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Hinduism Welcome! You’ve just taken the first step to finding about this religion. Click here to start. Tim Lindsay

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Hinduism

Welcome! You’ve just taken the first step to finding about this religion. Click here to start.

Tim Lindsay

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First Question

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Where do you want to Start?

Background

Gods

Beliefs

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BackgroundHinduism is very old.

Dating back past 7000 BC. It originated around northern India near the Indus river. This is where it gets its name from.

There are many people that follow Hinduism in the world. There are almost one billion Hindus in the world, which is close to 14% of the total population.

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Gods

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There are many gods in Hinduism. Over 1000 are mentioned in the Vedas. There are a few gods that are known is other cultures such as Vishnu and Shiva. Brahman is the creator god of everything. Its believed that everything is birthed from Brahman and they go back to him when they die. He is the supreme god.

There are also many other gods that represent other things. Agni is the god of fire, Indra is the warrior god and so on.

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Beliefs

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There nine basic beliefs in Hinduism all which determine their thoughts and attitude towards life.

1. Hindus believe in on ultimate divinity.

2. They believe in the four Vedas, the world’s most ancient scripture.

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Where to Next?

Background

Gods

Beliefs

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More Beliefs3. They believe that the everything goes through endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.

4. They believe in Karma which is the law that whatever they do, it will come back to return what they’ve done in a different way.

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Even More Beliefs

5. They believe that the soul reincarnates. Going through lifetimes until the karma has been resolved.

6. The gods live in an unseen world and that temple rituals are a way to communicate with them.

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Many More Beliefs7. They believe that an enlightened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute and other actions and rituals.

8. Hindus believe that all life is sacred and, therefore, they practice ahimsa, noninjury.

Last belief

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Last belief9. The last of the basic beliefs is that no religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others.

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