AUM BEEP BEEP

THE STORY OF HINDUISM

BY VIPUL TRIVEDI

 WHO SHOULD READ AUM BEEP BEEP? 

• Have you ever wanted to read, in plain and simple language, what is written in the various scriptures of Hinduism?

• Have you ever questioned any of your beliefs or your faith in God?

• Did you ever want to know what Hinduism is all about but did not know where to start or whom to ask?

• Is your knowledge of Hinduism limited to what your parents or teachers have taught you?

• Who were our Aryan ancestors? Where did they come from?

• Where do our religious superstitions originate?

• What do the scriptures really say about the second coming of Krishna?

• Do you know how much sex there is in the Puranas?

• Have you any idea about what is written in the sacred Vedas?

• The laws of Manu were written by the first man who walked the earth, right? The laws come from God, right? Wrong!

• You would happily swear by the Gita, no? When was it written? Why was it written? Who wrote it? What’s written in it?

• What is Hindutva? How is it linked to Hinduism?

• When did the events of the Ramayana & Mahabharata really take place?

• Was Rama God? Who was Hanuman? Is the Ramayana real or is it just a myth?

• Was the Mahabharata truly the first world war?

• Did you know that Buddhism was India’s main religion for over 600 years? Before the Brahmins retook control?

• How was caste created? How do caste injustices go hand in hand with religion?

• Who was the Sai Baba of Shirdi?

• What is the meaning of the word Aum? Who invented it? The universe? Does it mean anything at all?

• Did our Aryan gods live in sumptuous marble palaces? Or did they live in huts made of clay and wood?

• Did Krishna really recite the Gita? Or were words put into his mouth by persons with nefarious caste agendas in mind?

• Why should women be banned from entering temples during menstruation?

• What is Vedanta?

• Why do we fast on Ekadashi?

• Have you any idea how the Jyotirlinga temples became so famous?

• What is Hinduism’s view of creation?

• Is religion a benign force? Or is there something pernicious behind it?

• Why do the writers of later scriptures steer us away from the Vedas? What are they trying to hide?

Aum Beep Beep will answer all these questions- and many more.