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It is really not easy to understand Hinduism as in different perspective it teaches different things like guru hatya is paap but in Mahabharata guru Dronacharya was killed. Isn't it?

It cannot be commandments. In Hindu there is no such word as commandments as far as I know. It could be suggestions.

One more thing is very important in Hinduism and it is the fact that we take rebirth. So we need to be a good human being so that in our successive births we get good results.

ISKCON has many and many members from developed countries and not only limited to just Russia. Americans, British, Australians too have become Krishna bhakt being associated with the organization. ISKCON means International society for Krishna consciousness.

It is called as Saptapadi or Saat Phere and considered as an important rite in Hindu marriage ceremony. It means the couple who are getting married takes seven steps around holy fire.

There are three ways - silent, semiverbal or verbal. If you are meditating alone, the mantras are chanted silently. It will yield best results. If you are in a group, the chant should be semiverbal. It will create powerful vibrations.

It is said to chant Om while practicing yoga as it will help in connecting with the self, and as an after connecting with a divine reality.

It is "Om mani padra hum." It is in Sanskrit and the phrase means "O, Jewel of the Lotus, Hum." Om here is pronounced as ah-oo-mm.

I guess it is the only Hindu festival that is celebrated in the month of May. It is dedicated to Lord Murugan, elder son of Lord Shiva and Parvati, and celebrated in the town of Palani.

Yoga is not merely a physical practice. It is an eight-fold physical, mental and spiritual system consisting of yamas and niyamas, which means ethical codes of conduct, asanas that means steady poses, pranayama for breathing exercises, dharana for concentration, dhyana for meditation, pratyahara...

Originated in India it literally means to yoke. This means yoking souls to God and has four paths - Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga and Karma Yoga. All these four aims at God consciousness. It is Indian or Hindu ways of knowing God.

Brahma is the name of a Hindu God and 'char' in Sanskrit means to walk. 'Ya' means actively. So as a whole the word Brahmacharya means "walking with God" or "brahmic conduct." In simple terms it is also explained as non-lust, self-control or continence.

Himsa in Sanskrit means violence. There's a common word Ahimsa. This is opposite to Himsa and means non-violence.

Yes admin. This is the reason I said the Dasavataras are ten PRIMARY avatars. Note primary.

Yes true. This is called as Dashavatara, which means ten primary avatars of Lord Vishnu. But there are more avatars like Jagannath and Vithoba. I would also like to note here that the Kaiki has not yet appeared. It will appear at the end of Kali Yuga, which started at midnight of 17-18 February...

It is said he was a robber earlier and he repented later. He meditated for years and while he was meditating an anthill was built over his body. Later he became a famous sage and authored Ramayana. Valmiki also offered shelter to Maa Sita when she was exiled by Lord Rama. His name means anthill.

'Om Namah Shivay' mantra means 'I bow down to Shiva.' During Mahashivratri people worship Shiva Lingam. In Shiva Purana it is called as Rudra Abhisheka. 'Rudra' is another epithet of Lord Shiva and 'Abhisheka' means worship. Worshipers bathed the Lingham with milk, honey, yogurt, rose water and...

Mahashivratri is an important Hindu festival celebrated on 14th night of the waning moon in the Hindu month of Phalgun. The importance of the occasion can be gauged from the fact that the first royal bathing of the Kumbh Mela is performed on Mahashivratri. There are various legends given in the...

It is called as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It is a kind of ache and happens when you are doing yoga for the first time or after a gap of good number of days. It is not to worry.

The jiv atma keeps on moving up the hierarchy if the persons whose bodies it occupies have been consistently good. Finally it is freed from this cycle of birth and death and merges permanently with the param atma. This is salvation.