... to grant their respective wishes, and the most controlled and successful sacarifice enable men to gain control over body and actions and ultimately the entire universe. Fire also enable the dispelling of evil spirits and hostile magic as seen in the epic Ramayana. Hence, due to the immense power of fire, the common people idiolize fire and treat it as the lord of the house. All sacred vows and ... bonds are taken with God as the witness in the form of fire. Thus, men attain happiness ... by appeasing Agni and completing proper fire rituals. As time passed, the Upanishads formed the end...

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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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