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Hinduism

HinduismHinduism is the oldest religion in the world. Hinduism is world's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. Hinduism is the dominant religion in India, where Hindus form about 84 per cent of the total population. Hinduism is also known as "Sanatan Dharma" or the everlasting religion. Hindu religion is based on the concept that human and animal spirits come back to earth to live many times in different forms. The Hindus believe that a soul moves up and down hierarchy on the basis of behavior.

According to Hinduism a person is born into the higher class because he/she must have done good deeds in past life whereas a person is born into poverty and shame because of misdeeds in past life. Central to Hinduism are the concepts of reincarnation, the caste system, merging with Brahman, finding morality, and reaching Nirvana (the peaceful escape from the cycle of reincarnation). According to Hinduism the paths to salvation include rituals, devotion and the way of knowledge (realization of reality and self-reflection). If the practitioner follows the paths of these ways, salvation can be achieved.

The main Hindu scriptures are Sruti (what is heard), Smriti (what is remembered) the Vedas, the Brahmanas, the Upanishads, the Puranas and epics. The Sruti include deeply religious things communicated to a seer and recorded. The Vedas, the religious writings, include mantras (hymns of praise), brahmanas (sacrificial rituals) and Upanishads (108 sacred teachings). The Smriti include the law (books of laws), puranas (myths, stories, legends) and epics (sets of holy myths including Ramayana and Mahabharata).

                               

Hindu Religious Texts

Hindu Religious Texts Hinduism is considered to be the oldest living religion in the world. Hindus from allover the world depend on a large number of religious texts written and developed over many centuries in order to get spiritual insights and guidance to practice a perfect religious life.

Vedas are the oldest and most authoritative among all these ancient texts. Eighteen Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita are also respected scriptures of Hindu religion. Followings are few of the most important Hindu religious texts :
  • Bhagvad Gita
  • Chalisas
  • Durga Saptashati
  • Mahabharata
  • Puranas
  • Ramayana
  • Sundar Kand
  • Upanishads
  • Vedas

 

About Hinduism

About Hinduism Hinduism is the oldest living religious tradition in the world and is also known as Sanatana Dharma and Vedic Dharma. It is not a single religion but a set of different schools of thought and traditions. Hinduism is a mixture of many religious rituals, sects and philosophies and all of them are different from each other in different parts of India. Majority of Hindus follow the Vedanta philosophy of one God- "Brahman" who is worshipped in many forms like Vishnu, Shiva, Durga, etc.

About 1 billion people worldwide are followers of Hinduism making it the third largest religion of the world. The followers of Hinduism regard the four vedas as the main scripture. Each veda is divided into parts called : Brahmanas, Samhitas, Aranyakas and Upanishads which are also widely followed. The other main scriptures are the 18 puranas, 18 up-puranas, the bhagvad gita and ramayana.

The basic beliefs of Hinduism are :
  • Dharma (individual ethics, duties and obligations)
  • Samsara ("rebirth")
  • Karma ("actions")
  • Moksha ("salvation")

Different schools of Hinduism follow different paths or means for salvation. The four main paths that most of the schools follow are : the path of devotion- "Bhakti", the path of action-"Karma", the path of meditation- "Raja" and the path of enlightenment- "Jnana". The basis of hindu philosophy is that all souls that are born from Brahman ("Cosmic Spirit") finally merge with it.