can any one suggest me a book on hindu religion which in details explain sprituality?
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I am the expert........I will give you 3 books....\n\nbest books on hinduism\n\nGospel of ramakrisna paramahamsa.....\n\nComplete works of swami vivekanananda.....\n\nand you can read the books in the website too
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If you can find one in your town, go to a religious book store and check them out, because they usually have videos\nplus books on the subject.
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Yes.\n\nIt is my favorite sacred text (and I've read quite a few thanks to sacred-texts.com)\n\nI actually was introduced to the Bhagavad Gita at a group in my old hometown. It was called the Gita Satsang. There we did puja, sang songs, chanted mantras, but mostly we read and discussed the Bhagavad Gita (hence the name of the group). \n\nIt is the most profound book I've read. I found it so amazing...all the paths, all the ways, and how they combine...and I found myself connecting to its understanding and its perspectives on the divine, etc.\n\nHow did it change my spirituality? I converted to Hinduism (although this was actually after I visited the local temple and met so many wonderful people who were so tolerant of me and did not ask what religion I was, did not even care if I was not Hindu, they were happy to help me understand what was going on and let me know that I did not have to participate if I did not feel comfortable or did not want to....just like at the Gita Satsang). I know lead my own Gita Satsang in my new hometown.
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This link will answer your question and also you will get some real idea about what Hinduism is. its just one page but worth reading it as we should know something before saying anything about it. Hope this will help ..
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http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Symbolism_in_Hinduism.htm\n\nIf u study hindu & buddhists higher thought's, there is'nt much difference in it\n\nhttp://sc.essortment.com/hinduismandbud_rtqs.htm
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Hindu is a geographic rather than a religious term. \n\nIt is based on the practice of Dharma, the code of life. Since Hinduism has no founder, anyone who practices Dharma can call himself a Hindu. Hinduism lays emphasis on direct Experience rather than on authority. \n\nAn important concept is the search or quest for Truth. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God." \n\nKnowledge, vision, wisdom, is the goal of the Upanishads. It is a new kind of thinking in which the whole man in implicated. The aim is not intellectual conformity to inherited doctrine, but one of attainment of knowledge. He can question the authority of any scripture, or even the existence of the Divine. Despite being the oldest religion, the truth realized by the seers prove that the Truth and path provided by Hinduism is beyond time. Its concern is with the absolute Truth, not with systems of belief. The absolute Truth is universal, and forever impersonal. No one has a proprietary claim to it.\n\nTo the Hindu, religion is an awareness of ultimate reality, not a theory about it; religion is psychology and method rather than theology and dogma.................\n\n\n"Hinduism is a process - for this reason, Hinduism must be studied not as a fixed body of doctrine, but as a developing tradition that has changed considerably throughout the centuries and which is still changing in a creative direction. Everything in India makes sense in the light of the changing process. Nothing makes sense without it. Hinduism is still a living, changing process and must be seen as such." \n\n(source: Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism - Thomas Berry p. 3-16).
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Stories like the one given by 'Neptune' can be found in the Hindu scriptures too.\nThis can not be denied 100%\n\nThis is possible as aliens can visit us from time to time and in Hinduism it is believed that God incarnates from time to time to put the world in order as well as:-\nGod is usually depicted in blue. Unlike humans\nGod usually has 4 arms and holds weapons.\nGod appears from nowhere and disappears.\nGod can not be defeated by any human.\nGod has superpowers of sight, hearing etc.\nGod controls the Sky, the earth and the underworld.\nGod controls weapons of mass destruction. \n\nWhat if God is from an Alien race that keeps an eye on us and puts us back on the straight and narrow by getting rid of the 'dead wood' i.e. those that do not make a positive contribution in human society. We all know who is doing this at present in the name of God.
