Religion & World Beliefs · Faiths
Hinduism
The world's third-largest religion (~1.2 billion): the Vedas and Upanishads, Brahman and atman, karma, samsara and moksha, the three paths, the major deities, the epics and the Gita, and festivals and practice today.
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Prereqs: Ancient India. Next: Buddhism; Sikhism; The Upanishads & Vedanta. Sources: Wendy Doniger, *The Hindus* (2009); Gavin Flood, *An Introduction to Hinduism* (1996); Pew Research (2012/2020).Next: 1. Texts over time