Hinduism University of Kentucky印度教肯塔基大学.pptVIP

Introduction to Hinduism Alan D. DeSantis An Introduction Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, with approximately 900 million adherents It is also the oldest known religion in the world today The origins cannot be ascribed to any single founder or a specific time or a single place 3 major texts of Hinduism The Vedas The oldest and most important is the Vedas (in 4 parts) First in the form of oral histories The Bhagavad Gītā (400 BCE) It is perhaps the most famous, and definitely the most widely-read text of ancient India. The Upanishads (400 BCE) Focus on 1) medita