Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism

479 Pages·2015·5.13 MB·English

by  Swami Achuthananda

Copyright © 2013 Swami Achuthananda
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ISBN: 1481825526
ISBN-13: 9781481825528
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Table of Contents
Culture
1. What Goes Around Comes Around
2. The Many Faces of Hinduism
3. The Banyan Tree
4. Fast Facts on Hinduism
5. The United States of India
6. Who is a Hindu?
7. Icons of India
8. The Elusive Religion
9. Buddha – The Enlightened One
10. The Scorpion and the Turtle
11. Some Little-Known Facts on Hinduism
12. Zoroastrianism
13. Parsis – The Jews of India
14. Origins of Indian Languages
15. Facts About Indian Languages
16. Indus Valley Civilization
17. Hindus Around the World
18. Namaste
19. The Nature of God
20. The Odd Jodi
Concepts
21. Many Many Many Gods
22. Sanatana Dharma
23. The Scriptures of Hinduism
24. The Vedas
25. The Vedic Pantheon
26. Om – The Sound of the Cosmos
27. Veda Vyasa
28. The Upanishads
29. The Hindu Cosmogony - I
30. The Hindu Cosmogony - II
31. Heaven and Hell
32. All Paths Lead to God
33. The Essence of Hinduism
34. Atman and Brahman – Self and Totality
35. Maya – The Power of Delusion
36. Reincarnation
37. The True Self
38. Brahman
39. Darshanas
40. Ganesha
41. Chakras – The Energy Centers of the Body
42. Gayatri Mantra – Saluting the Sun
43. Mother Goddess
44. Yoga
Controversies
45. Idol Worship
46. Silence of the Buddha
47. Hinduism Vs. Buddhism
48. The Manly Englishman and the Effeminate Indian