hinduism class reno

HINDUISM CLASS RENO

Rajan Zed, Public Relations Officer of India Association of Northern Nevada, is teaching a class on Hinduism at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), Reno, on June 07, 2006; from six to nine pm. Pre-registration with TMCC is required.

Zed is a voluntary chaplain at St. Mary’s and other hospitals of northern Nevada.

Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has no founder, no one authoritative figure, no one deity worshipped by all, no unified system of belief, no datable beginning, no clear-cut definition, and no single creed or prophet or holy book. It has few “do’s” and “don’ts”. It dates back to around 3,000 BCE. Its oldest sacred literature, the Rig-Veda, dated from around 1,500 BCE, making it the oldest holy book still in common use in the world. Another scripture, Mahabharata, which dates around third century BCE, is the longest poem ever written, comprising of over 100, 000 couplets. God in Hinduism is not restricted to a particular place or limited by gender, appearance or name and it is stated that Hindus have 330 million gods and sometimes the number is increased to 330, 000,003.

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