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0:00Hinduism the religion of over a billion
0:02people is the world's oldest religion
0:04and probably the most confusing one to
0:07non-hindus some say it isn't even a
0:09religion more a way of life
0:11Hindus themselves call it the
0:12sanatana-dharma the eternal tradition so
0:15what is Hinduism does viola applied them
0:18and who is this elephant guy well let's
0:21find out
0:22[Music]
0:29Hinduism is the world's oldest active
0:31religion it's the result of the merging
0:34of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation
0:36and the nomads that came into India
0:37around 1500 BC some scholars say could
0:41even go back many more thousands of
0:43years but we won't delve too deep into
0:46dates because dates in Hinduism are
0:48fairly very controversial but one thing
0:51is certain
0:52Hinduism is old like at least 36 Betty
0:56White's Hinduism has been around for so
0:58long that it and the concept of India
1:01itself are inseparable Hindu and India
1:04even come from the same word Sanskrit
1:06was the ancient language of the Hindus
1:08and the Sanskrit name for the Indus
1:10River is Sindhu the ancient Persians who
1:13sat across the Indus tended to switch
1:15their s's to H s so Sindhu became Hindu
1:18so the people living across the river
1:20became Hindus the Persians told the
1:23Greeks who dropped that ferry not Greek
1:24like H stuck in a fairy Creek like ear
1:26to the end and boom India Hinduism has a
1:30long long history but today we'll be
1:33focusing on just the core beliefs of
1:35Hindus because I don't have the
1:37willpower to animate tree arrow long
1:39video Hindus are a diverse group so
1:42restrict dedicating their lives to
1:44prayer while others don't believe in any
1:46gods but still follow Hindu philosophy
1:48to make things easier to understand
1:50let's break Hinduism down into seven
1:52core beliefs so here's my rap that the
1:55seven Hindu beliefs fine here's the
2:03regular version then one belief in one
2:07universal soul Hindus believe in a
2:10universal soul known as Brahman a
2:13formless genderless source of all
2:16reality Brahman is the universe and the
2:20material that makes up the universe
2:21it's a trippy concept but think of
2:24Brahman as an ocean and everything else
2:26as drops propelling out of that ocean
2:29separate for a time but still the same
2:32thing that makes sense to belief in an
2:35immortal individual soul in Hinduism
2:38souls are known as Atma
2:40actions of the soul while in a body have
2:42effects on that souls next life when you
2:45die your soul moves to another new body
2:47this is called transmigration the kind
2:50of body the soul inhabits next is
2:52determined by karma tree belief in karma
2:56karma is action usually good or bad
2:59actions that affect society for Hindus
3:01karmic actions in the past affect us
3:04today and our actions today affect our
3:06souls future for belief in moksha the
3:10goal in hindu life is to some help get
3:12back to Banamine
3:13if a hindu can do this they will be
3:15freed from the cycle of life and death
3:17this is called moksha you can achieve
3:20moksha by realizing your oneness with
3:22Brahman how you realize this is up to
3:25you for this reason Hindus pray lead me
3:28from the Unreal to the real 5 belief in
3:32the valus the Vedas are Hindu sacred
3:35books of knowledge there are 4 valence
3:37Hindus believe that all forward divinely
3:40revealed to ancient Hindu sages will
3:43take a closer look at the Vedas in a
3:44while 6 belief in cyclical time for
3:49Hindus there are no beginnings or
3:50endings time is a series of cycles each
3:54cycle containing four ages our use is
3:57accreta the treta the dawah Lapera and
4:00the kali added together the four use
4:03total about 4.3 to million years at the
4:07end of each cycle declining human
4:10morality leads to the total destruction
4:12of reality Hindus believe that we are in
4:15the fourth and final youg Kali
4:17seven belief in Dharma Dharma is a
4:20difficult word to translate to English
4:22proper behavior is the best that I could
4:25come up with Dharma maintains balance in
4:27the universe as long as everything in
4:30the universe like animals plants and
4:31humans follow their Dharma and
4:34everything will be fine if they break
4:36from the Dharma though things will be
