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	Hindu Sects
		This sect is prominent in Bengal and Orissa.
		The founder of this sect was Nimbarka or Nimbaditya.
		Sri Pirannath was the founder of this sect.
	www.hinduism.co.za /hindu3.htm (11046 words)

	Hindu denominations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among Hindu followers as a whole, there is a strong belief in there are many paths leading to the One God or the Source, whatever one chooses to call that ultimate Truth.
		As per Hinduism Adherents.com the majority of Hindus are Vaishnavas, though often mixing in some aspects of the Smarta viewpoint.
		It is the Smarta view that dominates the view of Hinduism in the West as Smarta belief includes Advaita belief and the first Hindu saint, who significantly brought Hinduism to the west was Swami Vivekananda, an adherent of Advaita.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindu_sects (1419 words)

	General Essay on Hindu Devotional Groups
		Here the use of the word 'sect' is appropriate, for many of these groups have reacted against the rigidity of orthodox Hindu society and teach that devotion is of far greater significance than divisions based on birth and caste.
		The Swami Narayana sect was begun in Gujerat by Sahajananda (b.1780) at the beginning of the 19th century.
		Sects devoted to Shiva have been in existence from an early date and several are referred to by the Mahabharata.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/geness.html (2160 words)

	Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, with approximately 1 billion adherents (2005 figure), of whom approximately 890 million live in India.
		According to Hinduism, the essential spark of the atman, that part of the individual which is Brahman, exists in every living being, and consequently all living beings are divine.
		Since the Hindu scriptures are essentially silent on the issue of religious conversion, the issue of whether Hindus evangelize is open to interpretations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hinduism (7145 words)

	General Essay on Hindu Ascetic and Ritual Groups
		Such reservations notwithstanding, the fact that modern Hindus typically regard themselves as such by way of contrast to their Muslim or Christian neighbours means that the imposition has substantially been accepted and that one is now obligated to work within the context of that imposition.
		The origins of Hinduism are regarded by Western scholarship as being found in a gradual coming together of the religion of the Indo-european Aryans who entered India probably around 1500 BCE and that of the indigenous population of the subcontinent.
		In the last 100 years Hindu thought has been dominated by Vedanta and many modern Hindus understand their variegated tradition as a hierarchy of belief which eventually leads through polytheism to monotheism and ultimately to Vedanta which is the highest realisation of all the world's religions.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/ascetic/geness.html (2685 words)

	Secularism and Religious Tolerance in India - its roots in Ancient Hindu Culture
		The term 'Hindu' itself is a result of corruption of the word 'Sindhu' by the Persians who could not pronounce the word Sindhu as the letter 'S' was missing in Pahelavi, the language of the ancient Persians.
		As the Hindu kings were tolerant towards all creeds and frequently aided them all, the foundations of religious tolerance which is one of the bases of secularism could be said to be indigenous to India.
		Hinduism the religion of the majority in India i8 a £aith which on the whole is favourable to the development of the secular state in India.
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/secularism.html (5204 words)

	Hinduism Hindu Vedic Vedas
		Hinduism was the religion of the Hindu Vedic Scriptures.
		Although the Hindu castes also adhered to the principle of the four stages of life for the Hindus (Brahmacharya, celibate student, Grihastha, householder, Vanaprastha, forest hermitage, and Sannyasa, spiritual renunciation), in practice the Hindu householder and the ascetic continued to be the main alternatives.
		Hinduism recognized the valuable contribution of the Nature Spirits, the Devas (Shining Ones), to the overall development and harmonic balance of India and the planetary evolutionary spirals of the Hindus.
	www.spiritsongs.org /Hinduism_Hindu_Vedic_Vedas.htm (4711 words)

	Welcome To Punjabkesari.com-Religion (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though the various Hindu sects each rely on their own set of scriptures, they all revere the ancient Vedas, which were brought to India by Aryan invaders after 1200 BC.
		Fundamental to Hinduism is the belief in a cosmic principle of ultimate reality called Brahman, and its identity with the individual soul, or atman.
		Hinduism differs from Christianity and other Western religions in that it does not have a single founder, a specific theological system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organization.
	www.punjabkesari.com /Religion/hinduism.htm (508 words)

	Hinduism - Hindu Culture, Hindu Religion, Hindu Beliefs
		Hinduism allows absolute freedom to the rational mind of man. Hinduism never demands any undue restraint upon the freedom of human reason, the freedom of thought, feeling and will of man. Hinduism is a religion of freedom.
		Hindu Yoga and Vedanta teachers lay great stress on self-restraint, Tapas, renunciation and practical Sadhana, which are best calculated to control the mind and the senses and unfold the Divinity within or attain Self-realization.
		The doctrine of reincarnation or transmigration is a fundamental tenet of Hinduism.
	hinduism.8k.com /hindu.html (1736 words)

