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Believed by the Hindus

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Core topics ∞

• Kalpa - The cycle of time:

  • part of it is "The Age of Kali"

• Samskara - A purifactory ceremony and the transmigration ^[ 1 ]to move beyond of the soul. Associated with reincarnation, Karma and Moksha.

The Caste System:

varn.as:

• Brahmin
• Ks.atriya

• Vaishya(s)

  • Farmers, Merchants, Artisans, etc.
    

    "Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaisyas..." -- Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18

• Shudra

• Untouchable

Terms ∞

See /tag/hinduism+culture

• Asura(s)

  • Demons
  • The Asuras want to conquer the territory of the Devas.

• Deva(s) / Rishi(s)

  • Equated to Gods.
  • The Asuras want to conquer their territory.
  • See Brahma Rishi

• Dhy„na

  • (Sanskrit) Meditation

• Guna (Guṇa)

  • qualification

• Hiranyagharba

  • The Golden Egg of Creation.
  • Associated with Brahma because of the idea of the emergence of Brahma from Narayana.

• Kali

  • A god.
  • "kalo sudra sambhavah" = "In The Age of Kali, everyone is a Shudra."

• Mantra

  • Mantras are "highly compressed, power-packed formulas, usually of Sanskrit origin, which are charged with deep meaning and magical potency." (The Buddhist Handbook, 96 - ISBN 0892817615)
  • They are either written, visualized, or spoken. Reciting a mantra continuously "purifies the speech and 'protests the mind' by maintaining a constant spiritual connection; and of course it helps disperse mental chatter." (The Buddhist Handbook, 96 - ISBN 0892817615)

• Shiva

  • The destroyer.
  • Shiva's role in Kalpa, the cycle of time, is to return everything to the spiritual.. to dissolve it.

• Vedas

Notes ∞

• From 500 BC to about 100 AD, the age of Buddhism and Jainism had put Hinduism in decline. It, however, was able to renew itself. Sacrifice went out of favour.

  • It was also during this time that Vishnu and Shiva completed their eclipse of India and the other Vedic gods.
• A common part of Indian mythology, Wars, between the Asuras and the Devas were often fought.