Hinduism - Introduction

The Hindu Scriptural literature is so vast and comprehensive that there is no branch of knowledge left uninvestigated by the great seers of this Country – India.

It is a pity that most of our people do not know even the authentic basics of this religion.  People have got much of information only from hearsay that the real authentic information has been almost lost.  I have collected information about our religion from most authentic sources and compiled it here. Please make use of it to teach your children.  

What is Hinduism

Let us see what swamy Vivekananda has to say about our religion.

Concept of Sanaathana Dharma

When people of other religions ask our kids about our Hindu religion, it is a pity that they do not know anything.  It is necessary to teach our children the basics of our Hindu religion. Particularly NRIs, who mingle a lot with other religion people should teach their children, the great philosophy in our religion.  

knowledge contained in the Veda is so vast

 The knowledge contained in the Veda is so vast. We should teach our children the greatness of our religion and its philosophy so that they are equipped to face life with a smile.

The Sanskrit word “VEDA” comes from the root “VID” to know. Veda is literally the book of knowledge – knowledge of the changeless and Supreme reality.
The vast knowledge of the Veda was as a single source without any classification in the first part of the Dwapara Yugam (more than 6000 years ago). Later, Maharishi Veda Vyasa classified it into many divisions and subdivisions for the benefit of all to understand. He divided the Veda into 4, wrote Mahabharata, 18 Mahapuranas and Vedanta.

I am presenting the classification of the Knowledge gained and accumulated by our great Rishis over a period of thousands of years in a series of about 10 slides.
Those who want to seriously know about our religion are requested to save these slides for further reference.

You will be surprised that all the knowledge in today’s world of Science & Technology, Medicine, Architecture, Literature and all have their roots in one of these classifications.

Detailed table of the Knowledge in the Vedas

Here I am presenting a much more detailed table of the Knowledge in the Vedas, which contains Science, Astronomy, Life sciences etc.,  

Smritis in detail

Here I am expanding a part of the full classification of knowledge (Vedas).  That is the Smritis part which contains knowledge about all aspects of material knowledge for living.  Whereas Srutis deal with spiritual aspects. 

A complete knowledge of the various aspects of Smritis gives a clear idea of living a good life style.

In due course we will try to explore each part separately in detail.

From a much broader classification

18 Mahapuranas as expanded from the Veda - Knowledge chart.

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