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> I am the mirror image of yourself I am the immortal soul within you I am from Calicut, Kerala. My name is Ed Viswanathan and I am an electrical engineer and author of an nternational best seller on Hinduism by name AM I A HINDU? [ www.amazon.com] which sold hundreads of thousands all over the world-----I sincerely aplogize for sending this e-mail, if this e-mail cause you any inconvenience to you- Thanks ED VISWANATHAN arvind-4@msn.com
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> WHAT IS HINDUISM? =====Hinduism is not an organized religion like Islam or Christianity. ---It is the true culture of Indians in India.----Many call it A WAY OF LIFE. Once again, it is not an organized religion like Christianity or Islam. It has no founder. ----It has no Pope.---It has no hierarchy. Just a lot of scriptures.-------
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> In Hindu scriptures, you are actually studying about the HISTORY AND CULTURE OF INDIA, like in 66 books of the Holy Bible you are actually studying about the CULTURE AND HISTORY OF JEWS.---As far as I know, HINDUISM AND JUDAISM are mothers of all modern religions in the world.---JAINISM [ may be it co-existed with Hinduism since antiquity- there are few proofs in that regard] , BUDDHISM, ZOROASTRIANISM etc came from Hinduism.---ISLAM and CHRISTIANITY came Judaism.
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> WHO IS ITS FOUNDER? ======No body in particular.---It is the research output of countless learned men called RISHIS who were Christ like masters.---Hinduism has no hierarchy.---It has no Pope.---It has only many scriptures.
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> WHEN DID HINDUISM TAKE BIRTH? =====Nobody knows.---If you go by Hindu mythological stories, Hinduism is trillions of years old.---If you go by Max Muller, the German philosopher, it is at least 8000 to 9000 years old.---
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> Hinduism might have started as Dravidian civilization and later merged with Aryan civilization.---Studying the relics of Mohenjadaro and Harappa excavations that what I conclude. Hinduism has the strange capability to ABSORB AND GROW FROM ALL QUARTERS and that is why in it you can see relics of all other civilizations like Egyptian, Celtic, Mayan, Greek, Roman etc.---I always state that HINDUISM IS THE AMALGAMATION OF DRAVIDIAN, ARYAN, GREEK, ROMAN, CELTIC, EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATIONS---To me it does not matter the exact date it was born, since nobody can prove or disprove the exact date.---I am more concerned about what it has to give to the world, than the actual date of its origin.
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> WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF HINDUISM?
> SANATHANA DHARMA or RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER was the original name of Hinduism.---It was Persians who invaded India during 6th century B.C. who gave the name HINDUISM meaning the RELIGION OF PEOPLE LIVING NEAR RIVER INDUS.
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> In Persian the letter H and S are pronounced almost the same so they mistook the word SIND [ Sanskrit name for Indus] to H and then started calling HINDUS and HINDUISM.
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> WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THE HINDU SCRIPTURES WERE WRITTEN? SANSKRIT older than Hebrew and Latin.---The first words in English language came from Sanskrit.---The word MOTHER came from SANSKRIT word MATA and FATHER came from SANSKRIT word PITA as per the PBS video THE STORY OF ENGLISH. By the way, HEBREW language originated from the Language of the Canaanite.
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> WHO IS A HINDU?
> Hindus believe anyone who search after truth is a Hindu. There is ONE AND ONLY GOD and ONE TRUTH. -- The very first book of Hindus named RIG-VEDA proclaim, " EKAM SAT, VIPRAH BAHUDHA VADANTI" ( There is only one truth, only men describe it in different ways). So a Jew or a Christian or a Moslem who is in search after truth is automatically a Hindu.
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> WHAT ATTRACTS ONE TO HINDUISM?
> The concepts of UTMOST FREEDOM OF THOUGHTS And ACTIONS. That what attracts many to Hinduism.--I have not seen any other religion in the world so much FREEDOM.---Nobody will ever have the fate of SALAMA N RUSHDIE in Hinduism.--You can write anything and say anything as a Hindu.---No Hindu is ever banished from Hinduism.---No Hindu is ever crucified in Hinduism since he wrote or preached a wrong philosophy.
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> WHAT IS THE HINDU CONCEPT OF GOD?
