01:840:112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jnana Yoga, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda

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Hinduism is reincarnation heavy - birth, death, rebirth. The bodies of the dead are usually either cremated or buried anywhere. Religion of diversity - of beliefs and practices, especially those beliefs concerning the afterlife. Hinduism is one of the most ancient religions of humanity, we don"t know when it began, it"s origins are lost in prehistory. No belief system that all hindus must accept. Most hindus are in india - about 82% of indians are hindus in india. The vedas - the most ancient hindu scriptures, existed around 1500 bc. Composed by a group of people known as aryans. A theory on the aryans is that they were the original inhabitants of india. Another theory is that they migrated from outside india - southern russia, around 2500. Of these 3 parts, 90-98% of hindus today practice the bhakti marga because it"s the easiest path of anyone of any social standing to take - cheap, easy.

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