Hinduism

Hinduism is a religion that began in India and is practiced by over 700 million people, as of 2011. Reincarnation is an integral part of Hinduism and refers to the cycle of death and rebirth. Breaking…

Hinduism's four yogas or "ways" utilize moral and spiritual imperatives for the soul's development. Also called "margas," karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga and raja yoga appeal to different…

Sparta was the most powerful state in the ancient southern Peloponnese. By the fourth century BC it controlled more territory than any other Greek city state due to its disciplined, militaristic…

Hinduism is one of the oldest and most prominent religious belief systems in the world. It has existed for over 5,000 years in some form or another, and it is still practiced in many parts of the…

Hinduism is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. It can be focused on a devotion to god (typically called Brahman, Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti), a more philosophical devotion to…

Hinduism is a religion practiced throughout the world, but is especially common in India and Nepal. According to ReligiousTolerance.org, there are more than 950 million Hindus in the world and 1.5…

Hinduism developed in the Indus River valley between 4,000 and 1,500 B.C. It is generally considered the oldest organized religion in the world. With about 950 million practitioners, it is the…

Originally just a name for a part of India, Hinduism has become its own religion representing a set of traditions, beliefs and practices that can be summed up in four main parts. Dharma, Artha, Kama…

Traditional Hindu law does not allow divorce, according to Sir Gooroodass Banerjee's 1878 book "The Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan." In modern times, however, Hindu marriage laws have accepted the…

Hinduism is considered the world's oldest living religion and is today the third largest religion of the world. For religiously observant Hindus, diet has long been inextricably entwined with…

Hinduism is the main religion in India. Images of Hindu gods and deities represent facets of a single creator god. Symbolic aspects of the body parts of Hindu deities are portrayed in statues,…

As described in the "Bhagavad-Gita" and the "Yoga Sutra", the four types of yoga in Hinduism are Jnana yoga, Bhakti yoga, Karma yoga and Raja yoga. Each of these is practiced by yogis as a way of…

The Hare Krisha, also known as the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), trace their roots back 5,000 years to the origin of Krishna, although ISKCON itself was organized in 1965 by…

Rudraksha beads are to adherents of far Eastern, mystic religions what the rosary is to Catholicism in terms of their positive, spiritual impact on believers. Outlined here are the claims Hindus make…