What is Ash Wednesday, Lent Fasting?
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Be not proud. |
Why do we apply Holy Ash (bhasma)?
Pyre ashes on forehead and all over Hindu sadhu. |
It seems nearly everything in Christianity, particularly the "universal" variety called Catholicism, the largest religion in the world, is that it appropriated things from everywhere. So much of Catholic tradition comes straight out of Hinduism, only no one seems to notice. But Mithraism (the religion of England before Christianity) contributed much, as did Ancient Roman and Greek Paganism, as did all of the Near East traditions like Judaism and Yazidism. Look into it. Ashes are a big deal in Hinduism, past and present. It has long been a sign of renunciation of transient worldly attachments.
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