	Hindutva Series : Secularism - Why is India a Secular State?
		Hindu traditions lend strong support to the idea that the functions of the priest and king are to be separated.
		Donald Smith, "The Hindu state of ancient medieval, or modern times was not a narrowly sectarian state in any sense; patronage was frequently extended simultaneously to various sects and religions." But this inherent Hindu spirit of tolerance was not reciprocated by the Muslims who overran the Hindu kingdoms of India in the middle ages.
		Hinduism the religion of the majority in India is a faith which on the whole is favourable to the development of the secular state in India.
	hindutva.org /secularroots.html (4350 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hindu lite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Americans' exposure to expressions of Hinduism largely is limited to travelogues of India, Bollywood song-and-dance movies and the Fox TV cartoon antics of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian Kwik-E-Mart clerk on The Simpsons.
		Hinduism, followed by 930 million people worldwide, 98% in India, actually is a 19th-century term for a spectrum of ancient teachings, just as Christianity covers denominations as varied as Catholics, Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses.
		As Christians are unified by the centrality of Christ, so Hindus, divided among thousands of sects and sub-sects, are unified by "one, all-pervasive supreme God, though he or she may be worshiped in many forms," says Suhag Shukla.
	www.usatoday.com /life/2006-02-15-hindu-lite_x.htm (1243 words)

	HINDUISM
		A student of Hinduism can be compared with one of those blind-folded wise men who set about to examine an elephant by touching it and came up with totally different ideas about what the elephant looked like, none of which were factual.
		Educated Hindus though have rejected the primitive features and have developed a refined religion which they follow alongwith the cruder versions that resemble primitive animism followed by their rural and tribal brethren.
		What held the various sects together was the inclusion the principal deities like Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, and the mother Goddess (Shakti) in the various sects, albeit in varying forms and the mutual recognition between the different sects of the validity of each other's patron deities (Ishta-devata).
	www.hindubooks.org /sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/hinduism.html (3728 words)

	Hinduism Vedas
		Hinduism was the religion of the Hindu Vedic Scriptures, "The Vedas", and the Universal Wisdom for the Hindus, "The Sangtana Dharma".
		The complex system of hereditary Hindu groups, ranked Hindus by their social strata and occupations (Brahmans, priests and scholars, Kshatriyas, warriors and rulers, Vaishyas, farmers and merchants, Shudras, peasants and laborers, and Panchamas, menials and untouchables).
		The Hindu Trimurti Brahma, Siva, Vishnu from Hoysaleswara Temple in Halebid
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Hinduism_Hindu_Vedic_Vedas.htm (533 words)

	Cambridge University Hindu Cultural Society - Information - FAQ
		The word "Hinduism" as it is used in common parlance usually refers to a myriad of religious sects and belief systems that came into existence in the Indian subcontinent since approximately 5000BC; therefore it is often difficult to make definitive statements about Hinduism in general.
		However, most Hindus and Buddhists find many points of congruence between the two faiths and the concept of ahimsa in particular (non-violence to all living beings) is a case in point; indeed it may be due to Buddhist and Jain influences that vegetarianism became more widespread in hinduism.
		However one needs to bear in mind the fact that Hinduism evolved in a completely different setting to these religions; and even when the prevalent Hindu philosophies became more monotheistic in nature, idol worship was in general integrated into their theologies rather than rejected.
	www.cuhcs.org.uk /info.faq.php (5339 words)

	Hindu beliefs and practices - Hindusm - GKIndia.com
		Simultaneously, many hundreds of Hindu Gods and Goddesses are worshipped as various aspects of that unity.
		Hinduism has a deserved reputation of being highly tolerant of other religions.
		Various sects of Hinduism have evolved into separate religious movements, including Hare Krishna, Sikhism and Theosophy.
	www.gkindia.com /worldreligions/hindubeliefsandpractices.htm (672 words)

	Hindu Basics
		Hindus believe that the soul reincarnates, evolving through many births until all karmas have been resolved, and moksha, liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained.
		Hindus believe that an enlightened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute, as are personal discipline, good conduct, purification, pilgrimage, self-inquiry, meditation and surrender in God.
		Hindus believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, noninjury, in thought, word and deed.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /basics/nineb (347 words)

	Apologetics research resources on religious cults and sects - research resources on Hinduism
		Defining Hinduism in a more precise manner is difficult because of its wide number of practices and teachings.
		Hinduism is noted as being the only one of the major beliefs that cannot be defined, for any definition is inadequate, contradictory, and incomplete.
		Hindus claim that this body of literature was supernaturally revealed by the Hindu gods.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /h09.html (825 words)

	Shastras
		The neo-Hindu sects, which were formed mostly as part of the Hindu reform movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have already defocused from or given up purana shastric procedures.
		Navya Shastra is a Hindu organization, which unites members from various Hindu sects, various walks of life, and various parts of the world under the banner of Sanatana Dharma to bring about a genuine reform of the social structure in the Hindu religious tradition.
		All Hindus who believe in bringing a true reform in Hindu religious tradition, ending caste and gender distinctions based on the purana shastras, and opening Vedic/Agamic instruction to all already subscribe to the Navya Shastric ideals, whether they are members of Navya Shastra or not.
	www.shastras.org /FAQ.html (1733 words)

