Hindu Beliefs Quotes

Question 1

Brahman

Answer 1

“In truth Brahman is all” - Upanishads

Question 2

Brahma

Answer 2

“Brahma was the creator of all. From him comes all life” - Upanishads

Question 3

Shiva

Answer 3

“He watches over all beings and rules over their creation and destruction” - Upanishads

Question 4

Vishnu

Answer 4

“Whenever there appears on earth a decline of righteousness, I send myself to birth” - Bhagavad Gita

Question 5

Ravana

Answer 5

“He was ravana, the peerless, the invincible.”

Question 6

Krishna’s values

Answer 6

“Do everything you have to do, not with greed, not either ego, not with lust, not with envy but with love, compassion, humility and devotion”

Question 7

Personal virtues/ dharma/ 4 aims of life

Answer 7

“There is a path of joy, and there is a path of pleasure… the wise man chooses the path of joy; the fool chooses the path of pleasure” - Upanishads

Question 8

Atman

Answer 8

“Atman, the spirit of vision, is never born and never dies” - Upanishads

Question 9

Moksha

Answer 9

“When a man knows God, he is free” - Upanishads

Question 10

Reincarnation

Answer 10

“Just as a man discards worn out clothes and puts on new clothes, the soul discards worn out bodies.” - Bhagavad Gita

Question 11

Cosmology

Answer 11

“ all this universe is in truth Brahman” - Upanishads

Question 12

Worshipping Brahman

Answer 12

“Bear me in mind, with love to Me” - Bhagavad Gita

Question 13

Gurus

Answer 13

“The pearl is found in the oyster, and the oyster is in the sea. The diver brings it up. No one else has the power to do this” - guru teaching

Question 14

Gods creation

Answer 14

“Even as the radiance of the sun shines everywhere in space, so does the glory of God rule over all his creation” - Upanishads