I have a good understanding of scripture due to family bible studies but it. As your wise librarian told you, there is no one single book of. Hindu texts are manuscripts and historical literature related to any of the diverse traditions within hinduism. Around 1750 bc aryan invaders from central asia settled in north west india and introduced their own religious. For untold centuries unto today, it has remained the sustaining force and authoritative doctrine, guiding followers in ways of worship, duty and enlightenmentupasana, dharma and jnana. These are the most ancient religious texts which define truth for hindus. Christianity broadly consists of individuals who believe in the deity jesus christ. Matthews gospel, with the gospels of luke, john, and mark, is an exalted history of the life of christ. Most popular matthew bible verses bible study tools. Do hindus see god as personal or impersonal western hindu.
It definitely seems geared more towards readers with a casual interest in buddhism, as the translations and the authors commentaries on the different texts read more like a glossary. Its followers, called christians, often believe christ is the son of the holy trinity and walked the earth as the incarnate form of god the father. Like the taoist tao te ching, the buddhist dhammapada, the sikh adi. Muslims therefore like to say that jesus prayed just like we do. An ancient indian book dense with wisdom, the bhagavad gita is the most important and beloved spiritual text to billions of hindus. Hinduism is such an ancient religion that it had many types of beliefs and religious practices. May 15, 2008 they dont worship 300 different gods why dont you go to the library and get a book on the religion and bible is a holy book in christinity.
An examination of th e worlds third largest religio n dvd by charlie campbell. You can check it from your paperbook or if you dont have one, you can go to a library and see these verses. A few texts are shared resources across these traditions and broadly considered as hindu scriptures. Parallel teachings in hinduism and christianity university libraries. Book six of the mahabharata contains the bhagavad gita, the song of the lord. God can be the destroyer, the creator, the lover or the hater, the wise or the foolish, just like you can. The bhagavad gita, or song of the lord is part of the sixth book of the. But there are more than 900 million followers of hindu. The four books of the vedasrig, yajur, sama and atharvainclude over 100,000 verses. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world today with about 800 million adherents. The rigveda is the first and most important veda227 and is one of the oldest religious texts.
It tells us how to conduct ourselves in this world with detachment and freedom of the mind. She whispers, in the religion section, under holy bible and holy. Shruti, smriti, and list of hindu scriptures the ancient scriptures of hinduism are in sanskrit. Honor code statement harvardx requires individuals who enroll in its courses on edx to abide by the terms of the edx honor code. This book has been chosen by a great number of hindus and western students of hinduism themselves, as the book that best explains the profound ideas of hinduism in a clear, precise and easily understandable way, with many excellent analogies. The vedas were codified into sutras aphorisms in a scripture known as vedantasutra.
It is a religious symbol representing divine sight and shows that one is a hi foreward magazine. The knowledge in the vedas is believed in hinduism to be eternal, uncreated, neither. Many compare it to the new testament as the definitive piece of hindu. Like really how come purports be a reference only the ancient commentaries should be regarded if at all need be. His book is the longest of the four, and some theologians consider it was the first to be recorded. The book contains great spiritual truths which are relevant even today. There are a number of books and different groups of hindus place varying importance to different ones. The vedas are religious texts that are the oldest written works in hinduism, emerging approximately 2,500 years ago. Religious texts are texts related to a religious tradition. Oct 12, 20 who is the real god among god in christianity hinduism and islam. In hindu scripture, brahman is described as he who dwells in the sky and. They got their present form between 1200200 bce and were introduced to. A group of texts known as the vedas, containing hymns and sacrificial formulas, originated in north indian oral traditions and were written down from roughly 1500500 bce.
Messianic jewish bible quotes author of holy scriptures. Quite often bhagavad gita is spoken as the bible of the hindus. Prostration is the normal muslim attitude of prayer. The vedas contain prayers, hymns and mantras to guide practitioners. Here some powerful quotes from the gita that will give you a different perspective on life, and maybe even change the way you look at hinduism. One who hates, disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
Just like people have many sides to their personalities, so does god isvara. But scholars have refuted the findings in the book. The vedas were codified into sutras aphorisms in a scripture known as vedanta sutra. I am a hindu, why should i consider becoming a christian. Within hindu sacred literature may be found, as in most scripture, almost every type of. Similarities between the bhagavad gita and the bible. True to its nature, there is not just one scripture that is universally accepted. Jun 26, 2008 another point worth analysis is that all these alternate theories like advait god and soul and nature are all one and same, and other variants of dvaits god is with form etc, came in vogue only in last few hundred years or so in a period when already we were suffering from rule of foreign invaders or postvedic philosophies. Harvardx will take appropriate corrective action in response to violations of the edx honor code, which may include dismissal from the harvardx course. Muller noted that the hymns of the rigveda, the oldest scripture of hinduism, mention many deities, but praises them successively as the one ultimate, supreme god, alternatively as one supreme goddess, thereby asserting that the essence of the deities was unitary, and the deities. A book called the unknown life of christ published in the 19 th century indicates that jesus had spent his life in the himalayas where he might have come in contact with buddhists and hindu saints. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse.
