HINDUISM

HISTORY

• Formed in c. 2000 B.C.E.
• Originated in India

BELIEFS

• believe one Supreme Being who is both immanent and transcendent, Creator and Unmanifest Reality.
• believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.
• believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny.

RITUALS

• traditional Hindus are expected to pass through four stages over the course of their life.
• brahmacharga
• Grastha
• Vanaprastha
• Sanngasu

FACTS

• There are1,000,000,000 followers
• It's sacred texts are Sacred Texts Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Epics

MONOTHEISTIC OR POLYTHEISTIC?

• This religion is Polytheistic

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.himalayanacademy.com/readlearn/basics/nine-beliefs
• http://www.patheos.com/Library/Hinduism.html