Buddha, Hinduism, Mithraism, Baha'i, & etc.Hindu ScripturesHoly Books:
The Vedas collections of Sanskrit hymns (written down 1200-900BCE, but based on older oral versions)
Brahmanas-ritual instructions (1000-650 BCE)
The Upanishads, mystical works (400-200 BCE)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/upan/
The Bhagavad Gita (200 BCE).
All Hindus accept that the Vedas, a set of sacred verses or hymns, written in the Sanskrit language around 1500 BCE, contain the truths of their religion.
The Vedas are said to have existed for ever, and the date above, is merely when they were written down.
Not many Hindus have read the Vedas, so the Vedas have their affect through their influence on other Hindu scriptures.
Most Hindus revere the Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Bhagava), written around 200 BCE.
This book, sets out, in story form, the proper way to behave and think. Among the principles it puts forward are:
One should live appropriately for the life (and caste) into which one is born.
One should be devoted to the form of God known as Krishna.
One should trust Krishna totally, relying on his benevolence, and acting out of devotion to him.
One's actions should be chosen by the inherent value of those actions, not by any hoped-for benefits from them.
The three ways of moving towards liberation from reincarnation:
The way of knowledge
The way of action for its own sake
The way of devotion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/peopl ... rips.shtml
http://www.pearls.org/hinduism/hindu_holy_books.html
The Bhagavad Gita
Translated by Ramanand Prasad
http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/gita.htm
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