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Riddles in Hinduism

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Contents<br />

PART I - RELIGIOUS<br />

Riddle No. 1 : The difficulty of know<strong>in</strong>g why one is a H<strong>in</strong>du<br />

Riddle No. 2 : The Orig<strong>in</strong> Of The Vedas—The Brahm<strong>in</strong>ic Explanation or An Exercise In The Art Of Circumlocution<br />

Riddle No. 3 : The Testimony Of Other Shastras On The Orig<strong>in</strong> Of The Vedas<br />

Riddle no. 4 : Why suddenly the brahm<strong>in</strong>s declare the vedas to be <strong>in</strong>fallible and not to be questioned?<br />

Riddle no. 5 : Why did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s go further and declare that the vedas are neither made by man nor by god?<br />

Riddle no. 6 : The contents of the vedas: have they any moral or spiritual value?<br />

Riddle no. 7 : The turn of the tide or how did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s deceare the vedas to be lower than the lowest of their<br />

shastras?<br />

Riddle no. 8 : How the upanishads declared war on the vedas?<br />

Riddle no. 9 : How the upanishads came to be made subord<strong>in</strong>ate to the vedas?<br />

Riddle no. 10 : Why did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s make the h<strong>in</strong>du gods fight aga<strong>in</strong>st one another?<br />

Riddle no. 11 : Why did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s make the h<strong>in</strong>du gods suffer to rise and fall?<br />

Riddle no. 12 : Why did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s dethrone the gods and enthrone the goddesses?<br />

Riddle no. 13 : The riddle of the ahimsa<br />

Riddle no. 14 : From ahimsa back to himsa<br />

Riddle no. 15 : How did the brahm<strong>in</strong>s wed an ahimsak god to a bloodthirsty Goddess?<br />

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