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Act Today (Swami Chinmayananda)

Caste & Castism - East & West (By Swami Chinmayananda)

The Upanishads

  When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes into fire, his breath into wind, his eyes into the sun, his mind into the moon, his hearing into the quarters of heaven, his body into the land cheerfully. earth, his spirit into space     Upanishads, Veda   He who knows self as the enjoyer of the honey from the flowers of the senses, ever present within, ruler of time, goes beyond fear. For this self is supreme!   Upanishads, Veda   As one acts and conducts himself, so does he become. The doer of good becomes good. The doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action, bad by bad action.   Upanishads, Veda When the senses are stalled, when the mind is at rest, when the intellect wavers not-- that, say the wise, is the highest state.  This calm of the senses and the mind has been defined as yoga.  One who attains it is freed from delusion. It is indeed the mind that is the cause of me...

Hinduism

Hinduism has been one of the main religions in India,Nepal and in some part of asia for over 2000 years. Hindu god Brahma riding on a goose The earliest records of Hindu gods, goddesses and Hindu beliefs were first written down in about the fourth century A.D. However, by this time, there was already a strong oral tradition which supported these beliefs. The early Hindu epics and myths   help us to understand the evolution   of the gods and goddesses and the development of beliefs which form the basis of the modern Hindu religion.This religion is believed to be the oldest religion in the world. It started round the area of the Indus River in India and the word Hindu means "people living near the Indus River". It is, like all religions the way of life or culture of the people who are members of the Hindu family. It has no founder or leader but it does have many holy books teaching the people how to live. There are now millions of Hindus and they live all over t...