The five aims are detailed here:

1. Duty & Fulfillment
2. Three Stages in Life
3. 4 Human Accomplishments
4. 3 Obligations
5. Death and Reincarnation
   

1) Duty & Fulfillment

One's personal duty (Sva-dharma) is the most important. The Bhagavad Gita (song of god) has made it clear that it is better to do one's own duty than someone else's, even though it is poorly done.

2) Three Stages in Life

In Hinduism, there are 3 stages in life, known as varnashrams. The stages, applicable to the twice-born are: brahamchari - one who is a student, grihastha - one who is a householder, vanaprastha - one who has retired from active life. There is however a fourth stage sannyasi - one who has renounced worldly thing as added at a later point, most probably due to influence from buddhism. These stages are observed nationally by all, but in reality by only a very few. Of all the four, the grihastha is seen socially to be the most important as the householder sustains the others.

3) 4 Human Accomplishments

There are four human accomplishments also known as the four purushartha

1) Artha - acceptance of wealth, possession and power - the objects of worldly activity, the creation of a sustainable society
2) Dharma - cosmic order which is maintained by righteousness and observing social and religious law
3) Kama - achieving quality and enjoyment of life in a balanced way, not to be confused with hedonism
4) Moksha - the ultimate goal, liberation from the cycle of births and deaths

For most hindus, the quality of life rates as important as a better birth. This is due to the fact that they generally believe that a correct balance of the first 3 aims will finally reach to Moksha.

4) 3 Obligations

Each individual is said to have 3 obligations:
- to the gods: addressed through daily worship, rituals nad regular guidance provided by Hindu priests
- to the sages: achieved by the study of the Veda, the chanting of mantras and through offering hospitality to brahmins
- to the ancestors: fulfilled by producing a son to perpetuate the family and necessary to perform the funeral rites for ancestors

5) Death and Reincarnation

For most Hindus, the role of religion is not an alternative to the world, but instead is the mean of improving their existence in it. It is believed by Hindus that each individual reincarnates under some conditions that were created through the history of their own past behaviors. Each reincarnation provides the opportunity to reincarnate into better beings, but this is based on the means of righteousness. Karma is important in this concept. Karma is synonymous with any consequences, whether they are right or wrong.

3 kinds of Karma

1. First, Karma which has begun to bear fruit in life
   Current consequences cannot be affected easily, they have to be endured or enjoyed. This form of Karma explains why villains sometimes unfairly appear to prosper while good people have all kinds of problems.
   
2. Karma in the making, with the effects affecting the future
   
3. Accumulated Karma which has not been activated
   Such Karma can be neutralized or ameliorate by timely actions. These include ritual prayers.

For Hindus, it is traditionally believed that multi-layered human personalities are composed of seven koshas. Death occurs when the bioenergetic processes cannot any longer maintain the physical body. The embodied history retained leading to reincarnation to fulfill karmas and work through the cycle of consequences. This is repeated until the individual achieves moksha.