Hinduism is the oldest living religious tradition in the world, with about 1 billion followers. It is not a single religion but rather a collection of religious beliefs and philosophies. Hindus believe in concepts like dharma, samsara, karma, and moksha. They worship one supreme being, Brahman, who is seen in forms like Vishnu, Shiva, and Durga. The Vedas and other texts like the Puranas and Bhagavad Gita are important Hindu scriptures. The four main paths to salvation in Hinduism are bhakti (devotion), karma (action), raja (meditation), and jnana (enlightenment).
Hinduism is the oldest living religious tradition in the world, with about 1 billion followers. It is not a single religion but rather a collection of religious beliefs and philosophies. Hindus believe in concepts like dharma, samsara, karma, and moksha. They worship one supreme being, Brahman, who is seen in forms like Vishnu, Shiva, and Durga. The Vedas and other texts like the Puranas and Bhagavad Gita are important Hindu scriptures. The four main paths to salvation in Hinduism are bhakti (devotion), karma (action), raja (meditation), and jnana (enlightenment).
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Hinduism is the oldest living religious tradition in the world, with about 1 billion followers. It is not a single religion but rather a collection of religious beliefs and philosophies. Hindus believe in concepts like dharma, samsara, karma, and moksha. They worship one supreme being, Brahman, who is seen in forms like Vishnu, Shiva, and Durga. The Vedas and other texts like the Puranas and Bhagavad Gita are important Hindu scriptures. The four main paths to salvation in Hinduism are bhakti (devotion), karma (action), raja (meditation), and jnana (enlightenment).
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religious tradition in the world and is also known as Sanatana Dharma and Vedic Dharma. It is not a single religion but a set of different schools of thought and traditions. Hinduism is a mixture of many religious rituals, sects and philosophies and all of them are different from each other in different parts of India. Majority of Hindus follow the Vedanta philosophy of one God- "Brahman" who is worshipped in many forms like Vishnu, Shiva, Durga, etc.
About 1 billion people worldwide are followers of
Hinduism making it the third largest religion of the world. The followers of Hinduism regard the four vedas as the main scripture. Each veda is divided into parts called : Brahmanas, Samhitas, Aranyakas and Upanishads which are also widely followed. The other main scriptures are the 18 puranas, 18 up-puranas, the bhagvad gita and ramayana.
Different schools of Hinduism follow different paths
or means for salvation. The four main paths that most of the schools follow are : the path of devotion- "Bhakti", the path of action-"Karma", the path of meditation- "Raja" and the path of enlightenment- "Jnana". The basis of hindu philosophy is that all souls that are born from Brahman ("Cosmic Spirit") finally merge with it.