	Hindu Voice UK - A Voice For The British Hindu
		Hindu Dharma has emphasized the care of the cow as a symbol of the beneficence of the Earth and the Divine Mother.
		Certain Hindu groups in the east of India, in Indonesia (Bali) and in Nepal have continued to eat meat and practice animal sacrifice in their temples and have done so for many centuries.
		Hindus, unlike followers of other religions, are not compelled to literally believe or mindlessly follow what any Hindu text might say, particularly Hindu works on social practices (dharma sutras), which were always subject to modification relative to the needs of time, place, person and culture.
	www.hinduvoice.co.uk /Issues/9/Veggie.htm (1267 words)

	Hinduism
		Sankara reformed the sect and today the sect is synonymous with Adi Shankara’s monistic, meditative and philosophical theories.
		Smarta sect is the liberal branch of current day Hinduism that believes in attainment of salvation through mainly Jnana yoga.
		The Shakti sect worships Kali, Durga, Pravathi, Devi, Ambika, Chandi and Yoni.
	www.gsbkerala.com /hindusam.htm (902 words)

	Swami Vivekananda and the Buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Hindu character or Hindu culture, which all indogene religious sects and currents are sharing, has not only a uniting power, but is the essential fundament, the soul of India: "Now you understand clearly where the Soul of this ogress (i.e.
		The modern Hinduism will never tell the people to remain in their caste they are born in; they will tell them to give up the caste mentality and behaviour in order to uplift themselves to the highest cultural level: the Satya Yuga Brahmanism.
		The split of Buddhism and Hinduism brought India the worst disaster: "This separation between the Buddhists and the Brahmins is the cause of the downfall of India"(I 23).
	www.hvk.org /articles/0700/12.html (3213 words)

	Organisations: India
		It is also coterminous wth the definition of "Hindu" given by Hindu nationalist ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923: "one to whom India is both Fatherland and Holyland", thus distinguishing the Hindu from non-Indians to whom India is Holyland (e.g.
		Etymologically, "Hindu" is simply the Persian form of "Sindhu", meaning generally "river" and specifically "the Indus river", hence meaning "one who lives in (or, by extension, beyond) the Indus river", "an Indian".
		Thus, Bal Gangadhar Tilak defines Hinduism as: "Belief in the Vedas, variety in the means (of salvation) and infiniteness of the objects of worship".
	www.wcer.org /members/sasia/india/definitions.htm (759 words)

	Hindu Sects and Schools - ReligionFacts
		Modern Hinduism is divided into four major devotional sects: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
		Vaishnavism and Shaivism are generally regarded as monotheistic sects: each believes in one supreme God, who is identified as Vishnu in Vaishnavism and Shiva in Shaivism.
		Of these six, three continue to be influential in Hinduism: Purva Mimamsa, Yoga, and Vedanta.
	www.religionfacts.com /hinduism/sects.htm (207 words)

	Origin of Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham, Gowmaram, Ganapathyam and Sowram
		The religious sects that are in the Six-fold religion are Saivism, Vaishnavaism, Saktham, Gowmaram, Kanapathyam and Sowram.
		It was also the time when the great sects of 'Saivism and Vaishnavism' were taking shape and there was a tendency for organization in a number of other sects (mentioned in the Puranas) through their medium.
		Since it is now totally camouflaged by the Brahman concept under the name of Hinduism, it is generally thought that the Vedas are the basis for the development of this Bhakti Movement.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/1412/origin.html (2765 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Four Sects \| October/November/December, 2003
		For over 200 years, Western scholars have struggled to understand Hinduism, a faith whose followers seemed (to outsiders) to arbitrarily worship any one of a dozen Gods as the Supreme, a religion vastly diverse in its beliefs, practices and ways of worship.
		Like all the sects, its majority are devout families, headed by hundreds of orders of swamis and sadhus who follow the fiery, world-renouncing path to moksha.
		Vaishnavism is an ancient Hindu sect centering on the worship of Lord Vishnu and His incarnations, especially Krishna and Rama.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/2003/10-12/44-49_four_sects.shtml (2517 words)

	Hindutva Series : Secularism - Why is India a Secular State?
		The history of the Hindus is the history of a civilization which has developed in its natural state, without interruption, since antiquity.
		Hence Hindu History is a prototype of how human civilization would have looked, if civilization all across the globe had been allowed to develop in its natural state.
		And this is why Hinduism is called a Living Idea, guided by the sum total of human wisdom that is not considered to be embodied in one person, or one book, or one period of human history.
	www.hindutva.org /secularroots.html (4350 words)

	Hindu Square--Beliefnet.com
		All Hindu sects agree that Brahman is Satchidanand (existence-knowledge-bliss).
		The vast majority of Hindus believe that mere belief is not very useful and the ultimate goal of human life is the direct experience of God.
		To sum up Hindu dharma says that man must purify his heart, experience the Ultimate Reality and be free.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=41098&discussionID=464796 (819 words)

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