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Hinduism Hindu Vedic Vedas
Background Beliefs Overview Traditions
Karma is an individual's state in this life was the result of physical and mental actions in past lives. Actions in this life will influence the circumstances of future incarnations. By this law of cause and effect, individuals created their own destinies by their deeds, words, and thoughts.
The cycle of rebirth will continue until all karmas were resolved and the soul attained spiritual knowledge and liberation. To read more about karmic cycles please see Karma Dharma and Reincarnation Cycles.
Manifold Deities and Mahadevas, the Hinduism goddesses and gods were revered with many different names and qualities. They were really different forms of the one, all pervasive, supreme being.
The Mahadevas with the assistance of multitudes of angelic devas protected and provided daily guidance to Hindus. The Mahadevas with the assistance of multitudes of angelic devas protected and provided daily guidance to Hindus over the ages.
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.
Early Morning on the Sacred River Ganges by the Holy City of Varanasi
Hindus revere the River Ganga as an important Hindu Goddess
Image Courtesy of John
Hill taken in 1973
The Landscape, the Divine Forest, and the the Sacred Rivers were enlivened and hallowed by the presence of the Nature Spirits. The elemental beings of air, water, fire, and earth enlivened and sanctified all the Days and Ways of Hindu daily living. To read more about them please see Manifold Mahadevas Nature Spirits.
Moksha or Mukti means by transcending karma or the results of one's actions, attainment of liberation from rebirth occurred. This goal of liberation from suffering and from the cycle of rebirth was accomplished by the elimination of passions, through knowledge of reality, and union with divinity.
Hindus believe in the Doctrine of Reincarnation and Transmigration of the Soul. After the death of the body, the individual soul entered a new existence based on karma (the actions of the body and mind) which determined the quality of rebirth (making it important to follow the dharma, doing what was right for the both the individual and the universe). This cycle of rebirth occurred until the attainment of mukti releases the soul from the wheel of incarnations.
The Vedas were ancient Hindu scriptures in the form of mantras or hymns were the timeless and eternal religion, shruti (heard directly from the deities), wisdom revealed through the inner spiritual experience of the seers and sages.
The Rig, Sama,
Yajur and Atharva Vedas each contain four sections: Sanhitas
(the hymns), Brahmanas (prose explanations about the significance of the
hymns), Aranyakas (interpretations of the hymns), and Upanishads,
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Permission GNU FDL given to use Early Morning on the Sacred River Ganges by the Holy City of Varanasi, Hindus revere the River Ganga as an important Hindu Goddess, Courtesy of John
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