> Hindus believe in ONE AND ONLY GOD BRAHMAN which expresses itself in millions of forms.---Hindus do not believe God has human form or any other form.---God is nameless and timeless.---But there is nothing wrong to worship a God with name and form [nama-roopa], since man cannot conceive anything without any name and form.
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> IF THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, WHY HINDUS WORSHIP MANY GODS?
> To begin with Hinduism is a very ancient religion and it never ever had a house cleaning in its entire history.---Almost everything that came was written in scriptures since it is birth, unlike in other religions where they have thrown out many beliefs calling Councils time and time again.---
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> For example there is no word TRINITY in the entire Bible and it originated only after emperor Constantine became a Christian. Now coming back to Hinduism, Hindus believe that BY WORSHIPING GOD BY ANY NAME, YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORSHIPING ONE AND ONLY GOD BRAHMAN and that is why they have no problem even worshiping Buddha or Jesus Christ.---So a Hindu believes by worshiping any form of God, you are indeed worshiping the ALMIGHTY.
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> The Bhagavad Gita said: CALL HIM BY WHATEVER NAME YOU LIKE, WORSHIP HIM IN ANY FORM YOU LIKE, IT ALL GOES TO THAT ONE ULTIMATE, INFINITE, SUPREME REALITY.
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> Coming back to Trinity doctrine in Christianity-- There is no word TRINITY in the entire Holy Bible--Only mention of TRINITY concept of God in the Holy Bible, is in the St. Matthew's account of Christ's last command to the apostles, GO THEREFORE, AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF FATHER, AND THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT [MAT 28:19] According to SCHAFF-HERZOG ENCYCLOPEDIA, TRINITY doctrine was notestablished until 363 A.D.--- It says that TRINITY is the result of three or four centuries of theological development.----The New Catholic Encyclopedia also states that devotion to Trinity had begun in monasteries at Aniane and Tours, during 8th century.
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> WHY HINDUS WORSHIP IDOLS?
> Show me any person, who does not believe in an idol, image, or symbol and I will show you the greatest liar on earth--.
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> All religions, including ISLAM, have some concept of God with name and form, but Hindus alone have the courage to admit that fact.--The Cross in the Christian church, the picture of Jesus Christ, the statue of Mary, statues of patron saints are all idols.--If anyone bow in front of any of them, they are breaking laws of Old Testament [LED . . . 26:1, and EX 20:2-5.]
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> Idol worship is every where and I never ever met a man who does not worship something or someone.---In fact, the first sculpture of Christ was in the form of a small boy holding on to a sheep. ---Now, everywhere in the world, people have pictures of Christ according their culture.---A loving young white man in USA, a tough man looking like a judge in Russia, a nice black man in Africa and a man looking like a typical man from China with a sheepish beard in China. --I RESPECT ALL THOSE PICTURES.--- Believe it or not, ALL OF THEM ARE IDOL WORSHIPS.
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> Once again, God is spirit---NO WORD OR IMAGE CAN DESCRIBE OR DEPICT GOD OR CAN ENCOMPASS THE GREATNESS OF GOD. God is neither the father nor the mother--- But since man cannot conceive anything without NAME AND FORM, man has the right to worship God with a form.
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> HOW WAS HINDUISM STARTED? According to Hindu scriptures it started as SRUTI-THAT WHICH IS HEARD.--- The great seers of ancient times called RISHIS who had perfected themselves have heard in their hearts, eternal truths and they taught those truths to disciples by telepathy and later they wrote them in books.--- VEDAS and UPANISHADS are known as SRUTI literature rest is called SMRITI [ THAT WHAT IS REMEMBERED ] literature
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> WHAT ARE THE SACRED BOOKS OF HINDUISM?
> The very first sacred books of Hinduism is called VEDAS.--- VEDAS means KNOWLEDGE. There are four VEDAS and they claim to teach men the highest aspects of truths which can lead them to God.
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> They are:
> RIG VEDA---------------- KNOWLEDGE OF HYMNS
> YAJUR VEDA----------- KNOWLEDGE OF LITURGY
> SAMA VEDA------------ KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC
> ATHARVA VEDA- -- KNOWLEDGE GIVEN BY SAGE ATHARVA
> NEXT important Hindu scriptures ar called UPANISHADS..There are 108 Upanishads but 13 are most important.
