Reliable resources to guide you through the basics of this unique faith, its beliefs and practices...and more.
Learn about the twenty ethical guidelines known as 'yamas' and 'niyamas,' or restraints and observances that an ideal Hindu should follow.
What do you have to say, when a Christian kid’s website says: "Wouldn't you rather have just one God who loves you a bunch than a bunch of gods that don't love you at all?" followed by a more explicit advisory: "Jesus loves everybody, even the unsaved like Habu! Remember to pray for Habu and others like him that they may find Jesus and accept Him into their hearts!” Share your thoughts...
Each of the seven days in a week has a special significance in Hinduism. About the seven days, the respective planet & deities associated with the particular days, relevant tales and legends, and the gemstones and colors that are said to be lucky for those days.
Hindu men should ideally go through four 'ashramas' or stages in life - the celibate student, the married family man, the hermit in retreat, and the wandering recluse. But most men are so much in love with the second stage that it lasts a lifetime!
What are the months and days of the Hindu year called? The article lists the Sanskrit names of the Hindu months, days and lunar days and their correlation with the Gregorian calendar.
Read about the four great epochs or 'yugas', and the cursed Kali Yug we're living in. What happens at the end of this age? Let's find out…
Hindus do not believe in the linear concept of time. Hindus believe that the process of creation moves in cycles and that each cycle has four great epochs of time or ‘yugas’.
Our desire to live on earth drives our life. But what happens after we die? How does death become us? Where does it take us? A look at the early Hindu concepts of heaven and hell, death and afterlife, sins and virtues, reincarnation and immortality.
If you're new to this faith, here's where to begin. In this simple introduction to a complex religion, get your basic questions on Hinduism answered and explained in brief.
The essence of Hinduism can be distilled into five principles and ten commandments that can be said to form the bedrock of the universal religion of Hinduism.
Hinduism is different from other religions in that it is not a religion per se in the traditional sense of the term. Find out how it is different and why it is unique...
An overview of the ritual world of Hinduism, from personal daily worship to rites of passage or 'samskaras' from birth to death.
It's all about living a life that promises worldly joys and heavenly happiness. It's about what is right!
Hindus believe that it is Karma or the 'Law of Cause & Effect' that can lead one to salvation. Learn more...
Delve deep into the hidden meanings and origins of major Hindu symbols, including rituals and deities.
An essay on the crucial importance of clearly understanding Hinduism proper - the "Vaidika Dharma" and the unitive tradition of spiritual expression.
In this essay, Vedic scholar Dr. Frank Morales speaks on how to save Hinduism from Universal Radicalism, preserve its uniqueness, and usher in the renewal of authentic Hinduism.
Author Stephen Knapp points out the close links between Christianity and Hinduism. Hinduism has had a predominant influence on Christianity, and many of the Christian rites could have been directly borrowed from Hinduism.
Hinduism sees no reason in people confining only to one religion. Of all religions, Hinduism makes it easy to believe in the coexistence of multiple religions.
About the Hindu view of time, the four great epochs or 'yugas', and the cursed Kali Yug we're living in. What happens at the end of this age? An article by your Guide.
The ancient Hindu Kali Yuga calendar and Mayan calendar were both started about
the same time over 5000 years ago, and both predict a rebirth of our planet at
about the same - about 5000 years after the calendars started - which might be
2012! We might be living through some incredible changes for the earth.
