Myths of Hinduism
Almost everyone in this world has a religion, and almost every person has a place of worship. Christians go to the Church, Muslims go to the Mosque's and there are many other places of worships. Most of the minor religions tend to say the word temple, which is a word originated by the Greeks. When someone ask's me what I do on Sunday's I say I go to temple, the only reason why I say that is because most people don't know what a Mandir is! But now I want to tell you that a place of worship for Hindus is called a Mandir.Here the idols of God are placed, we have a pujari (poo-ja- ree), a person that takes care of God, he is the one that feed's god, he changes God's clothes, he does the prayers, (basically everything that needs to be done). At my Mandir we have classes for different age groups and we teach them about our belief. Hinduism is split up according to beliefs and I belong to the Bochasanvasi Akshar Purshotam Upasana (BAPS). Our belief is that Swaminarayan Bhagwan is supreme God, he is above Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (the only God's that are taught in History classes). The word Bhagwan means God! My Bhagwan has an ideal devotee whose name is Gunatitanand Swami. We believe that we have to be an ideal devotee like him and please Bhagwan.The word Reincarnation is usually associated with Hindus but that is WRONG! Reincarnation is when a person comes back on earth after dying with the same body... what Hindus really believe in is that when you die, your body is burned and your soul comes back in a different body, this process is called Transmigration.
For today this much info is enough, if you are interested come again next Sunday to check what I have to inform you about BAPS Hindus!