4:38super not fine
4:40each beam has its own Dharma Alliance
4:44Dharma is to kill and eat antelope a
4:46king's Dharma is to rule well a
4:48subscribers Dharma is to smash the like
4:51button and ring the notification bell
4:53for humans their specific dharma is
4:56usually based on their age and their
4:58caste an old priest will have a very
5:00different dama than a young merchant for
5:02example so those are the seven core
5:04beliefs of Hinduism with them you can
5:07understand the Hindu mindset unlike
5:09Christianity or Islam Hinduism is a
5:12non-profit organization there is no
5:14Jesus or Mohammed for Hindus there is no
5:17Bible Koran or Torah instead they have a
5:20bunch and I mean a bunch of different
5:23sacred texts the four Vedas form the
5:25basis of the Hindu faith so let's take a
5:28look at them one the Rig Veda the Rig
5:31Veda is a collection of songs that
5:32praise and discuss ideas like truth
5:35reality and the universe along with
5:38discussions and war weddings and rituals
5:40to the Yahoo Veda the Ayurveda covers
5:44stuff such as sacrificial rites and
5:46rituals tree the sama Veda sama
5:49literally means sweet song that destroys
5:52sorrow it is mostly songs dedicated to
5:55praising gods it's different than the
5:57rest of the Vedas because it's set to
5:59music for the atharvaveda
6:02the attire of a Veda is my favorite one
6:04do you want to curse your enemies our
6:06charm that special someone maybe learn
6:09to invoke rain or discover herbal
6:11medicine along with tips on warfare like
6:13how to make poison arrows
6:15well this Veda has you covered along
6:17with a bunch of other charms and curses
6:19it even has a curse against cursors
6:22avoid us Oh curse as a burning fire
6:25avoids a lake strike him here that
6:28curses us as the lightning of heaven the
6:30tree and link to the atharvaveda
6:33is in the description just in case you
6:34need a spell to get a wife or another to
6:37banish pigeons from your presence it's
6:38it's great after the Vedas come to
6:41Upanishads which are like a sequel that
6:43makes the original make much more sense
6:46they were probably written down between
6:48800 BC and 500 BC during a time when
6:51some Hindus started to
6:53the Vedas their ideas became the
6:56Upanishads Upanishads are books on
6:58philosophy like we would expect from
7:00Plato or Aristotle they're all about
7:02questioning doubt debate and finding the
7:06answers to life's difficult questions a
7:08theme in the Upanishads is that people
7:10are not their minds or bodies or egos
7:13but they're Atman
7:15your soul is you everything else is
7:17unreal and temporary after the holy
7:20texts like the Vedas and Upanishads are
7:22other less divine but still important
7:24texts
7:25these include stuff like the Puranas the
7:28Bhagavad Gita and Jeremiah and the
7:30Mahabharata the Puranas are like
7:33encyclopedias of Hindu beliefs there are
7:3618 well-known Puranas the Puranas cover
7:39things from yoga to army organization to
7:41taxation to the caste system to hell
7:44guards and everything in between the
7:47bhagavad-gita get over short is one of
7:50Hinduism's most important texts the gita
7:53takes place on a battlefield where
7:54arjuna a great warrior refuses to fight
7:57lord krishna steps in to urge a unit to
8:00fight and their discussion covers things
8:02such as dharma and how to live your best
8:04life
8:04Arjuna eventually fought after Lord
8:07Krishna taught him the truth about
8:09Dharma as a member of the warrior caste
8:11a Yuna's Dharma was to fight against
8:14evil the lesson of the Gita is that
8:16everyone faces difficult choices but
8:19they must on them according to their
8:21Dharma no matter how unpleasant along
8:24with all these philosophical texts
8:26Hinduism has two action-packed epics
8:29jeremiah and the Mahabharata jeremiah
8:31the early of the two texts tells the
8:34story of Prince Rama in the epic you
8:36find out about his 14-year long exile
8:38the abduction of his wife Sita his
8:40battle with the evil demon Ravana and
8:42his awesome monkey sidekick Hanuman the
8:47second epic the Mahabharata is a longest
8:50poem in the world five times the length
8:52of the Bible and eight times the length
8:54of the Iliad and Odyssey combined it
8:56rivals any soap opera you've ever seen
8:59when it comes to drama
