5. Hinduism teaches that Truth alone triumphs.
6. The saints and sages are living proofs of God’s love and mercy.
7. Hinduism teaches that selfless service is the highest duty.
101 REASONS TO BE A HINDU
1. I am a Hindu because it tells me that the purpose of life is to realise God.
2. Hinduism teaches that I am the Soul and not the body.
3. Hinduism gives me absolute freedom to worship God in any name and form I like.
5. Hinduism teaches that Truth alone triumphs.
6. The saints and sages are living proofs of God’s love and mercy.
7. Hinduism teaches that selfless service is the highest duty.
9. Hinduism considers religion as the manifestation of the divinity already within us.
10. Hinduism helps me to see the impermanence of the body.
11. Hinduism gives me freedom to love God in any way that is suitable to me.
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13. Hinduism guides me to celebrate the different phases of life.
14. Reading the stories of Hindu Rishis and devotees help me to shape my personality.
16. Hindu festivals offer joyful activities for all.
17. Hinduism promotes healthy simple eating.
18. Hinduism teaches me to honour the learned and the wise.
20. I can worship God by serving God’s creation.
21. Yoga helps to keep the body and mind healthy.
22. Meditation calms the mind and gives inner peace
23. Yogasanas help me to gain full control of my body
25. Hinduism teaches to serve all life forms, small or big as our own self.
26. Hinduism shows that human beings are the greatest of all beings
28. To conquer is to renounce.
29. The highest gain is to attain self-control.
30. Hinduism never forces anything on anyone.
31. Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions.
33. Hinduism gives me hope that I can always reform myself and attain perfection.
34. Hinduism provides various disciplines for my body and mind.
35. Hinduism asserts that I am responsible for my life.
37. Hinduism allows me to find the Truth for myself.
38. Hinduism allows me to feel the presence of God even in material things.
39. Hinduism shows that my first God is my mother.
41. Hinduism teaches that every knowledge, whether sacred or secular have come from God.
42. Hinduism teaches that God is the inner guide in every one.
44. Hinduism teaches that the soul has no gender, race, or caste.
45. Every work done perfectly and selflessly will make me perfect.
46. I can reach God through dance.
47. I can find God through music.
49. Hinduism teaches me that Good always triumph over evil.
50. Hinduism does not ask me to fear God but to love God.
51. God is my Friend.
52. God is my Teacher.
53. God is my Mother.
54. God is my Father.
55. God is my Lover.
57. God is my Child.
58. God is in everything pure and beautiful.
59. God is also in misery and in the terrible.
60. God is the inner Controller.
61. Nothing happens without the will of God.
63. I am free to observe fasting and vigil according to my own ability.
64. Hinduism encourages me to abstain from meat to develop devotion and purity my mind.
66. Hinduism asks me to look at the whole world as one family.
67. Hinduism teaches me to practice non-violence and non-injury to others.
68. Hinduism teaches me to feed the weak and the hungry.
70. Hinduism consists not in believing, but in being and becoming.
71. Hinduism shows that God accepts everything and anything given with love.
72. Hinduism shows that God incarnates on earth to show the path of righteousness.
73. Hinduism shows that to think myself as a sinner is a blasphemy.
74. Hinduism teaches that every action has its reaction
76. I can serve God by serving holy people and good devotees.
77. The doctrine of Karma shows me that I am the creator of my own destiny.
78. The Vedas preach on fearlessness.
79. The Bhagavad Gita is the best
80. The Puranas give grand truths in simple stories.
81. The Ramayana shows me on how to live.
82. The Srimad Bhagavatam instructs me on how to die.
83. The Mahabharata shows me on how to defeat adversity in life.
84. The Upanishads instructs me on the
85. The Agamas instructs on how to worship God in various ways.
85. The Itihasas and Puranas help to develop imagination and creativity.
86. Hinduism teaches that to injure others is to injure my own self.
88. Hinduism teaches me to treat my elders with respect.
89. Hinduism prescribes me different duties at different stages of life.
90. Hinduism extols giving up selfishness for the sake of others.
92. Hinduism likens death to change of the old cloth.
93. I can worship God by doing good actions.
94. Hinduism shows that God can be seen by those who are pure in heart.
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I will write a 3 part thread series with some interesting points from this book.
Part-1 : History of Tirumala & Venkateshwara Swamy
Part-2: Rituals & Prasada Procedure
Part-3: Historical records
Part-1 thread below
1/
Venkatachala Hill
Maha Vishnu wished for the mountain Krida / Krida Parvatham / Kridhachalam from Vaikunta to be brought to the earth for his avataram.
This was brought to earth by Garuda and Ananta & placed it on banks of river Swarna Mukhi
2/
This is where current Tirumala temple is located. The fact that this was transported from Vaikunta is apparently a scientifically proven fact.
The scientific dating of the sedimentary rocks have confirmed the date to be around 120 million years ago..
3/
This timeline coincides with Swayambhu Manu manvanthara of the Sweta Varaha Kalpa which is the time when Swamy descended on earth in the form of Venkateshwara Swamy.
From a survey of flora and fauna, they have found rare species of plants & animals like golden gecko..
4/
that are exclusive to this hill range only and not found anywhere else in the world.
Tirumala hills are a range of 7 hills
1. Seshachala
2. Vedachala
3. Garudachala
4. Anjanachala
5. Vrishabhachala
6. Narayanachala
7. Venkatachala --> Where temple is present
5/
I will write a 3 part thread series with some interesting points from this book.
Part-1 : History of Tirumala & Venkateshwara Swamy
Part-2: Rituals & Prasada Procedure
Part-3: Historical records
Part-1 thread below
1/
#Books
— GunduHuduga| \u0c97\u0cc1\u0c82\u0ca1\u0cc1 \u0cb9\u0cc1\u0ca1\u0cc1\u0c97|\U0001f549 (@GunduHuDuGa) January 14, 2021
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Venkatachala Hill
Maha Vishnu wished for the mountain Krida / Krida Parvatham / Kridhachalam from Vaikunta to be brought to the earth for his avataram.
This was brought to earth by Garuda and Ananta & placed it on banks of river Swarna Mukhi
2/
This is where current Tirumala temple is located. The fact that this was transported from Vaikunta is apparently a scientifically proven fact.
The scientific dating of the sedimentary rocks have confirmed the date to be around 120 million years ago..
3/
This timeline coincides with Swayambhu Manu manvanthara of the Sweta Varaha Kalpa which is the time when Swamy descended on earth in the form of Venkateshwara Swamy.
From a survey of flora and fauna, they have found rare species of plants & animals like golden gecko..
4/
that are exclusive to this hill range only and not found anywhere else in the world.
Tirumala hills are a range of 7 hills
1. Seshachala
2. Vedachala
3. Garudachala
4. Anjanachala
5. Vrishabhachala
6. Narayanachala
7. Venkatachala --> Where temple is present
5/
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