Hindu Dharma

Contents

General

  1. About the book 'Hindu Dharma' on this Web Site
  2. Preface to the Book
  3. A note to the readers
  4. Translator's note
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction

Religion In General

  1. Dharma Alone Protects
  2. Papa and Punya
  3. The Purpose of Religion
  4. Man and Beast
  5. Devotion Common to all Faiths
  6. The Unity of Religions
  7. Qualities of Religious Teachers

The Vedic Religion: Introductory

  1. The Religion without a Name
  2. The Universal Religion
  3. Distinctive Features of Sanathan Dharama
  4. The Vedas - the Root of All
  5. The Vedas in their Original Form

The Vedic Religion And Varna Dharma

  1. Division of Labour
  2. What is Varna Dharma?
  3. Unity in Diversity
  4. Divided by Work but still of One Heart
  5. Why only in this Country
  6. Who is Responsible for the Decay of Varna Dharma?
  7. The Least Expected of Brahmins
  8. Preserving the Vedas: Why it is a Lifetime Mission
  9. Is Cutting off the Head a Cure for Headache?
  10. My Work

The Sastras And Modern Life

  1. Religion and Society
  2. Neither too Much Ease nor too Many Comforts
  3. Sastra or Conscience?

The Vedas

  1. The Basic Texts of Hinduism : Our Ignorance of Them
  2. Why Religion ?
  3. The Fourteen Abodes of Knowledge
  4. Past Glory and Present Shame
  5. The Root of our Religion
  6. Eternal
  7. Sound and Creation
  8. Western Vedic Research
  9. Date of the Vedas : Inquiry not Proper
  10. Methods of Chanting
  11. Word of God
  12. The Vedas are Infinite
  13. Mantrayoga
  14. Sound and Meaning
  15. The Glory of the Vedas
  16. Yajna or Sacrifice
  17. Not in Other Religions
  18. The Threefold Purpose of Yajna
  19. The Celestials and Mortals Help Each Other
  20. The Capacity to Work and the Capacity to Protect
  21. Rites for Celestials and Rites for Fathers
  22. The Purpose of Sacrifices
  23. Is Sacrificial Killing Justified?
  24. Animal Sacrifice in the Age of Kali
  25. The One Goal
  26. Those who conduct Sacrifces
  27. The Four Vedas
  28. To Discover The One Truth
  29. Brahmana and Aranyaka
  30. The Upanisads
  31. The Brahmasutra
  32. Veda and Vedanta : Are They Opposed to One Another?
  33. The Ten Upanasids
  34. What do the Vedas Teach Us ?
  35. Essence of the Upanisadic Teaching
  36. Vedic Sakhas
  37. Brahmins and Non-Brahmins
  38. Sakhas now Studied
  39. Duty of Brahmins
  40. Veda-bhasya
  41. My Duty
  42. Greatness of the Vedas
  43. Sadanga : Introductory Discourse. The Six Limbs of the Vedas

Siksa

  1. Nose of the Vedapurusa
  2. Yoga and Speech
  3. Root Language - Sanskrit
  4. Pronunciation
  5. Scripts
  6. A Language that has all Phonemes
  7. Languages and Scripts : Indian and Foreign
  8. Aksamala
  9. Importance of Enunciation and Intonation
  10. Versions with Slight Differences
  11. Vedic Vocalisation and the Regional Languages
  12. Impact of Siksa Sastra
  13. Names of Months
  14. Other Notable Aspects of Siksa

Vyakarana

  1. Mouth of the Vedapurusa
  2. Grammar and Siva
  3. Works on Grammar
  4. Sanskrit and Tamil Grammar
  5. Sanskrit : The Universal Language
  6. Linguistic Studies and Religion

Chandas

  1. Foot of the Vedapurusa
  2. Pada or Foot
  3. Feet and Syllables
  4. How Poetry was Born
  5. Some Metrical Forms
  6. Uses of Chandas Sastra
  7. Foot for the Vedas - Nose for the Mantras

Nirukta

  1. Ear of the Vedapurusa

Jyotisa

  1. Eye of the Vedapurusa
  2. Astronomy and Astrology
  3. Ancient Mathematical Treatises
  4. Planets and Stars
  5. The Grahas and Human Life
  6. Omens. Signs
  7. Modern Discoveries in Ancient Works
  8. Not Blind Belief
  9. Empirical Proof

Kalpa

  1. Hand of the Vedapurusa

Mimamasa - Karmamarga

  1. Explication of Vedic Laws
  2. No Concept of God in Mimamsa
  3. Nyaya and Mimamsa :They brought about the Decline of Buddhism
  4. Buddhism and Indian Society
  5. Sankara and Non- Vedantic Systems
  6. Sankhya
  7. Mimansa and Adi Sankara
  8. Determining the Meaning of Vedic Texts
  9. Mimamsa Beliefs
  10. Sankara's Reply
  11. Vedanta and Mimamsa
  12. How Mimamsa is Esteemed

