Essence Of Hinduism
by Swami Mukundananda /
2011 / English / EPUB
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People from time immemorial have yearned to understand the rarest
of rare secrets of divine knowledge housed in the spiritual land of
India. People have travelled to this holy land in search of
resplendent knowledge which contains the key for bringing divine
transformation in our lives and so there is an inherent curiosity
for understanding the concepts of Hinduism through scriptures.
However without proper guidance, such endeavours to fathom secrets
of Hinduism, even with best intentions, do not meet with success.
People get stumped with how to access the knowledge, comprehend its
wide-spectrum of concepts and utilize them meaningfully in their
lives. That is why Hinduism is an enigma for most westerners. Their
clichéd understandings of Hinduism as a way of life, etc. cannot
fathom the precious treasure of gems in its repository.
Interestingly, Hinduism is not mentioned by that name anywhere in
the Vedic scriptures. The word "Hindu" was first coined by the
Arabs to refer to the people who lived on the other side of the
river Indus. The Vedas which are the eternal knowledge of God, in
contrast, have a very different and majestic perspective on the
nomenclature of the religion that they teach. Thee name of the
religion described in them is called Sanātan Dharm, or "Eternal
Religion." It is the path to God-realization, based on scientific,
non-sectarian, and eternal principles. Swami Mukundananda has
explained this ancient esoteric knowledge with rigorous scientific
logic, in the modern context. He uses a simple-yet-scientific
approach to make this enormous knowledge comprehensible to both
youth and westerners, at the same time each subject is treated with
philosophical depth for the satisfaction of the more learned and
erudite readers.
People from time immemorial have yearned to understand the rarest
of rare secrets of divine knowledge housed in the spiritual land of
India. People have travelled to this holy land in search of
resplendent knowledge which contains the key for bringing divine
transformation in our lives and so there is an inherent curiosity
for understanding the concepts of Hinduism through scriptures.
However without proper guidance, such endeavours to fathom secrets
of Hinduism, even with best intentions, do not meet with success.
People get stumped with how to access the knowledge, comprehend its
wide-spectrum of concepts and utilize them meaningfully in their
lives. That is why Hinduism is an enigma for most westerners. Their
clichéd understandings of Hinduism as a way of life, etc. cannot
fathom the precious treasure of gems in its repository.
Interestingly, Hinduism is not mentioned by that name anywhere in
the Vedic scriptures. The word "Hindu" was first coined by the
Arabs to refer to the people who lived on the other side of the
river Indus. The Vedas which are the eternal knowledge of God, in
contrast, have a very different and majestic perspective on the
nomenclature of the religion that they teach. Thee name of the
religion described in them is called Sanātan Dharm, or "Eternal
Religion." It is the path to God-realization, based on scientific,
non-sectarian, and eternal principles. Swami Mukundananda has
explained this ancient esoteric knowledge with rigorous scientific
logic, in the modern context. He uses a simple-yet-scientific
approach to make this enormous knowledge comprehensible to both
youth and westerners, at the same time each subject is treated with
philosophical depth for the satisfaction of the more learned and
erudite readers.