Sentence examples for knowledge of hindu from inspiring English sources

[However, such interpretations often exhibit] confusion and misrepresentation, stemming from a lack of knowledge of Hindu history among these authors, [who only rarely] draw upon materials written by scholars of the Hindu religious tradition.

First I'll provide a short Hinduism 101 with regard to women because according to a 2011 survey conducted by the Association of Religion Data Archives, "95percentt of Americans have little or no knowledge of Hindu beliefs and practices". Second, I'll provide distressing facts about violence against women.

I am also not aware if any of the accused in any of the recent cases of domestic abuse have ever quoted Hindu scriptures to justify their actions, nor, frankly, do I think they would have the faintest knowledge of Hindu philosophy and practice.

He is said to have possessed vast wisdom and to have amazed visiting Brahmans (Hindu priests) with his great knowledge of the Hindu scripture Bhagavadgita.

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Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual.

The first of the five strands of Hinduism is doctrine, as expressed in a vast textual tradition anchored to the Veda ("Knowledge"), the oldest core of Hindu religious utterance, and organized through the centuries primarily by members of the learned Brahman class.

He writes about the hippies who claimed to know India and concludes that "they break just at that point where the Hindu begins: the knowledge of the abyss, the acceptance of distress as the condition of men".

A quiz written for eighth graders tests their knowledge of the continuing campaign to build a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, the mythical birthplace of Ram, where Hindu militants razed a 16th-century mosque in 1992.

Jnana, ( Sanskrit: "knowledge") in Hindu philosophy, a word with a range of meanings focusing on a cognitive event that proves not to be mistaken.

Agehananda Bharati explained, "...modern Hindus derive their knowledge of Hinduism from Vivekananda, directly or indirectly".