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	Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hinduism (हिन्दू धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma - सनातन धर्म, and Vaidika-Dharma - वैदिक धर्म) is a worldwide religious tradition that is based on the Veda and is the direct descendent of the Vedic Indo-Iranian religion.
		The Uttara ("later") Mimamsa school is perhaps one of the cornerstone movements of Hinduism and certainly was responsible for a new wave of philosophical and meditative enquiry, renewal and revival of Hinduism, and established strong philosophical foundation.
		Hindus stress meditation to acquire knowledge beyond the mind and body, a trait that is often associated with the ascetic god Shiva.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hinduism (5967 words)

	Hinduism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The first phase of Hinduism was early Brahmanism, the religion of the priests or Brahmans who performed the Vedic sacrifice, through the power of which proper relation with the gods and the cosmos is established.
		Post-Vedic Hinduism in all its forms accepts the doctrine of karma, according to which the individual reaps the results of his good and bad actions through a series of lifetimes (see transmigration of souls).
		Modern Hindu leaders such as Swami Vivekananda, Mohandas Gandhi, and Aurobindo Ghose, have given voice to a movement away from the traditional ideal of world-renunciation and asceticism and have asserted the necessity of uniting spiritual life with social concerns.
	www.bartleby.com /65/hi/Hinduism.html (1043 words)

	Hinduism 2
		Originally, the design of the Hindu temple may have borrowed from the Buddhist precedent, for in some of the oldest temples the image was placed in the centre of the shrine, which was surrounded by an ambulatory path resembling the path around the Buddhist stupa (a religious building containing a relic).
		Hinduism and Buddhism had an immense impact on the civilizations of Southeast Asia and contributed greatly to the development of a written tradition in that area.
		Early in its existence it was organized with a hierarchy of senior monks (gosvami), many of whom became very rich.
	www.crystalinks.com /hindu2a.html (4523 words)

	Brihaspati Project: History of Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hinduism, in the context of the Indian sub-continent, can be traced to around 1500 before the common era (bce) when a group of nomads known as the Aryans entered Northeren India through the Hindu Kush Mountains at the border of modern day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		The corpus of early vedic literature (primarily the four true vedas) was succeeded in due course by another series of vedic texts that embodied substantial changes in the role, function, and practice of the Hindu religion.
		Epic hinduism, roughly dated to the millenium between 500 before the common era and 500 of the common era, is notable for two reasons: First, the proliferation of a common literature that glorified god and divinity outside of the strict requirements of ritual or ascetic sacrifice.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~rnsharma/brihaspati/history (3569 words)

	Hinduism; History Hinduism, Hindu Religion, About Hinduism
		Hinduism An Introduction is a comprehensive, easy to read introduction to a dynamic religion with thousands of years of history.
		Hinduism is the western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority of the people of India.
		Post-Vedic Hinduism in all its forms accepts the doctrine of karma, according to which the individual reaps the results of his good and bad actions through a series of lifetimes.
	www.lotussculpture.com /bronze_sculpture_Hinduism.htm (846 words)

	Hinduism
		Hinduism is based on the concept of reincarnation, in which all living beings, from plants below to gods above, are caught in a cosmic cycle of becoming and perishing.
		Hinduism - Hinduism, Western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority of the people...
		Hinduism: Early Hinduism - Early Hinduism Hinduism is a synthesis of the religion brought into India by the Aryans (c.1500...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0772931.html (607 words)

	EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hindu texts are among the oldest in the East and their concepts directly or indirectly influenced the philosophy of other Eastern philosophical traditions.
		Hindus have a long tradition of belief in reincarnation, which, most simply, is the view that one’s present life is followed by a series of new lives in new physical bodies.
		According to later Hindu tradition, this phrase “You are that” (tat tvam asi), as spoken by the father in the dialog, encapsulates the message of all the Upanishads.
	www.utm.edu /~jfieser/vita/research/Eastphil.htm (16758 words)

	Hinduism
		Hinduism (सनातन धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma - सनातन धर्म, and Vaidika-Dharma - वैदिक धर्म) is a worldwide religious tradition that is based on the revealed knowledge of the Veda and is the direct descendent of the Vedic Indo-Iranian religion.
		All Hindus maintain that Ishvara is One and only One, although the demi-gods or the devas which are his mundane manifestations could be as numerous as 330 million.
		Some semi-tribal Hindus and worshippers of Shakti sacrifice goats and buffalos on special occasions, but this practice is quickly disappearing as it is viewed by broad minded Hindus themselves as incompatible to the Hindu concepts of compassion and non-violence, ie., ahimsa.
	www.1bx.com /en/Sanatana_Dharma.htm (6164 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Henotheism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While Hinduism is generally monistic or monotheistic admitting emanating deities, the early Rig Veda (undeveloped early Hinduism) was what Max Müller based his views of henotheism on.
		The fundamental Hindu trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are seen as many as being creation, preservation and destruction subsumed in one cycle of being that is ultimately transcended with the attainment of moksha.
		The period of Hinduism that most closely corresponded to henotheism as Müller understood it was the early Vedic period (before 1000 BCE within the four preliminary Vedas) and even that is disputed by some scholars, most notably the great Hindu mystic Aurobindo Ghosh.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Henotheism (1673 words)