9:03murder betrayal love love murder and
9:06giant battles the Mahabharata has it all
9:09the theme willing true their Amaya and
9:11the Mahabharata is that Dharma must be
9:13followed for society to function in
9:17Hinduism there are four goals a person
9:19should aim for to have a good life the
9:22first of these is Dharma followed by
9:24artha the pursuit of prosperity and good
9:26reputation kama pleasure both in body
9:29and in mind and a moksha release from
9:33the cycles of rebirth Hindus should
9:35practice artha and kama with Dharma in
9:38order to achieve moksha there are also
9:40six temptations Hindu should try and
9:42avoid kama lost and materialism this
9:45camera is different from the good camera
9:47mentioned above I know
9:49Nexus cruda which is anger loja which is
9:52greed maha which is unrealistic
9:55attachment to things people and power
9:57mother which is pride and mattes area
10:00which is jealousy by following their
10:02Dharma and avoiding these six
10:04temptations a Hindu can break the cycle
10:06of rebirth and have their soul merge
10:09back into Brahman but even though
10:12everything comes from Brahman who is the
10:14one real thing in Hinduism Hindus do
10:17after all have thousands of gods so
10:20let's take a look at them first
10:22there's Brahma the Creator he created
10:24everything in the universe but he is not
10:26the universe itself because that's
10:29Brahman they aren't the same thing
10:30that last letter changed a lot
10:32apparently he has four heads
10:34the heads face each of the four
10:36directions to represent the four Vedas
10:38which he created and the four Yuke's
10:40he also holds a book which represents
10:42knowledge oh and he rides a giant Swan
10:45because he's just fancy his consort is
10:47Saraswathi the goddess of learning
10:49Vishnu the preserver is the second
10:51member of the Hindu Trinity he preserves
10:54the world created by Brahma until is
10:56eventually destroyed by Shiva he holds a
11:00discus which he used to cut down anyone
11:01that hasn't messed with his Dharma along
11:03with a conch which symbolizes victory
11:06and the five elements Vishnu has many
11:08many avatars such as Krishna or Rama who
11:11he uses to defend Dharma
11:14on earth oh and he rides a giant eagle
11:16named Garuda Vishnu has two consorts the
11:20Goddess Lakshmi and Boo Devi
11:23boo Devi is the earth goddess and
11:25Lakshmi is the goddess of good fortune
11:26and wealth next is Shiva the destroyer
11:30the third member of the Hindu Trinity
11:32it's his job to destroy the universe in
11:35order to prepare for its renewal at the
11:37end of each cycle of time the most
11:39identifiable of his features is his
11:41third eye which he almost always keeps
11:44closed if he does open it and you're in
11:46front of them then you will have your
11:48face melted off when not on making
11:50existence Shiva enjoys long walks with
11:52his bull named Nandi at the end of the
11:58Kali Yuga the fourth age of the world
12:00Shiva will perform a dance that destroys
12:02the universe which is odd because people
12:05have told me that my dance moves make
12:07them wish the world would end so me and
12:09Shiva have quite a lot in common
12:10Parvati and sati are Shiva's consorts
12:13Shiva also has two sons Ganesha and
12:17Murugan Ganesha is the worship as the
12:19remover of obstacles and Murugan is the
12:22God of War
12:23Ganesha holds a very special place in
12:25the heart of Hindus due to him being the
12:28remover of obstacles the elephant head
12:31is the most obvious clue to identifying
12:33him he was actually born with a human
12:35head but after Shiva cut that one off he
12:37kind of had to make do with an elephant
12:38one if you're Christian or Muslim you're
12:42aware that your religion has a bunch of
12:44different denominations like Catholics
12:47or Protestants Sunni and Shia Hinduism
12:50has these two Hindus developed four
12:53major denominations some of which have
12:55their own subdivisions the Vicodin Ava's
12:58primarily worship Vishnu and Chavez
13:01primarily worship Shiva and his sons
13:03smart does follow sacred texts like the
13:06Puranas Jeremiah and the Mahabharata
13:08rather than the Vedas they worship five
13:11gods and goddesses Ganesha Durga storia
13:13Shiva and a preferred avatar of Vishnu
13:16finally Schachter's worship the goddess
