Interfaith Eastern Religions Summary

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Brahmana System - Hinduism
> God –
Creator, Preserver, Destroyer (Cyclic) God is universe and universe is God
(synonymous) > At liberation, soul merges with God or Universe
Soul becomes infinity → Highly Ritualistic (elaborate and fancy) > Animal Sacrifices in the past > Scriptures have certain authority in the initial stage of Spiritual progress
• Vedas, Upanishads, Geeta, Brahma Sutra • Scriptures are in Sanskrit