Hinduism is an extremely diversified religion. Different Hindu groups worship different gods, have different traditions, and different set of sacred texts. These various groups of Hindu do have a couple of things in common.
1. "The existence of Atman ("the real self")
2. That this atman is caught in a cycle of rebirth, called samsara.
3. That it is the goal of every Hindu to break the cycle of rebirth. This is called moksha.
4. That there are four stages of life, called ashramas. The rites or practices that guide Hindus through these stages are called samskaras.
5. That the ultimate reality of Brahman can be expressed through a variety of gods. " (Hindu Beliefs)
6. Karma ? "What a person says and does in life affects his or her fate" (McCollum 2001)
7. Dharma ? "Each person is bound to perform certain duties. These duties vary, depending upon the person's social standing and caste." (McCollum 2001)
8. Reincarnation ? "After dying, each living thing is reborn into another life." (McCollum 2001)
Hindu's do believe in God or Brahman, he is the ultimate reality who is the reason for life itself. Hindu's do have three primary Gods after Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Brahman is the God that creates, Vishnu is the God that preserves and Shiva is the god who destroys. These three gods are known as the Trimurti. There is also two other gods that are very popular with the Hindu's Ganesh, the God of knowledge and good fortune and Hanuman the God of loyalty and bravery.
The Hindu religion started by a group of Aryan tribes that moved to India from Asia about three thousand years ago. ...