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Hinduism
I don’t want to claim any religion is superior or inferior specially in comparison to Hinduism.
I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings or beliefs intentionally during my talk. However, if any of the contents of my talk is contrary to your beliefs or practices; please accept my apologies beforehand.
Dr T Reddy
Origins
Date ??? 2500 -5000 BC
Founder ????? Scriptures
Vedas Upanishads and Puranas (Ramayan,
Mahabharat - Gita)
Hinduism
Outside – Chaotic / disorganised
Inside – runs smoothly and efficiently
Way of life Difficult to put in
Black & White
Hinduism
Gods and Goddesses
Hinduism allows greater freedom to understand and express God in their own way.
Hindus can pray to God in any form that they find particularly helpful.
One God Vs Many Gods
Brahman – the impersonal omnipotent, omnipresent and the source of all existence, incomprehensible (One God)
Gods and Goddesses are seen as symbols for describing ‘Brahman’ (Many Gods)
Common man to understand and easy to worship
TRINITY
Brahma – Creator Vishnu – Preserver Shiva – Destroyer Cycle – no real end
or beginning. The beginning is an
end and the end is a new beginning
Special Features
Families Male & Female Transport Stories for common
man to believe and worship
Imagination (Scientific basis)
Goddess of Power (Shakti) - Durga
Lord Ganesha (Obstacle Remover)
Ramayan - Hanuman
God - Omnipresent
Vedic Gods (Forces of Nature) Rain God (Indra or
Varun) Wind God Fire (Agni) Sun
Worship all living things
God is depicted in animal form
Way of Life (Hinduism)
Freedom Vs Conditioning – Thinking / Expression
Descriptive Vs Prescriptive Democratic Vs Dictatorial Non-Contractual (Open-Ended) Vs
Contractual (Covenant) Tolerance (Equality / Secular) Vs
Intolerance
Hinduism
No Conversion (Conflict / Terror / Persecution / War / Invasion)
Non-violence (Peace) Vs Violence ‘Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavanthu Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti’
Unity in Diversity
How to reach God (Moksha)?
Eternal Truth (Sanathan Dharma) ‘Oh Lord,
lead us from untruth to truth, From darkness to light, from mortality to immortality’
(Brihadanayaka Upanishad) Reincarnation (Birth – Death- Re-birth) Ways of reaching God :– Many different Ways
(Solo or Combination = 100%) Karma (good works) Bhakti (Prayer) Ghyana (Knowledge /Spiritual)
Hinduism
Ordinary citizen of India – village life – born into a Hindu family, grows in secular / diverse culture, understand, accept and respect (tolerance) other’s beliefs & festivals, feel part of community (Unity in Diversity)
Hinduness (Black hole phenomenon)
The average Hindu you meet in a million villages possesses simple, innate spirituality and accepts your diversity, whether you are Christian or Muslim, Jain or Arab, French or Chinese. It is this Hinduness that makes the Indian Christian different from, say, a French Christian, or the Indian Muslim unlike a Saudi Muslim. (Francois Gautier-Editor-in-chief of the Paris-based La Revue de l'Inde)
Hinduism (Prayer)
Gayathri MantraOM Bhur-Bhuvah-Svah.Tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasva dhimahi.Dhiyo yo nah pracodayat.
(Click sound icon to listen to Gayathri Mantra)
What it means? We meditate on the glory of the Creator; Who has created the Universe; Who is worthy of worship; Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light; Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance; May He enlighten our Intellect.