Hinduism - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/hinduism/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:02:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 The Oneness of Religion in the Hindu Advaita Vedanta https://bahaiteachings.org/the-oneness-of-religion-in-the-hindu-advaita-vedanta/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-oneness-of-religion-in-the-hindu-advaita-vedanta/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=73280 Does just being alive make you feel wonderful? Does just being alive expand your consciousness and sometimes tip you into bliss? If not, would you like to feel that way?...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/the-oneness-of-religion-in-the-hindu-advaita-vedanta/feed/ 2 Challenging Old Religious Traditions https://bahaiteachings.org/challenging-old-religious-traditions/ https://bahaiteachings.org/challenging-old-religious-traditions/#respond Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=71200 Hinduism is a great religion, not so different from historically Western religions once fully understood, and the entirety of humanity has begun to recognize it as part of a single...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/challenging-old-religious-traditions/feed/ 0 Krishna and His Place in History https://bahaiteachings.org/krishna-and-his-place-in-history/ https://bahaiteachings.org/krishna-and-his-place-in-history/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70955 It may be that when you enter a Hindu home you discover some representation of a blue man or blue boy — if so, that blue character is probably Krishna,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/krishna-and-his-place-in-history/feed/ 0 The Goddess: Shaktis and the Feminine Nature of Creation https://bahaiteachings.org/goddess-shaktis-feminine-nature-creation/ https://bahaiteachings.org/goddess-shaktis-feminine-nature-creation/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70144 When you enter a Hindu home, if the only Hindu art you see is of a female goddess, you are probably in the home of a Shakti.   The word Shakti...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/goddess-shaktis-feminine-nature-creation/feed/ 0 How Yoga Began: The Many-Armed Dancing Shiva https://bahaiteachings.org/how-yoga-began-dancing-shiva/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-yoga-began-dancing-shiva/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=70075 Have you seen the many-armed, dancing Hindu god, often shown surrounded by fire, named Shiva?  Known in the East as the Great Yogi or Adiyogi Shiva, and as the first...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-yoga-began-dancing-shiva/feed/ 1 The Hindu Remover of Obstacles https://bahaiteachings.org/elephant-hindu-rooms/ https://bahaiteachings.org/elephant-hindu-rooms/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:00:52 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=68012 Bahai’s believe in the essential unity of all religions—that every Faith has a close connection to every other Faith. In a talk he gave at Columbia University in New York...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/elephant-hindu-rooms/feed/ 0 God Within: Meeting Your Hindu Neighbors https://bahaiteachings.org/god-within-meeting-your-hindu-neighbors/ https://bahaiteachings.org/god-within-meeting-your-hindu-neighbors/#respond Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:00:23 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=67892 Now that we’ve learned a little about Hindu beliefs in the earlier essays in this series, we’re almost ready to meet our Hindu neighbors. First, though, we’ll need to learn...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/god-within-meeting-your-hindu-neighbors/feed/ 0 How to Understand a Hindu Idol https://bahaiteachings.org/how-understand-hindu-idol/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-understand-hindu-idol/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2020 14:00:44 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66306 I learned about idol worship from a fascinating encounter I once had with a Hindu in Guyana.  We were talking about religion when he objected that Westerners often complain about...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-understand-hindu-idol/feed/ 1 Will the East and West Ever Unify? https://bahaiteachings.org/will-east-west-ever-unify/ https://bahaiteachings.org/will-east-west-ever-unify/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=66172 A hundred and fifty years or so ago, Rudyard Kipling famously wrote “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/will-east-west-ever-unify/feed/ 1 Do Hindus Believe in One God or Many? https://bahaiteachings.org/hindus-believe-one-god-or-many/ https://bahaiteachings.org/hindus-believe-one-god-or-many/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=65621 Do Hindus believe in one God, or in many gods? Some people, including Hindus themselves, will answer “many gods,” because so many holy figures are named and worshipped in Hinduism....

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