Hinduism

FOUNDER: no single founder; collaboration of many beliefs

ORIGIN: India

HOLY TEXT: the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas (collection of stories about reincarnations and lives of saints), and Upanishads (compilations from the teachings of late Vedic philosophers)

MAIN TEACHING: achieve moksha by breaking cycle of reincarnation; reincarnation governed by karma

PRACTICES/RITUALS: caste system, worship in temples called Mandir, Ganges River very holy

DIVINE BEINGS: supreme god Brahman in a triad with Shiva and Vishnu, other gods and goddesses

FOUNDER: no single founder; collaboration of many beliefs

ORIGIN: India

HOLY TEXT: the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas (collection of stories about reincarnations and lives of saints), and Upanishads (compilations from the teachings of late Vedic philosophers)

MAIN TEACHING: achieve moksha by breaking cycle of reincarnation; reincarnation governed by karma

PRACTICES/RITUALS: caste system, worship in temples called Mandir, Ganges River very holy

DIVINE BEINGS: supreme god Brahman in a triad with Shiva and Vishnu, other gods and goddesses

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