The name of the book, rigveda, means probably verse wisdom. This book also contains a gayatri mantra and the hindu story of primal man, which is similar to the story of adam and eve. Like the taoist tao te ching, the buddhist dhammapada, the sikh adi granth, the jewish torah, the christian bible and the muslim koranthe. The hindu bible is called shruti, and contains four subchapters called vedas. This veda is divided into a series of ten smaller books, called mandalas, which contain odes dedicated to the various hindu deities. This book is a nice enough anthology of buddhist sutras, stories, and other texts from various buddhist cultures throughout asia, particularly mahayana traditions. It speaks about offering the fruit of ones actions to god in order to become free from the cycle of births and deaths. Nearly all other bible writers made similar claims. Ritenbaugh, is a sabbathkeeping, nontrinitarian church, adhering to the teachings of jesus christ. A scripture is a subset of religious texts considered to be especially.
Hinduism of accepting all valid religious traditions, hindu or nonhindu, as. Bible verses about hinduism church of the great god. May 12, 2011 hindu religious texts are some of the worlds oldest sacred writings. The four books of the vedasrig, yajur, sama and atharvainclude over. Indeed, your part of brahman is also transcendent it is a part of. Also they have added 2 million words purport under each verse and some people cite this purport as a reference. Torah, the christian bible and the muslim koran, the veda is the hindu holy book. Posted on october 12, 20 updated on october 12, 20. Does hinduism have any official books like the bible. Bible verses related to hinduism from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order hebrews 9. Like the taoist tao te ching, the buddhist dhammapada, the sikh adi granth, the jewish torah, the christian bible and the muslim koranthe veda is the hindu holy book.
Next post why do many hindus wear a dot near the middle of their forehead. Many subsidiary texts, particularly by medieval bhakti writers, are in local vernaculars, such as tamil, brajbasi, gujarati, and bengali. What are the hindu scriptures which every hindu should abide. Because hinduism is an amalgam of popular religious traditions developed over thousands of years, the term official as opposed to unofficial can only be applied loosely. The bhagavad gita manuscript is found in the sixth book of the mahabharata manuscripts the bhismaparvan.
About that dot on the forehead, the ten questions people ask about hinduism says this. Who is the real god among god in christianity hinduism and islam. The only two religions with more adherents are christianity 2 billion and islam 1. Some religious texts are accepted or categorized as canonical, some. They got their present form between 1200200 bce and were introduced to india by the aryans. This short text about the size of johns gospel, though technically part of the smrti literature, is popularly considered to be among the holiest revelation coburn, 1989, p. The rigveda is considered by many to be the most important of the vedas. Jan 02, 2020 the only book more historically verifiable than the old testament the hebrew bible is the new testament. Apologetics press an investigation of hindu scripture. In the name of allah most merciful most compassionate. The vedas are the oldest of the hindu scriptures and form the very foundation of hinduism. Henotheism was the term used by scholars such as max muller to describe the theology of vedic religion.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to god who gave it. So hindu writings generally make no claim to be the very words of a god, but bible writings claim that the whole bible speaks the very word of god. Christianity vs hinduism difference and comparison diffen. Maybe you need to learn more about the religion before you could ask if they know what they are doing. Among the vast body of indian sacred texts there are stories, prayers and teachings analogous to parts of the bible. Discover the most popular bible verses from the book of matthew in this collection.
Hinduism is by far the predominant faith in india, where 82% of the population is hindu. The everhelpful gospel of barnabas clarifies a point absent from the bible text, that this was the lords habitual mode of prayer. In fact, you are all those things at times because god is all those things, all the time. In yet others hinduism, buddhism, there has never been a definitive canon. Most hindus see god as primarily personal, though possibly having transcendent or impersonal aspects. The bhagavad gita is often preserved and studied on its own, as an independent text with its chapters renumbered from 1 to 18.
Therein, in the third section, the gita forms chapters 2340, that is 6. Yajurveda samhita is used as a handbook by priests performing the. Having gone forth from the house, jesus retired into the garden to pray, according as his custom was to pray, bowing his knees. There are 14 million mormons in the world and 7 million jehovahs witnesses. Introduction hinduism stands for the faith and the way of life most of the people who live in india. The vedas are divided into four books, each section dealing with different. Hindus do have a book just like muslims have quran and the jews have torah. They see the self in every creature and all creation in the self. Apr 07, 2009 a lot of people seem to think that all hindus see god as ultimately impersonal. Since the second vatican general council 196265, which laid down the template for the future of the roman catholic institutional church, catholics have seen gods revelation as consisting of two strands, bible and tradition, which some modern theologians would like to equate with shruti and smriti, respectively.