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> HOW MANY SCRIPTURES HINDUS HAVE?
> Thousands....Nobody can give you an exact number. Please look at my EDUCATIONAL FLOW charts to get an idea of what I am talking about. TOTAL 108 UPANISHADS . Principle ones 13. Some of the Upanishads are named after the sages who answered all questions. Some as per the first word in the Upanishad.
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> 1. -- ISA UPANISHAD
> 2. -- KENA UPANISHAD
> 3. -- KATHA UPANISHAD
> 4. -- PRASNA UPANISHAD
> 5. -- MUNDAKA UPANISHAD
> 6. -- MANDUKYA UPANISHAD
> 7. -- AITAREYA UPANISHAD
> 8. -- TAITTIRYA UPANISHAD
> 9. -- CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD
> 10. - BRIHAD-ARANYAKA UPANISHAD
> 11 -- KAUSHITAKI UPANISHAD
> 12. - SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD
> 13 -- MAITRI UPANISHAD
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> SMRITI LITERATURE CONSISTS OF LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS.
> A. VEDANGAS: scriptures attached to Vedas.
> 1.-- DHARMA SUTRAS: [Codes of Manu, Yatnyavalkya etc]
> 2.-- JYOTHISHA [ astrology and astronomy ]
> 3.-- KALPA [rituals and legal matters]
> 4. -- SIKSHA [phonetics ]
> 5.-- CHHANDAS [measurements]
> 6. -- NIRUKTA [Etymology]
> 7.-- VYAKARANA [ grammar ]
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> B. DARSANAS [HINDU JNANA YOGA - PATH OF KNOWLEDGE] 6 of them
> 1.-- NYASA: by sage Gautama wrote Nyaya sutras
> 2.-- VAISHESHIKA: by sage Kanada wrote Vaisheshika sutra
> 3.-- SAMKHYA: by sage Kapila- Gita starts with this philosophy
> 4.-- YOGA: by Pathanjali who wrote PATHANJALI YOGASUTRA
> 5.-- MIMAMSA: by sage Jaimini who wrote MIMAMSA SUTRA
> 6.-- VEDANTA: by sage Veda Vyasa
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> VEDANTA [AT THE END OF VEDAS meaning it started at the end of Vedic age] has two parts.
> 1.-- ADVAIDA PHILOSOPHY- ONE ONLY -great exponent ADI SANKARA
> 2.--DWITA PHILOSOPHY - TWO - almost all Vaishnava saints were exponents of this philosophy
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> C.-- ITHIHASAS: MYTHOLOGICAL SCRIPTURES
> 1.---RAMAYANA - story of Rama, written by Valmiki
> 2.---MAHABHARATA - story of Pandvas & Kauravas 220,000 verses, 18 chapters
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> BHAGAVAD GITA is part of this scripture
> 3.---PURANAS - 18 are most important MAHABHAGAVATAM - is the most read important scripture of ISKCON
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> 4.---TANTRAS - started during Vedic age. consists of many things such as cosmology, erotic exercises etc Tantra is very important and very vast.
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> There are still a lot more scriptures in Hinduism. I should say that there are more than 1000 scriptures in Hinduism.
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> IS AYURVEDA [ HINDU MEDICINE] A SCRIPTURE?
> Yes it is a very ancient scripture and it is a part of ATHARVA VEDA.
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> WHAT ARE THE HINDU MORAL CODES?
> Hindu moral codes are written a collection of books called DHARMA SUTRAS. Hindu moral Codes are the integral part of Hinduism and they come under the big umbrella called DHARMA.--- it is very difficult to translate the word DHARMA--- Some of the codes are AHIMSA [NON-KILLING], SATHYA [TRUTH], DHARMA[DUTY], KARUNA [COMPASSION], VIRYA[FORTITUDE] , DAMA[SELF-RESTRAINT], SAUCHA[PURITY]
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> WHAT IS THE NAME OF HINDU HOLY BIBLE?
> Hindus actually do not have a Holy Bible like Christians.---Hindus have many scriptures and all of them are equally important.--- But many consider the Bhagavad Gita to be the Holy Bible of Hindus. It appears in the middle of the epic poem MAHABHARATA.
