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Teaching about the amount of Hindu gods.
'Three hundred and three, ... one' In the Upanishad.
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.
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.
Teaching about the nature of Brahman
'He moves and he moves not. He is within all, and he is outside all'. In the Upanishad.
Brahma as the creator.
'Brahma was...the Creator of all...from him comes all life and mind'. In the Upanishad.
Teaching about Vishnu
'Out of Vishnu this universe has arisen, he is the one who governs its existence and destruction''.
Teaching about the Atman exisiting.
'You cannot see the Atman, but in truth he is here'.
Teaching about the Atman lasting.
'Never born and eternal, he does not die when the body dies.'
Teaching about Moksha.
'Having gained supreme perfection, the great souled ones who come to Me never find reincarnation that transient home of mistery.'
How to be towards all beings.
'Be friendly and compassionate released from ego selfishness, patient, hate not any being.'
What are the two paths one can take in life according to the teaching?
The path of joy and the path of pleasure.
What is the outcome for those who follow the path of joy?
They come to good.
What is the outcome for those who follow the path of pleasure?
They do not reach the End.
How to worship Brahman.
'There are two ways of contemplation of Brahman: in sound and in silence.'
Aarti ceremony teaching.
'A leaf or flower, water a devotee in love may bring; I cherish...the love that makes the offering.'
Teaching about loving Brahman.
'Bear Me in mind, with love to Me, revere Me, sacrifce.'
How to give offerings to Vishnu (said by Krishna)
'Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -... even your suffering.'
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.'
Teaching about mind / sense control.
'The chariot of the mind is drawn by wild horses, and those wild horses have to be tamed.'
Brahman being the whole universe.
'All this universe is in truth Brahman. He is the beginning and end and life of all.'
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.'
Teaching about husbands.
'A husband should be worshipped as a God.'
Teaching about forgiveness.
'By forgiveness it is that the whole universe is held together.'
Teaching about wealth.
'The hoarded wealth will eventually prove to be the cause of ruin.'
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.'
Teaching about charity
‘The gift derived from Good seeks no returning grace, but gives because “it must be done”
Where are most quotes from?
Various Upanishads, but aarti ceremony, ‘hate not any being’ and moksha teaching are Bhagavad Gita.