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Hinduism
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December 2008
"DASOPADESAM"
("The Ten Commandments")
by Paramacharya Maha Swamigal, Jagad
Guru Shri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati |
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The Puranas are the richest
collection of mythology in the world. Most of them attained their final
form around 500 A.D. but they were passed on as an oral tradition since
the time of Krishna (c. 1500 B.C.). There are eighteen major Puranas and
a few minor ones. Each is a long book consisting of various stories of
the Gods and Goddesses, hymns, an outline of ancient history, cosmology,
rules of life, rituals, instructions on spiritual knowledge. Hence the
Puranas are like encyclopedias of religion and culture and contain material
of different levels and degrees of difficulty. The most important Puranas
are the VISHNU PURANA, SHIVA PURANA and MARKENDEYA PURANA (to the Goddess).
The BHAGAVATA PURANA is important to the worshippers of Krishna. Other
Puranas are the Vayu, Agni, Skanda, Kalki, Linga. The Puranas are perhaps
the most important or commonly used scriptural texts of the Hindus. They
were guide books for the whole of life and society.
http://www.hindunet.org/puranas/index.htm |
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Srimad Bhagavad Gita - It
is the divine discourse spoken by the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself and
is the most popular and well known of all the sacred scriptures from ancient
India. Always being revered as a true source of spiritual knowledge it
reveals the purpose and goal of human existence.
http://www.bhagavad-gita.org |
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