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Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

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5. We BELIEVE <strong>in</strong> the Mahadeva Karttikeya, son of Siva-Sakti,<br />

whose well of grace dissolves the bondages of ignorance<br />

6. We BELIEVE that each <strong>in</strong>dividual soul is created by Lord Siva<br />

and is identical to Him, and that this identity will be fully<br />

realized by all souls when the bondage of anava, karma and<br />

maya is removed by His grace.<br />

7. We BELIEVE <strong>in</strong> three worlds of existence: the Bhuloka, where<br />

souls take on physical bodies; the Antarloka, where souls take<br />

on astral bodies; and the Sivaloka, where souls exist <strong>in</strong> their<br />

own self-effulgent form<br />

8. We BELIEVE <strong>in</strong> the law of Karma — that one must reap the<br />

effects of all actions he has caused — and that each soul<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>ues to re<strong>in</strong>carnate until all karmas are resolved and<br />

moksha, liberation, is atta<strong>in</strong>ed.<br />

9. We BELIEVE that the performance of charya, virtuous liv<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

kriya, temple worship, and yoga, lead<strong>in</strong>g to Parasiva through<br />

grace of the liv<strong>in</strong>g satguru, is absolutely necessary to br<strong>in</strong>g forth<br />

jnana, wisdom<br />

10. We BELIEVE that there is no <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic evil.<br />

11. We BELIEVE that religion is the harmonious work<strong>in</strong>g together<br />

of the three worlds and that this harmony can be created<br />

through temple worship, where<strong>in</strong> the be<strong>in</strong>gs of all three worlds<br />

can communicate.<br />

12. We BELIEVE <strong>in</strong> the Panchakshara Mantra, the five sacred<br />

syllables “Namah Sivaya,” as Saivism's foremost and essential<br />

mantra.”<br />

http://www.siddha.com.my/saivism.html<br />

Compare this with the Nicean Creed of the Chrsitian Churches outside of<br />

<strong>India</strong> <strong>in</strong> which one of the <strong>India</strong>n delegate also was present.

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