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#Jainism, #traditionally known as #Jain #Dharma, is an #ancient Indian #religion. It is one of the #oldest #Indianreligions. The three main pillars of Jainism are ahiṃsā, anekāntavāda, and aparigraha. Jains take five main vows: #ahiṃsā, #satya, #asteya, #brahmacharya, and #aparigraha,.....


.#Buddhism arose in #Ancient India, in and around the #ancientKingdom of #Magadha, and is based on the #teachings of the ascetic #SiddhārthaGautama. The religion evolved as it spread from the #northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent throughout #Central, #East, and #Southeast #Asia.




#Shaivism is one of the major #Hindutraditions that #worships #Shiva, also called #Rudra, as the #Supreme Being. One of the largest Hindu #denominations, it #incorporates many #sub-traditions ranging from #devotionaldualistic #theism such as #Shaiva #Siddhanta to #yoga-oriented monistic non-theism such as #KashmiriShaivism.........



The #Bhagavata system was a highly devotional faith #śrīmadbhagavadgītā, lit. 'The Song by God';[a]),[1] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva), dated to the second half of the first millennium BCE and is typical of the Hindu synthesis. It is considered to be one of the holy scriptures for Hinduism.

#Bhagavad Gita
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Bhagavad-Gita's revelation: Krishna tells the Gita to Arjuna
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Religion
Hinduism
Author
Traditionally attributed to Vyasa
Language
Sanskrit
Period
1st-millennium BCE
Chapters
18
Sutras
Yoga Sutras
Verses
700
The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. At the start of the Dharma Yuddha (righteous war) between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is filled with moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his own kind.[2] He wonders if he should renounce and seeks Krishna's counsel, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfill his Kshatriya (warrior) duty to uphold the Dharma" through "selfless action".[web 1][3][note 1] The Krishna–Arjuna dialogues cover a broad range of spiritual topics, touching upon ethical dilemmas and philosophical issues that go far beyond the war Arjuna faces.[1][4][5]

Numerous commentaries have been written on the Bhagavad Gita with widely differing views on the essentials. According to some, Bhagavad Gita is written by the god #Ganesha which was told to him by Vyasa. Vedanta commentators read varying relations between Self and Brahman in the text: Advaita Vedanta sees the non-dualism of Atman (Self) and Brahman (universal Self) as its essence,[6] whereas Bhedabheda and Vishishtadvaita see Atman and Brahman as both different and non-different, while Dvaita Vedanta sees dualism of Atman (Self) and Brahman as its essence. The setting of the Gita in a battlefield has been interpreted as an allegory for the ethical and moral struggles of human life.

The Bhagavad Gita presents a #synthesisof Hindu ideas about dharma,#theisticbhakti,and the yogic ideals[10] of moksha.[10] The text covers jñāna, bhakti, karma, and rāj yogas (spoken of in the 6th chapter)incorporating ideas from the Samkhya-Yoga #philosophy.

The #Bhagavad #Gita is the best known and most famous of Hindu texts,[13] with a unique pan-Hindu influence.[14][15] The Gita's call for selfless action inspired many #leaders of the Indian independence movement including Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi; the latter referred to it as his "spiritual dictionary".[16]

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External linkscentred upon a #personal god, variously called #Vishnu, #Vasudeva, #Krishna, #Hari, or #Narayana. The school was referred to as #ekantika-#dharma (“religion with one object”—i.e., monotheism).......