	Hindu beliefs and practices - Hindusm - GKIndia.com
		Simultaneously, many hundreds of Hindu Gods and Goddesses are worshipped as various aspects of that unity.
		Humans are perceived as being trapped in samsara, a meaningless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.
		Hinduism has a deserved reputation of being highly tolerant of other religions.
	www.gkindia.com /worldreligions/hindubeliefsandpractices.htm (672 words)

	Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To the Hindu, this idea has been an active force in defining the 'Eternal Dharma.'http://www.ramakrishna.org/message14.htm It has been for Hinduism what the infinite Divine Self of Advaita is to existence, remaining forever unchanged and self-luminous, central and pervasive, in spite of all the chaos and flux around it.
		Thus, Hindu image worship is a form of iconolatry, in which the symbols are venerated as putative sigils of divinity, as opposed to idolatry, a charge often levied (erroneously) at Hindus.
		The post- Vedic Hindu scriptures form the latter category, the most notable of which are the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, major epics considered scripture by most followers of Sanatana Dharma, their stories arguably familiar to the vast majority of Hindus living in the Indian subcontinent, if not abroad.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/Hinduism.htm (6394 words)

	Early Hinduism (2nd century BC-4th century AD) (from Hinduism) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		(Early Christian art in the eastern part of the Roman Empire is usually considered to be part of Byzantine art; q.v.) The Christian religion was part of a general trend in the late Roman Empire toward...
		Apart from animism, from which it may have partly derived, Hinduism is the oldest of the world's...
		Hinduism believes the chains of Karmic law are broken by achieving union with the Divine.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-8985?tocId=8985 (886 words)

	Hinduism -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Hinduism in a wider sense encompasses Brahmanism, a belief in the Universal Soul, Brahman; in a narrower sense it comprises the post-Buddhist, caste-ordered religious and cultural world of India.
		Hinduism evolved from Vedism, the religion of the early Aryan invaders.
		British colonialism and the arrival of Christian missionaries were the primary influences on Hinduism from the early 19th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9105952 (760 words)

	Week VII: Part 1 ASIAN RELIGIONS AND ART: EARLY HINDUISM IN INDIA
		In the cell of the temple, the unit for individual worship in the Hindu faith, was buried a box containing a "wealth of the earth, stones, gems, herbs, roots, met als and soils, tieing the temple to ancient fertility beliefs and emphasizing the vitality of the religion.
		Hinduism encompassed a broad variety of beliefs and practices, not all were shared by all Hindus and some even contradicted each other.
		Hinduism is a religion with a personal approach to the gods, accomodated by including thousands of deities to choose from in the pantheon.
	www.pitt.edu /~asian/week-7/week-7.html (945 words)

	Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hinduism, the major religion of India, is one of the oldest religions in the world.
		Early Hindu gods represented powers in nature, such as rain and the sun.
		Hindu philosophers believed that these gods were different forms of the supreme spirit, Brahman.
	www.scu.edu.au /schools/edu/student_pages/2000/esalisbury/hinduism.html (383 words)

	Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hinduism is the major religion of India and it is also one of the oldest religions of the world.
		The Brahmins held the social authority and acted as the gatekeepers between the Vedic and non-Vedic realms of the religion.
		As a result the Hindu religion was influenced by European and American thought.
	www.worldhistory.com /hinduism.htm (497 words)

	physics - Henotheism
		While Hinduism is generally monistic or monotheistic admitting emanating deities, the early Rig Veda (undeveloped early Hinduism) was what Max Muller based his views of henotheism on.
		Indeed, the only period of Hinduism that ever approached henotheism was in the early Vedic period (before 1000 BCE within the four preliminary Vedas) and even that is disputed by scholars, most notably the great Hindu mystic Aurobindo Ghosh.
		In very early Judaism, Abraham is revered as the one who overcame the idol worship of his family and surrounding people by recognizing the Hebrew God and establishing a covenant with him and creating the foundation of what has been called by scholars "Ethical Monotheism".
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Henotheism (1116 words)

