anyone wanna give me info on the hindu religion?

[cameroncameroncameron]

i want to know what the hindu religion is all about. i just read that they think that life is just a filter that determines whos meant to go on, and that sounds pretty good.but is that true? and can anyone else tell me more?

[estrella]

hm, have a look here
ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM - Meditation, Monastic Life, Spiritual Writings, and More
I just gave the link on another thread.
What is true that's only you yourself that can give you an answer. All religions are just human ways to turn to God, or the Spirit, or the Source of All...
The way to do it, you have to find it in yourself. (You'll find it there, the Way.)
But you'll find perhaps good stuff on that site mentioned above.

[freshwala]

the religion is kind of too big to fit into one post, but if there is anything specific u want to know let me know.
peace

[cameroncameroncameron]

cool thanks

[fourthdan]

Hi cameronx3
Wikepedia would be a great place to start.
But I would also recomend the Bhagwat Gita - it is a great summary of a large amount of vedic knowledge. Come back with any queries you have

[Acting Like Godot]

Aha. They have their version of the Law of Attraction too. They call it the prakamya siddhi.

It's only one of eight or nine special powers that mere mortals can aspire to attain.

[fourthdan]

wow, nice find acting_like_Godot! I had read "autobiography of a yogi" where the author describes his experiences witnessing many of these ascetics perform those siddhis, but I had not researched what the siddhis were called. I'm pretty sure there are people who have those superpowers, but I have heard many times that by the time a person is so advanced on the road to spirituality that he attains those powers, he finds that he doesn't feel the need to use or flaunt them. Instead he is too preoccupied loving God and to get enlightenment and liberation (moksha).

As far as LoA is concerned, I think hinduism in general advocates against cultivating desires as it is a never ending cycle that never really gives peace, whereas the LoA implies anything you desire will be yours, so desire as much as you want.

However Hinduism and the LoA both point out that the universe is a system that responds to you as an individual, and that causality is one of it's main rules.

[estrella]

Originally Posted by fourthdan

As far as LoA is concerned, I think hinduism in general advocates against cultivating desires as it is a never ending cycle that never really gives peace, whereas the LoA implies anything you desire will be yours, so desire as much as you want.

hm.

Perfection in asteya
“On being firmly established in non-stealing [asteya], all kinds of precious things come to
him.” (Yoga Sutra 2:37) Another translation of the second half of the sutra can be: “All kinds
of precious things present themselves to him.” All the treasuries of earth not only are open to
someone perfect in asteya, their contents actively seek him out. Yet such a one neither
desires or seeks them. If he did, they would no longer come to him. [...]

this is taken from the book:
Download your FREE eBook on Meditation
(still the same site I mentioned earlier in this thread...)
Ok, it's not an ancient text but a contemporary one, but that does not take away the Truth that is to be found there!!!! (sorry for those "!" but I really found so tremendous truths there... )

I think the last sentence I quoted from it is the most important one...