Introduction
Some Basic Concepts
Concept of Brahman
Concept of Time
Scriptures
Gods & deities
The Ceremonies of Hinduism
Life-cycle Rituals
Pregnancy, Birth, Infancy
Upanayana: The Thread Ceremony
The Marriage Ceremony
Death and Funeral
Hindu Marriage
Ideals of a Hindu Marriage
Duties of a Hindu Woman
The Idea of Marriage
The Sanctity of Marriage
Protecting the Institution of Marriage
Worship
Domestic Worship
The Worship of Personal Gods
Hindu Gods and their Vehicles
The ‘Puja’ or Worship
Temples
Worship in Temples
Location of Temples
Temple Architecture
Temple Priests
Gurus & Saints
History of Hinduism
Vedic Aryans and zoroastrianism
Vedic Concepts
Many Schools of Thought
The Upanishads
The Epics
The Avatars
Buddhist influence on Hindu Thought
The Bhagavad-Gita
The Dharma Sastras
The Puranas
Fusion with non-Aryans
Cultural Synthesis
Vaishnavism in the South
The Advent of Sankara
Ramanuja
Successors of Ramanuja
Vaishnavism in the North
Shaktism
Saivite Sects
Cultural Fusions in the South
Great movements of reform
Renaissance in Hinduism
The Brahmo Samaj
The Arya Samaj
The Theosophical Society
Sri Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Ramana Maharshi
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
How Hinduism Views pain and suffering
Suffering isn’t Random
Pain is a Reality
The Soul is Blissful
Pain is Not Purely Bad
Attachment and Detachment
Perfect Detachment Leads to Moksha
How to Achieve Detachment
Refocus Away from Pain
The Doctor’s Dilemma
The Doctor’s Dilemma
Mantras, Meditation & Yoga Can Help to Refocus
When Religion Becomes a Hindrance
Acceptance is Not Inaction
The Spirit of Tolerance