	Early History of Hinduism - GKIndia.com
		of the origins of Hinduism traces the religion's roots to the Indus valley civilization circa 4000 to 2200 BCE.
		The development of Hinduism was influenced by many invasions over thousands of years.
		A second factor supporting this theory was their lack of appreciation of the sophisticated nature of Vedic culture; they had discounted it as primitive.
	www.gkindia.com /worldreligions/earlyhistoryhinduism.htm (504 words)

	Hinduism -> Early Hinduism on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hinduism is a synthesis of the religion brought into India by the Aryans (c.1500 BC) and indigenous religion.
		Hinduism is a religion born out of a culture of water, Islam o (PAR52362)
		Mauritius,Ghoon sect, influenced by Hinduism, Khalife swallows sword as penitence.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Hinduism_EarlyHinduism.asp (628 words)

	On Hindu-Bashing in Early 20th Century USA
		This theme of Hindu swamis as seducers of naive women was repeated in Mrs.
		The State of California had no Hindu student till the year 1904. With the advent of some energetic and public spirited young men, the University of California became the headquarters of the largest number of Indian students in the whole union.
		Let the white women beware of the hypnotic influence of the East – let her remember that when her Guru, or god-man, has once whispered his mystic syllables into her ear and she has sworn allegiance to him, she is forever helpless in his hands.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/h_es/h_es_proth_hindu.htm (1068 words)

	Hinduism Books and Articles - Research Hinduism at Questia Online Library
		BL1216.2.P56 1994 294.52114...pertaining to goddesses in Brahmanical Hinduism are nevertheless of particular...
		Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual, and Symbol
		In recent studies of religion and culture...worship of female deities in contemporary Hinduism is by and large not...
	www.questia.com /Index.jsp?CRID=hinduism&OFFID=se5 (630 words)

	REL
		A. Early Indian religion and the formation of early Hinduism or Brahmanism.
		Two strains of early Indian religion: the Indus River Civilization and early Hinduism (Brahmanism).
		Early Japanese society and the formation of Shinto.
	www.depauw.edu /acad/religion/RELIG130E.htm (695 words)

	Godserver Alternative Health and Spiritual Directory: World Religions: Hinduism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"Early history of Hinduism: Hinduism is derived from the Persian word for Indian.
		The following is a presentation of two creeds, one for Saivite Hindus and one for Hindus of all denominations, as well as ten slokas presenting five precepts and five practices that constitute the minimum Hindu parents must teach their children to pass on Sanatana Dharma to the next generation.
		An important part of the Hindu renaissance of this century has been the discovery of the need for simple creeds expressing the basic beliefs of the Hindu faith.
	www.godserver.com /hinduism.shtml (933 words)

	Final Writing Assignment: Shinto, Jains, and New Religions
		Then describe the development of early Japanese religion, first of all, as this development fits this larger framework.
		In these ways, Shinto is closest to early Hinduism: it is not centrally concerned with "morality" and codes of ethics.
		This suggests that "morality," as a feature of Vedic Hinduism as a "great tradition," -- especially as it takes the form of beliefs which reinforce a stratified society -- may serve as an ideology whose function is precisely to secure the hold of a social and political elite over the lower classes.
	www.drury.edu /ess/eastern/Final1.html (622 words)

	Pre-Buddhist History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Theistic Hinduism replaced the Vedic sacrificial cult with a form of worship or service to an image or representation of the deity called puja and an attitude of respectful, but often enthusiastic, devotion called bhakti.
		Many of the other deities within the Hindu pantheon are worshipped on occasion, either on specific dates or depending on the need of the practitioner.
		One is the hero-king, Rama who battled the demon Ravana with the aid of Hanuman, the monkey-headed hero, another is Krishna who is depicted as a blue flute-player and a lover of many women each of whom feels she is the only one.
	members.fortunecity.com /kalachakra1/kcprebuddhism.html (1970 words)

	Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism
		Drama and Ritual of Early Hinduism is concerned with the study of the relations between drama and ritual in early Hindu culture.
		The plots of the early dramas were the myths unknown in the Vedic tradition but appeared in the beginning of Hindu period and represented itself the interpretation of the Vedic religious ideas.
		Drama as a constituent part of Puja cult and the construction of the temples and adoration to the images of gods as well, were the important features of the religious culture of early Hinduism.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/NAB319 (385 words)

	Hinduism: Early Hinduism
		Hinduism is a synthesis of the religion brought into India by the
		The first phase of Hinduism was early Brahmanism, the religion of the priests or
		Post-Vedic Hinduism in all its forms accepts the doctrine of
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0858624.html (171 words)

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