We all believe in something that makes us feel better during our life time, and that might help us answer the question of what is going to happen after we die. Hinduism as much as any other religion is the way to fulfill this need for some people. I personally believe in Allah and our prophet Mohamed. The fact that I am Muslim doesn't necessarily mean that I am not open to understanding other religions, like some people like to believe, for God said in his holy book "Qur'an" that he created different people for the purpose of knowing and interacting with one another.
             When studying Hinduism, I was surprised to find out that the early Hindu scriptures talked about heaven and hell. What they are saying is that if a person did well during his (or her) life-time, he (or she) will be rewarded by being taking to a world of great pleasure and peace. On the other hand, if their lives were full of sins and bad actions, their reward would be the "abyss", a place of "black-darkness" as the book defines it. Because of my faith, I can easily relate to this idea of being judged for my earthly actions, and then send to either heaven or hell. However, I have some trouble comprehending the concept that followed, samsara, and especially mokhsa and what they both imply in the actions to be done during a life-time, and the social classes that result from this thinking.
             Every Hindu believer must go through four stages of life, which are termed brahmacarine, grhashta, vanaprastha, and sannyasin. I think that every person have different goals throughout his (or her life), and that he (or she) must follow a path to fulfill those goals. I also believe that we all are part of a family and a community in which we ought to participate in its prosperity. The fact that the two last stages of a Hindu's life are spent wandering in the forest, and renouncing their attachment by becoming homeless nomads for the
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