Hinduism1

=**Hinduism**= =**Origin:**= =**Basic Beliefs:**= =**1. Brahmacharga- acquiring knowledge at young ages**= =**2. Grastha- the pursuit of family and marriage in the middle years**= =**3. Vanaprastha- reaching for "spiritual" things in later years of life**= =**4. Sanngasu- abandoning the world in the last years of life**= =**Religious Practices:**= =**Sacred Texts:**= =**Sacred Places:**= =**Sacred Objects:**= =**Gods/Goddesses:**= 
 * =**Developed over 4,000 years with no known founder**=
 * =supposed to be founded around 3200-2500 BC=
 * =**One Supreme Being**=
 * =**Four Vedas**=
 * =**reincarnation**=
 * =**all life is** sacred=
 * =no religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others =
 * =**Karma**=
 * =**The 4 stages of life**=
 * =**Karmamarga- Works**=
 * =**Bhaktimarga- Devotion**=
 * =**Jhanamarga- Knowledge**=
 * =**The use of Gurus- A "Spiritually Awakened Master"**=
 * =**mostly anonymous authors**=
 * =4 vedas- **the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda**=
 * =**City of Varanasi- sacred to Hindus like Jerusalem is to Christians**=
 * =**Omkareshwar- island shaped like the Hindu symbol "OM"**=
 * =**Mathura- birthplace of Krishna**=
 * =**Kanchipuram- Shakti worship spot**=
 * =**Madurai- the "Temple City"**=
 * =**Fig and Bodhi trees**=
 * =**Ganga River**=
 * =**Himalayan Mountains**=
 * =**Lotus- gods and goddesses stand on the lotus**=
 * =**Cows- all life is sacred**=
 * =**Ganesha- the elephant headed god of good fortune**=
 * =**Annapurna- goddess of food and cooking**=
 * =**Garuda- king of the birds**=
 * =**Vishnu-preserver and protector of creation**=
 * =**Buddha- 9th incarnation of Vishnu**=
 * =**Krishna- 8th incarnation of Vishnu**=
 * =**Hindu Trinity- Brahma(the creator), Vishnu, and Shiva(the destroyer)**=
 * =**Kali- goddess of time**=
 * =**Indra- king of the gods**=

