Programme Highlights HINDUISM
Topics: Vedas, Upanishads, Purana, other primary texts, epics, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, modern books, about Dharma, history, beliefs, concept of God, Devas and Avatars, Karma and Samsara, objectives of human life, Yoga, practices, rituals, pilgrimage, festivals, scriptures, shruti, smriti, ashrama, monasticism, varna, ahimsa, vegetarianism and other food customs
“Hinduism…..gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up no single narrow path or gate of salvation; it was less a creed or cult than a continuously enlarging tradition of the God ward endeavor of the human spirit. An immense many-sided and many staged provision for a spiritual self-building and self-finding, it had some right to speak of itself by the only name it knew, the eternal religion, Santana Dharma….” Sri Aurobindo
“The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy the world a little with its frivolities? Just as our religion takes in all, so should our society. This is to be worked out by first understanding the true principles of our religion and then applying them to society. This is the slow but sure work to be done. Swami Vivekananda 12