What happens when we die?
Exploring Hinduism
Hinduism is an umbrella term for a broad range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions unified by a belief system known as the Dharma. The Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda are the four Vedas, which are considered the oldest texts in Hinduism. Each is divided into the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads, which address philosophy, meditation, sacrifices, and worship. Although different Hindu sects disagree with the Vedas, the idea of Dharma originated in Vedic Hinduism, which is founded on the Vedas. The following video should help explain the Vedas.
The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is believed to have been authored by the Hindu God Ganesha, (depicted with an elephant head) and is commonly known as the Gita. It is a collection of 700 verses included in the Indian poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a dialogue between Prince Arjuna (an Indian war hero) and Krishna Dvaipayana, known as Veda-Vyasa who is considered to be an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu (depicted with multiple arms). It is deemed as the holy book of Hinduism and is known as "The Song of God" and is regarded in Hinduism as the manual for life.
What happens when we die?
For a Hindu, everything in the cosmos is God, and the entire universe is God's. According to Hinduism, every individual is inherently divine, and discovering this divinity within each of us is the ultimate goal of life. In addition to several smaller sects with distinct religious customs, there are currently four main branches of Hinduism: Shaivism, Vaishnava, Shaktism, and Smarta. Brahman is the one supreme god that most Hindus believe in. Everything is a component of and a manifestation of Brahman, the ultimate reality; nonetheless, a wide variety of gods and goddesses might embody Brahman's attributes and abilities, as they all emerge from Brahman. From the Vedic period, Hinduism's deities have changed, ranging from a personal God as in the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy to the thirty-three main Vedic deities and hundreds of deities listed in Hinduism's Puranas. The following videos should help explain Hinduism.
Hindu websites
Below are links to several websites, for those who wish to learn more about Hinduism.