The Essentials of Hinduism: A Comprehensive Overview of the World's Oldest Religion - Softcover

Swami Bhaskarananda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1884852041 ISBN 13: 9781884852046

Publisher: Viveka Press, 2002

Synopsis

This book gives clearly written explanations of the basic ideas and practices of Hinduism and its culture. It answers so many questions—Do the Hindus worship many gods? Are the Hindus idol worshippers? What is the purpose of life? What are Hinduism's spiritual practices?—and so on, covering the most mundane to the most profound ideas and questions of Hinduism.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book, now in its second printing, has been hailed by many Hindus and Western students of Hinduism as the book that best explains the profound ideas of Hinduism in a clear, precise and easily understandable way. They especially note the author's use of excellent analogies and examples. Many classes on Hinduism use this book as their main text. Often people buy more than one copy at a time so as to be able to keep one copy and to be able to give another as a gift to friends or family. Since it was first published its popularity has been steadily growing.

From the Author:

I wanted to help people understand Hinduism without having to go through a lot of technical details. I have tried to make it easy to understand, without indulging in oversimplification. The topics covered address the questions I've most often encountered over the last, nearly three decades of my stay in America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viveka Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1884852041
• ISBN 13: 9781884852046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 247