Hinduism important teachings

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Teaching about the amount of Hindu gods.

'Three hundred and three, ... one' In the Upanishad.

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Teaching about who created the world.

'Who verily knows and who can here declare it, whence it was born and whence comes this creation? In the Rig Veda.

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Did the gods create the world?

'The Gods are later than this world's production'. In the Rig Veda, follows on from creator of the world quote.

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Teaching about the nature of Brahman

'He moves and he moves not. He is within all, and he is outside all'. In the Upanishad.

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Brahma as the creator.

'Brahma was...the Creator of all...from him comes all life and mind'. In the Upanishad.

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Teaching about Vishnu

'Out of Vishnu this universe has arisen, he is the one who governs its existence and destruction''.

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Teaching about the Atman exisiting.

'You cannot see the Atman, but in truth he is here'.

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Teaching about the Atman lasting.

'Never born and eternal, he does not die when the body dies.'

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Teaching about Moksha.

'Having gained supreme perfection, the great souled ones who come to Me never find reincarnation that transient home of mistery.'

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How to be towards all beings.

'Be friendly and compassionate released from ego selfishness, patient, hate not any being.'

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What are the two paths one can take in life according to the teaching?

The path of joy and the path of pleasure.

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What is the outcome for those who follow the path of joy?

They come to good.

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What is the outcome for those who follow the path of pleasure?

They do not reach the End.

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How to worship Brahman.

'There are two ways of contemplation of Brahman: in sound and in silence.'

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Aarti ceremony teaching.

'A leaf or flower, water a devotee in love may bring; I cherish...the love that makes the offering.'

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Teaching about loving Brahman.

'Bear Me in mind, with love to Me, revere Me, sacrifce.'

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How to give offerings to Vishnu (said by Krishna)

'Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -... even your suffering.'

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Teaching about gurus.

'The guru is the skilful helmsman...if with such means man does not strive to cross the ocean of life and death, he is indeed lost.'

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Teaching about mind / sense control.

'The chariot of the mind is drawn by wild horses, and those wild horses have to be tamed.'

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Brahman being the whole universe.

'All this universe is in truth Brahman. He is the beginning and end and life of all.'

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Giving to others.

'The Gift derived from Good seeks no returning grace, but gives because it must be done to worthy onces and time and place.'

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Teaching about husbands.

'A husband should be worshipped as a God.'

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Teaching about forgiveness.

'By forgiveness it is that the whole universe is held together.'

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Teaching about wealth.

'The hoarded wealth will eventually prove to be the cause of ruin.'

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Money helping others teaching.

'If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil.'

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Teaching about charity

‘The gift derived from Good seeks no returning grace, but gives because “it must be done”

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Where are most quotes from?

Various Upanishads, but aarti ceremony, ‘hate not any being’ and moksha teaching are Bhagavad Gita.