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The Traits of Hinduism Found in the Sixth Sense In world religions class we watched the movie “The Sixth Sense”. As I observed and analyzed the movie, it was very obvious to see that there were many different traits of Hinduism found in the movie. These historic characteristics have been around for thousands of years and continue to be practiced by Hindu’s all over the world. The Hindu traits of Maya, Nirvana, Samsara were all portrayed in the movie “The Sixth Sense”. I will be discussing all these traits and how it related to the movie. One of the Hindu characteristics that was apparent in “The Sixth Sense” was Maya. The definition of Maya is the temporary and imperfect nature of the physical world. During the movie the little boy was living in a world of illusion. He could not understand exactly why the dead people keep coming to him. He’s living in the imperfect nature of the physical world whenever the dead people come and visit him. The Hindu people believe that the life of Maya has no meaning just like when the