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> Bhagavad Gita has 700 verses in 18 chapters---. It is in the form of a conversation between warrior king Arjuna and Lord Krishna, in the middle of the battle field at the outset of Mahabharata war.
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> WHAT IS AN AVATAR?
> An AVATAR is an incarnation of God.--- Whenever God come down to earth in any form then Hindus call that an AVATAR.---- According to that definition, Christ can be considered as an AVATAR, even though there is no mention about Jesus Christ in any of the Hindu scriptures.
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> WHAT IS THE LAW OF KARMA?
> Hindus believe in LIFE AFTER DEATH.---They also believe in the Biblical concept WHATEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE REAP.---That is the basis of karmic law. Every action and every thought has a result.---Hindus believe that every thought and every action is weighed on the scale of eternal justice.
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> The law of karma is one of CAUSE AND EFFECT.--Nobody can escape from the KARMIC DEBT.--- I believe Christ took care of the KARMIC DEBT of all the apostles so that he can make them FISHERMEN OF MEN.
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> WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE DIE?
> According to Hinduism, the body alone dies.--- the soul within the body never dies, But the path the soul takes is decided upon the past actions which are known as karmas. So the actions of former body does not die with the body. ---past actions are attached to the body and they decide WHAT KIND OF BODY THE SOUL TAKES IN THE NEXT LIFE.
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> WHAT IS SALVATION IN HINDUISM?
> Hindu salvation concepts are totally different from Christian salvation concepts.---Hindu salvation is known as SELF-REALIZATION.---When an individual soul exhausts all its karmas and merges with GOD then Hindus say that soul has attained salvation.
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> Hindu scriptures state that man's problem is his belief that he is the body---The moment he realizes he is the IMMORTAL SOUL WITHIN he attain salvation-So in Hindu salvation MAN REALIZES THAT HE IS THE IMMORTAL SOUL AND NOT THE BODY.---
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> In the Holy Bible there is no such word as IMMORTAL SOUL and as such as per the Holy Bible, SALVATION IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY WHICH REACHES HEAVEN AND STAYS NEXT TO GOD.
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> DOES THAT MEAN ONE HAS TO TAKE MILLIONS OF LIVES TO ACHIEVE SALVATION??
> NO, absolutely not. That question is the question many ask.--- Hindu scriptures, especially the Bhagavad Gita very clearly says that one can attain salvation in one life, provided one surrender his will to the will of God 100%.---Lord Krishna said: THOSE WHO SURRENDER ALL ACTIONS TO ME AND REGARD ME AS THE SUPREME GOAL AND WORSHIP ME WITH WHOLE HEARTED DEVOTION WILL BE SAVED BY ME FROM REPEATED BIRTHS AND DEATHS." --- In another verse, Lord Krishna said: GIVE UP ALL YOUR RIGHTEOUS AND NON-RIGHTEOUS ACTIONS AND COME TO ME; TAKE REFUGE IN ME. THEN I SHALL FREE YOU FROM ALL SINS; GRIEVE NOT.---That ME who is mentioned is not the Lord Krishna but the ABSOLUTE SOUL or GOD.-- Krishna is one of the representations of that God.--- That GOD can appear in another form like Christ or without any form or name at all.
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> HOW CAN ONE ACHIEVE SALVATION [SELF -REALIZATION]?
> Through ONE OR ALL OF THE four paths
> 1 JNANA YOGA---------------------PATH OF KNOWLEDGE
> 2 KARMA YOGA--------------------PATH OF SELFLESS ACTIONS
> 3 BHAKTI YOGA--------------------PATH OF DEVOTION
> 4 RAJA YOGA-----------------------PATH OF BREATH CONTROL AND PRANAYAMA
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> Almost all devotees of all religions are BHAKTI YOGIES whether they believe in Hinduism or not.---Very good Christians go to church everyday and surrender themselves to the deity of Christ are SHAKTI YOGIS.--- So too Moslems who surrender to the will of the Allah. --Hinduism is the only religion explains the FOUR PATHS very well.
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> WHAT IS AUM [OM]?
> It is the HINDU WORD.--- It is a syllable that stands for ABSOLUTE.--- It is uttered in the beginning as well as at the end of all Hindu prayers.--- To some extent it is the LOGOS of the Holy Bible.--- Of course, the LOGOS in the Holy Bible is JESUS CHRIST.
