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Anybody into Hinduism?

>> No.13769657

>>13769650
Yes, I greatly enjoy reading Hindu philosophical and religious literature

>> No.13769661

>>13769650
guenon

>> No.13769664

>>13769650
I was born in a Hindu family. I have the Bhagavad Gita in English at home but never read it.

>> No.13769689

>>13769664
That just means you're lazy since it's such a short book.

>> No.13769693

>>13769689
No it fucking isn't.

>> No.13769721

>>13769693
it is without commentary

>> No.13769750

Nah, I'm not into scat.

>> No.13769992
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13769992

Going to read the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads soon, after I conclude a some other ones right now.
Does anyone know any translations of books on tantra? As well as the kama sutra? full one with the positions and the way of life.
thank you.

>> No.13770013

>>13769992
kama is not conductive to spiritual life dumbfuck

>> No.13770049

>>13770013
thank you. One's life is in constant interaction with the environment. Life is half physical and half spiritual. To dismiss one aspect and keep the other is walking with one eye open and the other closed

>> No.13770098

>>13769992
Jaideva Singh is the best English source on Tantra. He has scholarly translations of the Spanda-Karikas, Vijnanabhairava, Pratyabhijnahrdayam, Shiva Sutras, and the Para-trisika-Vivarana by Abhinavagupta.

>> No.13770107

>>13769992
Don't know of the best edition of the kama sutra unfortunately.

Gita and Upanishads are good. Check out the Yoga Sutras too!

>> No.13770143

>>13770049
Use protection. Communicate. Be safe and responsible. Don't stick your dick in crazy. Pairbonding exists for a reason but I cannot judge as I have sowed wild oats in my youth as well.

>> No.13770316

>>13770098
>>13770107
>>13770143
thank you.

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13770353

I'm currently reading Gita (pic related).
Any good Yogananda books? I saw online that he made commentary of New Testament, is he good?

>> No.13770420

>>13770013
kama is one of the four purusharthas dumbfuck. it is VERY compatible with spiritual life

>> No.13770818

Any hindu must reads besided Gita and Upanidhad? /lit/ wikia chard is like about s couple books.

>>13770420
Books about purusharts?

>> No.13771873

bump

>> No.13771998

>>13770818
Ramayana and Mahabarata and Vedas

>> No.13772016

>>13770818
>>13771998
>pursuharts
Idk brah

>> No.13772189

>>13771998
"No!"

Or at least, no to your suggestion of reading the entire Itihasas and Vedas as introductions to Hinduism. They are truly vast corpuses of literature and will bore a learner. Personally, I found Gavin Flood's "An Introduction to Hinduism" very helpful, it made me appreciate not only the ancient roots of Hinduism but it's constant evolution up to today. Of course, any single book will be a narrow summary, it doesn't seem possible to comprehend the breadth of what "Hinduism" includes.

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Can someone explain the Vedic gods to me? I understand that Ram, Krishna, etc. are incarnations of Vishnu, and the Trimurti are all one. That is to say, all gods in Hinduism are one, "there are infinite ways to worship the infinite". But where do Indra, Agni, Rudra, etc. fall into this? I see Indra acting against Krishna, and Agni and Indra acting against one another. They seem to behave very different from transcendent beings like Krishna. Are they just remnants of the precursor Vedic religion or do I just not understand things correctly?

>> No.13772346

>>13772229
Indra and Agni were probably the most important gods in the Vedic period, at least within the priestly liturgy. Lesser vedic gods like Ruda (= Shiva) and Vishnu (= Krishna, etc.) came to prominence in the classical period, very roughly about 500 BC to 500 AD, and slightly later the goddess(es) became just as popular. There are countless theological views in Hinduism and it's not really possible to boil them down into one view, although some schools claim to do so. Interpretations include polytheism, henotheism, monotheism, and monism; but most will talk about a supreme, capital G, God in some sense. Shiva worshippers will say Shiva is God, Vishnu worshippers say Vishnu, and so on. Western scholarship often emphasises the divide between the view of God as ultimately personal and God as ultimately impersonal. For example, Shankara believed that the personal God was the highest expression of the true, impersonal God, within the illusory world of phenomena.

>> No.13772427

>>13772346
Thank you for your response anon. From what I was taught the different gods are all expressions of the one transcendent reality - Brahman. But some other schools of thought have a Supreme god and other gods from what I understand now. I suppose what I find interesting is that the gods like Indra and Agni act very much like their European counterparts. Very human. Where as Krishna, Shiva, Devi are all so much more than human. Human but more. The Absolute. Thank you for teaching me about Hinduism. Do you have any suggestions for literature or resources I may study?

>> No.13772701

>>13772427
Rene Guenon's 'Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines'

https://archive.org/details/reneguenon/page/n1

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>>13772701
Thank you anon!

>> No.13772770

>>13772346
huh?

>> No.13772832

>>13772229
Roberto Callaso's Ka and Ardor might be of interest. Western (european proto-aryan linguist) take on Hindu mythology condensed to two books.

>> No.13772840

>>13772832
Thank you anon! I'll take a look at it. What got you interested in Hinduism? For me it was the way they viewed God and reality that I found very much clicked with me

>> No.13772850

>>13772840
I read the Gita and Upanishads and Yoga Sutras in a class on Indian philosophy (I am a phil major).

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this guys books are really good

>> No.13774114

So in Hindu texts, is reality the dream of the Godhead or of Brahma? What happens when the Godhead awakens? Or is that anthropomorphizing the ultimate reality?
>>13772850
I'd like to take a class like that, sounds fun

>> No.13774122

>>13769650
i'm into its philosophy but not religiously, I am content as a christian.

>> No.13774723

>>13774122
based

>> No.13776036

>>13772427
The first responder was a different guy. I can only recommend what I've personally found helpful, it won't be definitive.

The Spiritual Heritage of India - Swami Prabhavananda, 1963
An Introduction to Hinduism - Gavin Flood, 1996
What Is Hinduism? - Hinduism Today, 2007

>> No.13777328

bumpita

>> No.13778685

>>13769650
I’m a hindu, I hate it because literally all hindu scriptures have caste/varna system.
Very oppressive.