Role of Women in Hinduism
The Hindu religion considers women to be the female God. However, women are still oppressed in Hinduism. Read this post to understand their position.
The Hindu religion considers women to be the female God. However, women are still oppressed in Hinduism. Read this post to understand their position.
The Bhagavad Gita emphasizes Karma Yoga, advocating action without attachment to results for self-purification and societal benefit. It upholds the performance of one’s duties selflessly as a path to liberation.
Hinduism offers diverse prayer practices including Sattvic, Rajasik, and Tamasik, as explained in the Bhagavad Gita, based on intent, deities, or desired outcomes like Sakaam and Nishkaam prayers.
This beginner’s meditation guide PDF teaches the anulom-vilom pranayama and other yoga foundations based on Muni Patanjali’s sutras, including postures, breath control, and concentration techniques for self-realization.
Swami Vivekananda says good cannot exist without evil, varying by perspective. Hinduism lists five unforgivable sins: desiring the guru’s wife, killing a learned person, stealing, using intoxicants, and associating with such sinners.
Hinduism encompasses both monotheistic and polytheistic elements, with sects worshipping one God in various forms or acknowledging multiple deities. It’s an umbrella term for diverse beliefs and practices, rather than a singular religion.
Arun Acharya’s free PDF, “Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna,” outlines the master’s universal lessons on avoiding lust and greed to attain God.
Yudhisthira performed the Ashvamedha Yagna to unite Bharatavarsha after the Mahabharata war, resulting in Babhruvahana killing and then miraculously reviving Arjuna. The ceremony concluded with the tale of a golden mongoose, illustrating selfless sacrifice over material offerings.
The Bhagavad Gita teaches focusing on duty without attachment to results, acknowledging pleasure and pain as transient, understanding desires, action over inaction, and leadership responsibilities, plus the benefits of eating wholesome food.
The Hindu belief in the afterlife involves the soul’s cycle of rebirth, aiming for Moksha to escape reincarnation. The Garuda Purana details punishments and rewards post-death, while the Bhagavad Gita emphasizes Karma and continuous rebirth until liberation.
Post-Mahabharata, Yudhisthira rules and performs a Yagna. Parikshit becomes emperor, killed by Takshak. Janamejaya, seeking revenge, starts a snake sacrifice, which is stopped by Astika, preserving snake lives.
The Bhagavad Gita’s 10 core teachings by Lord Krishna include the eternality of the soul, duty without attachment to results, controlling desires, and seeing God in all.
Muni Patanjali, authored the Yoga Sutras, guidelines on meditation and overcoming obstacles. Swami Vivekananda’s English PDF explains these concepts using Chitta and Vritti, emphasizing the elimination of mental disturbances to achieve self-realization.
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