rituals are characterized, but not defined, by formalism, traditionalism, invariance, rule-governance, sacral symbolism, and performance.
Major theorists. Journals. Religions. Social and cultural anthropology. v. t. e. A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society.
Dharma (/ ˈ d ɑːr m ə /; Sanskrit: धर्म, pronounced ⓘ) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions, among others.The term dharma is held as an untranslatable into English (or other European languages), it is understood as reference to behaviours which are in harmony with the "order and custom" that sustain life; "virtue", or "religious and moral duties".
Ahimsa: A religious principle of non-violence and respect for all life. Ahimsa (अहिंसा ahiṁsā) is Sanskrit for avoidance of himsa, or injury. It is interpreted most often [citation needed] as meaning peace and reverence toward all sentient beings. Ahimsa is the core of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
Upanayana literally means "the act of leading to or near, bringing", "introduction (into any science)" or "initiation" (as elucidated by Monier-Williams). [9] Upanayana is formed from the root √ nī meaning 'to lead'. Nayana is a noun formed from the root √ nī meaning 'leading to'. The prefix upa means 'near'.
The precatio was the formal addressing of the deity or deities in a ritual. The word is related by etymology to prex, "prayer" (plural preces), and usually translated as if synonymous. Pliny says that the slaughter of a sacrificial victim is ineffectual without precatio, the recitation of the prayer formula. [407]
Yajna (Sanskrit: यज्ञ, lit. 'sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering', IAST: yajña) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras. [1] Yajna has been a Vedic tradition, described in a layer of Vedic literature called Brahmanas, as well as Yajurveda. [2] The tradition has evolved from offering ...
Bell, book, and candle. The phrase " bell, book, and candle " refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin. Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, [1] the rite was once used by the Latin Church.