Hinduism- the Basic Ideas

Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world.powers. Some of these powers are for doing well to
Mahabharata was written more than 5000 years back.others while others are for evil acts. That is black
The Hindus call God as Brahman. Brahman is our soul.magic. For getting good powers, there is no way other
Brahman makes the whole world. There is nothing butthan a true Guru. For other powers that are evil,
Brahman in the world according to Hinduism. We dopeople learn magic and do tantric and mantric
not see our true nature because of Maya. The goal ispractices. Most of these practices are performed in
to break the curtain of Maya and see the self. Gurucremation grounds.
helps in doing that.Beware of any Indian Guru who shows any magic.
The foundation of Hinduism is non-dualism. God isTrue Gurus avoid that. If you come across a guru who
same as we are. God shows himself as this world.performs extraordinary actions, please keep away.
Our objective is to achieve the godhood. That is theYou cannot follow more than one Guru. Following guru
goal of a true Hindu. One who has done this becomesdoes not mean listening to him; it is much beyond that.
a Siddha.Guru arouses the Kunadlini and helps his disciple reach
Hinduism believes in the trinity of God. The threeenlightenment. Most of the Indians do not seek Guru.
names are- Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. In differentMost of them do not know who is a Guru. Any
forms God performs differently. Brahma creates,preacher can fool them. When a disciple attains
Vishnu sustains and Mahesh or Shiva destroys. Allenlightenment, he/she becomes Guru. Buddha, Lord
three are same as Brahman.Dattatreya, Ramakrishna, Baba Nityananda and Baba
Many people in India want to get extraordinaryMuktananda are some of the Gurus of India.