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Attendance at this program grew to over one hundred. The group then formed a circle to study the Hindu scriptures. Interest in the study circle expanded, and in the early 1980s the group was incorporated as the Vedanta Society of Central Ohio. It started holding monthly lectures by distinguished speakers at local churches. [4]
Hinduism is an ancient religion, with denominations such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya , Nyaya , Yoga , Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy .
The Rigveda (Vedic chant) manuscript in Devanagari, a scripture of Hinduism, dated 1500–1000 BCE.It is the oldest religious text in any Indo-European language. A Sephardic Torah scroll, containing the first section of the Hebrew Bible, rolled to the first paragraph of the Shema.
The five universally acknowledged messengers in Islam are Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus and Muhammad, [9] each believed to have been sent with a scripture. Muslims believe David ( Dāwūd ) received Psalms ( Zabur ) [ 10 ] (cf. Q38:28 ); Jesus ( Īsā ) the Gospel ( Injil ); Muhammad received the Qur'an ; Abraham ( Ibrahim ) the Scrolls of ...
The Puranas do not enjoy the authority of a scripture in Hinduism, [53] but are considered a Smriti. [54] These Hindu texts have been influential in the Hindu culture, inspiring major national and regional annual festivals of Hinduism. [55] The Bhagavata Purana has been among the most celebrated and popular text in the Puranic genre.
The sacred image of Shiva is located centrally-left and the sacred image of Vishnu is located centrally-right. [4] An altar of Ganesh is right outside the Shiva altar and Durga and Laxmi are in the middle of the Shiva and Vishnu altar. Nandi the bull is also outside the Shiva altar and looks directly at Shiva. The walls are sculpted with the ...
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Let drama and dance (Nātya, नाट्य) be the fifth vedic scripture. Combined with an epic story, tending to virtue, wealth, joy and spiritual freedom, it must contain the significance of every scripture, and forward every art. Thus, from all the Vedas, Brahma framed the Nātya Veda. From the Rig Veda he drew forth the words, from the ...