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Go here, plenty to read on them...\nhttp://www.rickross.com/groups/krishna.html
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The Book of the Dead - it's also known as the "Book of Going Forth by Day", which is the book that prepared you for the afterlife.  It's full of spells, rituals, etc. to preapre you for death, and the trails just after death, in order to pass on to the next world.\n\nYou can usually find the illustrated Book of the Dead at Barnes & Nobles in their clearance books section - it's where I got mine. :P\n\nIf you're looking for something more modern for Neo-pagan or Wiccan practitioners who follow an Egyptian Pantheon, that's entirely different.  Let me know, I can throw a few titles at you for that as well :)
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I am a Hindu. It is against my religion to try to convert you to Hinduism and it is even more spiritually damaging for me to try to explain to you what I have experienced and understood of God. Hindus say that God is infinite...vast...big....and because of this each of us merely gets a glimpse of the whole, we only touch a small portion of the whole. \n\nThe story that is often used is about three blind men who each walk into the forest and come across an elephant. The first blind man comes across the elephant but is only able to touch the elephant's tail. The second comes to the elephant and is only able to touch the elephants nose before it runs back into the forest and the third only gets to touch its ears. Each of these three goes back to their respective villages where the people have never seen an elephant and tell about what they experienced. Is any of their experiences invalid? God is like the elephant and we are like the blind men who only touched a part of the elephant. Each of our experiences, our understandings, is valid for us. Therefore what I say about God is from my own experiences and understandings. You should search your own experiences and understandings. Perhaps God is not the in the personal form for you. Perhaps you see beyond the need for forms and names and divinity and see the Impersonal, formless, nameless One. Whatever it is, it is.\n\nThe Upanishads talk a lot about Brahman (the term they use for both the impersonal and personal form of the One...the Ultimate Reality, Cosmic Consciousness, etc). The question is asked "How do we know that Brahman is real?" and the answer comes that "You exist, therefore Brahman exists." This is better understood when you consider that the text has up to this point said that the entire universe came out of Brahman and that the Atman (usually translated as soul in English) within each of us is also Brahman...everything is Brahman and yet Brahman also pervades the universe. You could say, from a scientific viewpoint that Brahman was what was before the Big Bang (and even science can't really describe what that is and thus Hindus say that we as humans can often experience it, but cannot usually put it into words). The three words that come up in Hinduism a lot for Brahman are sat-cit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss). In Buddhism and Jainism they talk about the Void, the Nothingness...as the terms are translated. Yet in every sense the Void, the Nothingness, the One...Brahman...etc....this is God, too.\n\nIn the words of eastern religions: search for yourself, test what you hear, and if it does not work for you, move on.\n\nPeace.
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http://www.buddhanet.net/\nThe above is a good website that tells you all about Buddhism and how its practised. If you want a fun book to read that talks about how to relate to Buddhism, grab the Doa of Pooh, and the Dey of Piglet. Those are fun books that uses Winnie the Pooh and other Hundred Arce Wood characters to help you understand Buddhism. It's not written for children either, even though it uses Winnie the Pooh.
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Hinduism.  Try www.wikipedia.com for more info.
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Hinduism........\n\nThe principle of Karma and Dharma are wonderful. If I lead a good life, I will be rewarded in my next life. :)
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Please read the Bible,upanishads,Gita(sorry if I am forcing any religion)but religion is billion times stronger and straight forward when it comes to explaining things,anything under the sun)in asimple and HUMBLE way.\n\nregards\n\nthanks
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I come from a Christian family and grew up in that environment. I explored all areas of religions and spirituality having an open mind. I was not looking to pick a religion or anything. I just have always enjoying learning different perspectives of God, love and wisdom from all of these teachings.\n\nI learnt that Hinduism has a very specific path towards Self-Realization that Christianity did not have. The mantras are very powerful, and I've seen greater positive effects it has on my life. Along with meditation which teaches me how to quiet my mind, so I can listen within and hear God. I just liked the fact that Hinduism recognizes that we have God within and that many Indian sages help guide people finding that source within and re-awaken. Why do you think so many enlightened people are borne of India. I do not find Christian preachers enlightened enough nor close enough to God to be a source of guidiance.\n\nI do believe in the teachings of Jesus. I consider them to be valid. I just don't care for anything else in the Bible to be relevant to my path. Christianity does not give me what I specifically need that Hinduism gives me which is how do I get closer to my Self-Realization.
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Hinduism is a way of life rather than a religion. We do not believe that our way is the only way to God. Even within our religion there are many different paths to becoming one with God. That is the ultimate goal for a Hindu to achieve liberation from the chain of reincarnation. The soul must be cleansed through the course of, in many cases, many lifetimes before it is rid of worldliness and can join the ultimate reality, what is known as Brahman, or God. There are many ways to becoming closer to God. You can do so through rituals or simply by being a good person. Krishna tells us that no matter what God we pray to, we are ultimately praying to him. God is both male and female, appears in many forms, is called by many names, and is everything. Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, and still continues today because we do not force a particular way of living on anyone. You are a Hindu if you are born one or if you choose to be. You do not have to follow any one ritual or any one set of rules to be Hindu. \n\nHope that helped at least a little. Contact me if you have questions.
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http://www.geocities.com/odinbrotherhood/main.htm\nhttp://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usal&c=words&id=10649\n\nBook:\n TEMPLE OF WOTAN Holy Book Aryan Tribes, Odinism, Asatru