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Hinduism Video:

Hinduism Video:. An Ancient Path in the Modern World . 1 . HINDUISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING RELIGION DATING BACK TO 5000 YEARS AGO TO 3000 B.C.E. IN THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY IN INDIA. 2. THERE IS NO SINGLE FOUNDER .

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Hinduism Video:

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  1. Hinduism Video: An Ancient Path in the Modern World

  2. 1. HINDUISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING RELIGION DATING BACK TO 5000 YEARS AGO TO 3000 B.C.E. IN THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY IN INDIA.

  3. 2. THERE IS NO SINGLEFOUNDER.

  4. 3. THE SACRED WRITINGS ARE CALLED THE RIG VEDAS WHICH CONTAIN HYMNS AND POETRY COMPOSED BETWEEN 1500 – 450 BCE.

  5. 4. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS IN INDIA (DRAVIDIANS AND THE ARYANS) COMBINED THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS TO FORMHINDUISM.

  6. 5. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GODS IN HINDUISM BUT THEY ALL MAKE UP OR REPRESENT THE ONE DIVINE BEING OR GOD CALLEDBRAHMAN.

  7. 6. PRIESTS OF HINDUISM ARE ALSO CALLEDBRAHMINS.

  8. 7. REINCARNATION OR TRANSMIGRATION OF THESOUL IS THE BELIEF THAT ALL THINGS MUST BE BORN AGAIN AND AGAIN. (SOMETIMES THIS IS REFERRED TO ASSAMSARA.)

  9. 8. THE FOLLOWING OF ONE’S “PROPER PATH” OR DHARMA MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ASCEND TO HIGHER AND HIGHER SPIRITUAL PLANES.

  10. 9.MOKSHAIS THE FREEING OF THE SOUL FROM THE BODY SO THAT IT CAN REUNITE WITH BRAHMAN.

  11. 10. MAHATMA GANDHI, THE LEADER OF THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT WAS A HINDU.

  12. 11. HINDUISM IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD RELIGION ININDIA.

  13. 12. MOST HINDUS START THEIR DAY BY DOINGPUJA OR WORSHIP.

  14. 13. HINDUS BELIEVE THE GANGES RIVER WAS POURED DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO CLEANSE THE EARTH OF SIN.

  15. 14. THE CITY OF VERANASI OR BENARAS ON THE BANKS OF THE GANGES RIVER HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF RELIGIOUS LIFE FOR OVER 3,000 YEARS. MILLIONS MAKE A PILGRIMAGE THERE EVERY YEAR.

  16. 15. GURU– A SPIRITUAL TEACHER

  17. 16. A SPIRITUAL CENTER IS CALLED ANASHRAM.

  18. 17.TEMPLE – A HINDU PLACE OF WORSHIP Shown here is the Tirupati temple, the most visited religious shrine in the world

  19. 18. INSTRUMENTS USED IN HINDU WORSHIP ARE THE SITAR AND THE TABLA.

  20. 19. SONGS PERFORMED USING THE ABOVE INSTRUMENTS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY IS CALLED ARAGA.

  21. 20. HINDUS OFTEN CHANT IN WORSHIP AND RITUAL BATHING IS DONE TO CLEANSE THE SPIRIT.

  22. 22. HINDUS BELIEVE THAT ALL LIFE ISSACRED.

  23. 23. MOST HINDUS ARE VEGETARIANS AND MAY AVOID CONSUMING ANIMAL PRODUCTS.

  24. 24. COWS ARE PARTICULARLY SACRED – THE MOST GIVING OF ALL ANIMALS - AND ARE PROTECTED IN INDIA.

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