... for evil when it was adopted by the Nazi party. The sacred text of Hinduism is the oldest religious text- the Rg Veda. Hindus however believe in many other texts. The first is the Vedas-4, which are the four holiest books of Hinduism, which includes the earlier mentioned Rg Veda. The other three are the Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda. The second is the Ramayana on of India's best known tales ... . It tells the story of Prince Rama who was sent into exile in the forest with his wife, Sita, and his brother, Lakshamana. The third is the Bhagavad Gita, or "Song of the Lord" is part ...

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... Dwarf (Vamana), Rama-with-the-Ax (Parasurama), King Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and the future incarnation, Kalki. Preference for any one of these manifestations is largely a matter of tradition. Thus, Rama and Krishna are the preferred ones. The classical narrative of Rama is recounted in the Ramayana by the saga Valmiki, who is the traditional author of the epic. Rama is deprived of the kingdom to which he is ... heir and is exiled to the forest with his wife Sita and his brother Laksmana. While there, Sita is ... In all but its oldest form, the Ramayana identifies Rama with Vishnu as anot...

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... . there are many sacred books of Hinduism. they are as follows: the Puranas, ramayana, mahabrata and the Rig vedas. The vedas is said to be the longest existing book. The Vedas are the Hindu scriptures. It is believed to have no real origin. The vedas is what formed the educational system and broadly comprised all the different spheres of life, biology, science, mathematics, ect. ancient India ... . The Almighty - "OM Poornamadam Poornaad Poornamudachyate; Poornasya Poornamaadaaya Poornamevaavashisyate" is told about in an unwritten portion of the ... a community developed around him or s...

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... have one "Holy Book" like many other religions, but many texts including the four Vedas along with their Upanishads, called the "Sruti", several Dharma Sasthras or Smrutis, Ithihasas and Puranas including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The Bhagavad Gita, or "Song of God", comes as part of Mahabaratha, is an essence of the message of the Upanishads and Hindu Philosophy and is considered to be a guide on how ... we should live as told by Lord Krishna to Arjuna. 5. Hindus believe that as all streams and rivers lead to the same ocean, all genuine ... religious (spiritual) paths lead to ...

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... . These are then divided into smaller sections within the parts. The Vedas contain history, "rules," and rituals that the Hindus know and live by. Along with the Vedas there are other books containing scripture that they hold very highly, ex. The Ramayana, Tirukural, Tirmuantiram, The Upanishads (a philosophical treatise portion of the Vedas.) There is also the Agamas, which is considered equal to the Vedas. Most people tend to think that ... the Hindus believe that your soul is reincarnated into another human body forever. This is not true. The reincarnation involves karma. Karma, often...

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