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THE RELIGION OF INDIA & BEYOND
HINDUISM
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IN THE BEGINNING
HINDUSIM IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY RELIGION YOU KNOW:
NO FOUNDING DATE
NO FOUNDER
NO SET BELIEF SYSTEM
DEVELOPED OUT OF ANCIENT VEDIC RELIGION (5,000+ BCE)
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CREATION OF WORLD
JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS SAY WORLD CREATED 6,000 AGO AND WILL END SOMETIME
HINDUS BELIEVE WORLD CREATED 1OO TRILLION PALYAS AGO
ONE PALYA = TIME IT TAKES TO EMPTY A PIT I MILE DEEP BY 1 MILE WIDE FULL OF FINE HAIR IF 1 HAIR IS REMOVED EVERY 100 YEARS!
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WORLD WILL CHANGE, NOT END
“NIGHTS OF BRAHMA, DAYS OF BRAHMA”
NIGHT: WORLD IS IN CHAOS AND FALLING APART
DAY: WORLD BEING RECREATED
ONE DAY = 4 ½ BILLION YEARS!
END OF CYCLE, WORLD RE-CREATED IN “BLINK OF EYE”
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HINDU GODS
TECHNICALLY, THERE IS JUST ONE GOD OR WORLD-SOUL:
BRAHMAN (WHO COMES IN 3 PARTS)
BRAHMA—THE CREATOR
VISHNU—THE PROTECTOR
SHIVA—THE DESTROYER
BUT . . . SCHOLARS HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 300 MILLION HINDU GODS!
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BRAHMA—THE CREATOR
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SHIVA—THE DESTROYER
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VISHNU—THE PROTECTOR
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MAIN BOOKS
THE VEDAS (4 TEXTS--RIG-VEDA OLDEST) PRAYERS, SONGS, PRAISES TO THE GODS
UPANISHADS (SEVERAL HUNDRED TEXTS) CORE BELIEFS OF HINDUISM: BRAHMAN, KARMA,
REINCARNATION, ETC.
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MAIN MESSAGE
EVERYTHING ALIVE THAT MOVES ABOUT HAS A SOUL
ALL LIFE IS SACRED AND CONNECTED
UPON DEATH A SOUL IS REBORN UNTIL IT BECOMES “ONE WITH BRAHMAN” (MOKSHA)
REBIRTH OF SOUL IS CALLED REINCARNATION AND IT CAN BE BORN INTO ANYTHING ALIVE
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REINCARNATION
WHICH BODY A SOUL IS RE-BORN INTO IS DETERMINED BY TWO CONCEPTS:
DHARMA: PROPER LIVING IN THIS LIFE
KARMA: “MORAL LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT”
ALL OF A SOUL’S GOOD AND BAD ACTIONS ARE ETERNALLY HELD BY THAT SOUL
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REINCARNATION AND DIET
MOST HINDUS ARE VEGETARIANS
ALL ANIMALS CONSIDERED SACRED
COW IS #1 SACRED ANIMAL DUE TO ALL ITS USES
MONKEYS CLOSE BEHIND DUE TO HUMAN SIMILARITIES
TEMPLES TO ELEPHANTS, ANTS, SNAKES, RATS, COWS, ETC
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ANIMAL GODS
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THE CASTE SYSTEM
HINDU SOCIETY IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS
#1—PRIESTS AND TEACHERS
#2—RULERS AND SOLDIERS
#3—TRADERS AND FARMERS
#4—LABORERS, CRAFTSMEN, SERVANTS
“UNTOUCHABLES” ARE OUTSIDE THE CASTE SYSTEM
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CASTE SYSTEM
A PERSON’S PARENTS DETERMINE THE CASTE A CHILD IS BORN INTO
MUST MARRY WITHIN YOUR CASTE
A PERSON CANNOT ESCAPE THEIR CASTE UNTIL THEY DIE
OUTLAWED IN 1950, BUT STILL HEAVY INFLUENCE & PRACTICED IN INDIA
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SPECIAL STUFF
TEMPLE--HINDU PLACE OF WORSHIP
GURU—SPIRITUAL TEACHER WHO HELPS SELF-REALIZATION OCCUR IN OTHERS
ASHRAM—A GURU’S “SCHOOL”
YOGA—SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
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TEMPLES
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GURU, ASHRAM, YOGA
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SACRED PLACES
VARANASI—MOST SACRED PLACE IN HINDUISM
DIE HERE = ESCAPE “WHEEL OF REBIRTH”!
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GANGES
FLOWS THROUGH N. INDIA
BATH IN GANGES, ALL SINS REMOVED
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RELEASING SOUL AFTER DEATH
BODIES MUST BE CREMATED
BEST IF ASHES THROWN IN THE GANGES
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RELATED RELIGIONS
JAIN—MUCH STRICTER FORM OF HINDUISM