13:18Devi chapter C Devi as the ultimate and
13:21eternal reality like a feminine Brahman
13:24even though there are all these
13:26variations and more
13:27the core beliefs of hindus remain mostly
13:30the same hindus believe that dharma
13:34keeps the balance in the universe if the
13:36scales between good and evil start
13:38tipping towards evil then something
13:41needs to intervene to fix the universes
13:43dharma this divine intervention is known
13:46as an avatar the literal meaning of the
13:48word avatar is descent avatars are gods
13:52that descend to earth to intervene
13:54whenever help is needed to restore
13:56Dharma for example when the earth was
13:58dragged underneath the ocean Vishnu
14:00descend to earth as the avatar of raha a
14:03bore and dragged the earth back out in
14:05other cases Vishnu was born on earth as
14:08a human avatar like Rama or Krishna
14:11where he spent his avatars life fixing
14:14Dharma
14:14so the caste system if you only know one
14:18thing about Hinduism this is probably it
14:21people see it as an oppressive system
14:24that locks people in place based on
14:27their birth and for a huge part of
14:29history that's all it's been
14:30unfortunately let's do a quick
14:32explanation of what the caste system is
14:35in Hinduism there are four castes or
14:37classes that you can be born into
14:40there's the Brahmin the priest the
14:42Kshatriyas the Warriors the vicious the
14:44traders and the sudras
14:46the manual laborers the main basis for
14:49the caste system can be found in the
14:50back by Geeta
14:51and the Rig Veda Krishna says in the
14:53Gita I have created a fourfold system in
14:57order to distinguish among most
14:59qualities and functions the Rig Veda
15:01also refers to the forecast
15:04it says humans were created from parts
15:06of the God
15:07Purusha the Brahmin from his face the
15:09Kshatriya from his arms the Asia his
15:12thighs and the shudra his feet this
15:15system was supposed to assign people
15:17functions based on their abilities not
15:20their birth if someone had the qualities
15:22of a Brahmin or a visa they could fill
15:25those roles the Gita
15:27didn't restrict movement among castes
15:29and the caste system functioned as
15:31intended for a while until a document
15:35known as the laws of Manu came about
15:37around the fifth century BC popularly
15:40referred to as the
15:41Schmidty day created hard rules for
15:44hindu life - rules presented in it
15:47contributed to the way the caste system
15:50turned out man who state that the
15:52Brahmin were the Lords of all castes and
15:55he forbid moving among the castes the
15:59cash you were born into was now the
16:01caste you're stuck in if you give humans
16:04a hierarchy that exploited and things
16:06will go sour pretty quickly
16:08as time passed hindus began thinking in
16:11terms of upper and lower castes soon
16:14cleaning toilets tanning leather and
16:16dealing with meat products were thought
16:18to be impure the people doing those jobs
16:21became Untouchables the lowest of the
16:24low a people without caste and the rest
16:28is history the modern world has brought
16:30many changes though now Hindus mix
16:32freely while working together in the
16:34same businesses attending the same
16:36schools and generally just living
16:38together Bona comes to marriage many
16:40Hindus still stick to their own caste
16:43but this too is changing and on Hindu
16:45dating websites you can actually see
16:47people list a non-preference forecast
16:49it'll say caste no bar so those are the
16:53basics of Hinduism it isn't even close
16:56to covering everything one video simply
16:58can't do it Hinduism is too diverse too
17:01deep and means too many different things
17:03to different people but learning even
17:06the basics of this fascinating an
17:08ancient religion gives us an insight
17:10into the worldview of over a billion
17:13people and I hope you enjoyed it
17:16you can find all the sources used in the
17:18description below if you would like to
17:20follow your correct Dharma then please
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17:23supporting the channel there are links
17:25to my t-shirt store and patreon also in
17:27the description thank you so much for
17:30watching

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