GAQ BC 102 - 12th February 2012 (Sunday)

• Religious Chronology (Polytheism until monism)
• Early Vedic
• Polytheism -> 33 Gods
• yajna -> sacrificial rituals of which animal sacrifice is the main type
• Mid Vedic
• Henotheism
• Brahmanas - monotheism
• Castses - 4 life stages
• Late Vedic
• Monism
• Aranyakas
• Upanishads (Atman identify with Brahman)
• Karma Marga (performing sacrifice) shift to Jnana Karma
• Brahma (generate life)
• Visnu (sustain life)
• Siva (destroy life)
• The above 3 are called the Trinity of the Vedic Culture and Thought
• Another 3 types of thought/concepts
• Karma
• Samsara
• Moksha
• Now got this term called Allah Upanishads
• Hindus clain that Buddha us a reincarnation of Visnu and He is born a Hindu and died a Hindu