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> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JOHN 1:1 CAME FROM HINDU SCRIPTURES?
> YES, I think so. Long before JOHN 1:1 [70 AD] was written, Hindu Vedas [ at least 5000 BC] wrote the same thing. "prajapathi vai agre asset" IN THE BEGINNING WAS PRAJAPTHI, THE BRAHMAN-THE GOD, "Tasya Vag dvitiya Aseet"
> WITH WHOM WAS THE WORD; "Vag vai parama Brahman" AND THE WORD WAS VERILY THE SUPREME BRAHMAN - THE GOD
> John 1:1 states: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE WORD WAS GOD
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> WHY DO WOMEN WEAR A DOT ON THEIR FOREHEAD?
> That dot is supposed to be the meeting point of eye brows.---That important point is called ANJANA CHAKRA or spiritual eye.---Everyone is supposed to protect that.---In fact all saints protect that point with sandalwood paste..But later women alone started protecting that area.
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> WHAT IS NAMASTHE?
> It is the popular Hindu greeting performed by pressing two hands together and holding them near the heart. the whole act communicate to the world ' YOU AND I ARE ONE...I SALUTE AND WORSHIP THE GOD WITHIN YOU, WHICH IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF MYSELF'
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> DO HINDUS PRACTICE MONOGAMY ? Hindus practice monogamy and Hindus have stopped "child marriages in India by SARADA ACT [1929] under the British.---It is the Moslems in India who are allowed to marry four wives and Moslem Sariyath law allows child marriages for Moslems in India.
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> DO HINDU SCRIPTURES FORBID ABORTION?
> Yes they do. Hindu scriptures forbid abortion.--- From time immemorial, Hindus consider children as gifts from God.--- In the code of Manu, Manu forbids abortion.---One of the worst acts described in the scriptures is SISU-HATYA meaning destruction of the unborn fetus.---There are prayers in the Rig Veda to guard a growing embryo. Only time abortion is allowed is when the fetus is known to be defective as per SUSRUTA SAMHITA, the Hindu Aurvedic book.
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> WHY HINDUS PRACTICE SUTTEE [ SATI]?
> None of the Hindu scriptures mention about Sati. --Suttee is the most horrendous way of widows jumping into the funeral pyre of their fallen husbands. It is an ancient ritual practiced by a warrior race of India called Rajputs.---Nobody else in India, practiced Suttee. Once again, Suttee is never mentioned in any Hindu religious scripture.---There is not even ONE episode of Suttee in the vast Hindu mythology.
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> MANY STATE HINDUISM IS VERY COMPLEX AND CONTRADICTORY!
> All religions are the result of the works of thousands of thinkers.--- Hinduism and Judaism are the mothers of all religions.--- New religions like Christianity and Islam took the best aspects of Judaism and made part of them.--- So too Buddhism and Jainism took the best aspects of Hinduism and made part of them. In Christianity, there were several housecleaning in its 2000 years of history.---Hinduism on its part, NEVER had any HOUSE CLEANING in its history.--- Since Hinduism never tossed anything away, in it you will see in it primitive religion as well as very advanced thoughts.---NOBODY EVER WAS EXCOMMUNICATED FROM HINDUISM. NOT EVEN ONE HINDU DIED BECAUSE HE/SHE WROTE A WRONG SCRIPTURE. Thank God for that..Since I am an author I have to say that again and again...
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> I am an engineer and author of an international best seller on Hinduism by name AM I A HINDU? [HALO BOOKS, SAN FRANCISCO ISBN 1-879904-06-3 800-723-4508 415-892-0649- please read at www.amazon.com about this book---one of the best [3rd in the list] 50 books in Hinduism] which sold millions of copies around the globe. The book is one of a kind with 90 chapters and hundreds of questions and answers. It is in the form of thought provoking dialogue between 14 year old American born Indian teenager and his middle aged father on all aspects of Hinduism.
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> Almost all the papers and magazines in India have written excellent reviews on this book. In USA many magazines [LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOKLIST etc] have recommended this book for all libraries . At least one community college in California is using this book as a medium of instruction to teach students about Hinduism.
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> [ISBN 1-879904-06-3 800-723-4508 415-892-0649]
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> * It is sought after by university students all over west.
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