Nyaya

  1. Science of Reasoning
  2. Padarthas
  3. Pramanas
  4. Rational Way to Know God
  5. We Need All Types of Knowledge
  6. Tarka Treatises
  7. Cause of Creation
  8. Some Stories and Some Arguments

Puranas

  1. Magnifying Glass of the Vedas
  2. Puranas and History
  3. Are the Puranas a Lie of Are They Metaphorical ?
  4. Meaningful even if Imaginary
  5. Vyasa's Priceless Gift to Us
  6. Upa-puranas and Others
  7. Itihasas and Puranas
  8. The Epics and their Greatness
  9. Why Differences among the Gods ?
  10. The One as Many
  11. Many paths to the One Goal
  12. Who Taught the Puranas ?
  13. They Speak like a Friend
  14. Puranic Discourses and Films
  15. Sthala Puranas
  16. The Authenticity of Sthala Puranas
  17. Interconnected Stories
  18. Importance of Sthala Puranas
  19. Preserving the Puranas
  20. Palm-leaf Manuscripts in Libraries

Dharmasastra

  1. Realising the Ideals of the Puranas
  2. Smritis and Allied Works
  3. Vaidyanatha-Diksitiyam
  4. Freedom and Discipline
  5. Signs and Marks
  6. Smritis - not Independent Works
  7. The Source of Smritis is the Vedas
  8. Sruti-Smriti - Srauta-Smarta

The Forty Samskaras

  1. Samskara
  2. Paradise or the Path of Atmajnana ?
  3. Three Types of Worlds
  4. Meaning of Samskara
  5. The Eight Qualities
  6. Gunas in Practical Life
  7. Importance of Agni
  8. Names of Samskaras
  9. Samskaras Performed by Parents
  10. Why not All Samskaras for All ?

Brahmacaryasrama

  1. Upanayana
  2. The Sastras and Popular Custom
  3. Basic to the Vedic Tradition
  4. Qualities of a Brahmacarin
  5. Naisthika Brahmacarya and Family Life
  6. Upanayana : When to Perform It ?
  7. Models to Follow
  8. Why Early Upanayana
  9. Domestic Life and the Carnal Desire
  10. Gayatri
  11. The Brahmin must keep his Body Pure
  12. Gayatri and Sandhyavandana
  13. Other Aspects of Sandhyavandana
  14. What about Women ?
  15. The High Status of Our Women

Marriage

  1. For the Practise of Dharma
  2. Upanayana for Girls
  3. The Age of Marriage and the Law
  4. Controversy about Age of Marriage
  5. Eight Forms of Marriage
  6. Our Duty Now
  7. Make Marriages Simple
  8. Duty of Motherhood
  9. Duty of the Bridegroom
  10. Arrangements made by the Matha
  11. The Real Reform
  12. Working Women
  13. Any Use Talking ?
  14. Marriage Expenses and the Sastras
  15. Three Ways to Economy
  16. Ideals of Marriage

Grhasthasrama

  1. Grhastha and Grhini
  2. Aupasana
  3. Can a new Brahmin Caste be Created ?
  4. Aupasana and Women
  5. Agni and the Vedic Religion
  6. Sacrifices
  7. Other Samskaras
  8. Goal of Samskaras
  9. A Day in the Life of a Brahmin

Varna Dharma For Universal Well-Being

  1. Jatis - Why so many Differences ?
  2. Character and Vocation by Birth
  3. Vocations according to Guna not in Practice
  4. A Wrong Notion
  5. Equal Opportunities
  6. Strength of Unity
  7. Hinduism and Other Religions
  8. The Eternal Religion
  9. Brahmins are not a Privileged Caste
  10. Universal Well-being
  11. The Fourth Varna has its own Advantages
  12. Removal of Ego
  13. The Ultimate Purpose of Varna Dharma
  14. The Universal Remedy
  15. Sankara and Sanatana Dharma
  16. Cry 'Grow' - Don't Cry 'Perish'

From Work To Worklessness

  1. Outward Karma - Inward Meditation
  2. How to Cultivate Character and Good Conduct
  3. ' Samsare Kim Saram ? '
  4. Inward and Outward
  5. Do We Need Rituals ?
  6. Karma is the Starting Point of Yoga
  7. Karmayoga

The official text

  • Hindu Dharma

    Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

    "Hindu Dharma" is a book published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan which contains English translation of two volumes of the Tamil Book "Deivatthin Kural"

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