Hinduism: The Primary Sources Contents 1. Vedas Rgveda 1.1.1 - Invocation of Agni Rgveda 3.62.12 - Gayatri Mantra Rgveda 7.59.12 - Maha-mrtyunjaya Rgveda 10.
90 - Purusa-sukta (Hymn of the Cosmic Man) Rgveda 10.129 - Nasadiya Sukta Rgveda 10.121 - Hiranyagarbha Prajapatya Sri Sukta 2. Upanisads Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3.6 and 3.8 - Gargi / Yajñavalkya Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4.4.1-7 Chandogya Upani?ad 4.
4 - Satyak?ma J?b?la Ch?ndogya Upanisad 6 - tat tvam asi Taittiriya Upanisad 1.11 - Graduation Speech Isa Upanisad Katha Upanisad 1.1-1.29 - Dialogue with Death Aruni Upanisad 3. Mahabharata Game of Dice, Draupadi, & Bhima''s oath Yaksa Questions to Yudhisthira Bhishma''s Teachings on Dharma Ekalavya Duryodhana and Arjuna Approach Krishna for help 4. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2.11-2.30 - Immortality of the Self Chapter 2.
47-48, 3.3-35 - Action is better than Inaction Chapter 6.4-6.32 - Dhyana - The Yoga of Royal Knowledge Chapter 9 - Complete - Bhakti - The Yoga of Devotion Chapter 11.9-11.55 - Cosmic form Chapter 15 - Complete - The Yoga of the Supreme Spirit Chapter 18.64-18.73 - The Final Teaching 5.
Ramayana Opening section - Description of Rama Rama and Sita''s wedding The golden deer Hanuman''s jump and meeting Sita Battle with description of the Rakshasas The Fire Ordeal 6. Dharmasatras Caste - Manusmriti 1.87-91; 8.410-20; 9.149-57 Lifecycle Rites - Manusmriti 2.29-35; 3.1-4; 6.2-4; 6.
94-6 Household Life - Manusmriti 3.55-9; 3.99-106; 5.58-63 Wandering Ascetic - Manusmriti 6.33-60 7. Siva Purana The Lingam of Light - Chapter 7.1-33 Daksa and Sati Episode - Chapter 26.1-18; 29.
1-11; 29.51-64; 30. 1-8 Parvati Revealed to be Sati Reborn, A Dream Predicts Her Future - Chapter 8.45-56; 9.21-35 Ganesha''s Birth, Parvati Angered By His Beheading, Shiva Gives Him New Life - Chapter 13.14-39; 17.4-11; 17.46-59 8.
Devi Mahatmya Frame Story 1.27-44 The Goddess slays Mahisa the Buffalo 2.1-34, 3.20-41 The Birth of Kali 7.1-14, 8.39-62 9. Visnu Purana Narasimha Episode The Four Yugas and the Kali Yuga 10. Bhagavata Purana Churning of the Ocean 8.
7.1-15 and 8.1-9 Krishna and Yashoda 10.8.32-45 Krishna Lifts the Mountain 11. Vedanta Shankara on How to Enlighten a Pupil 1.1-6, 9-19 Ramanuja''s Vedarthasamgraha (Selection) Madhva''s Mayavadahandana (Selection) Jiva Gosvami''s Tattvasandarbha 12-18 12. Samkhya Samkhyakarika of Isvarakrsna (Selection) 13.
Yoga Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Selection) Hatha Yoga Pradipika Chapter 1 - Asanas 14. Tantra Pancaratra: Manual for ritual - Daily duties of an adept (Chapter 40, vs. 1-29) The Wedding of Siva and the Goddess in the Kulalikamnaya Verses 1-33 Kularnava Tantra (Selections) The Aphorisms of Shiva (Selections) Vijnanabhairava Verses 34-39, 46-55 15. Bhakti Poetry Nayanmars (Selections) Bhakti and passion - Tirupp?vai 22-30 Tiruvaymoli 5.2.1-11 Mahadeviyakka: Forbidden Love - 328// Love in Separation - 79// Love in Union -68 Allama Prabhu: Rejection of social structure - 213// Union - 972// Realization - 959 Kabir: Poems 4, 10, 30, 75, 84 Narasinha Mehta (Selections) Ravidas: AG 29, 19, 3 Chaitanya (Selections) Surdas: Themes of childhood and love - S9 NPS 733, S33 NPS 1094, S105 NPS 2522 Mirabai: Princess of the Rathores/ Mira''s beautiful of her bhajans/Melting into God Tulsidas Retells Rama and Sita''s Wedding / Hanuman Chalisa Tukaram''s Story: Tuka''s Story// Tuka the Transgressor// Against Pandits// Listen to Me// Power of the Name Ramprasad Sen (Selections) Kamalakanta Bhattacarya (Selections) Ram Basu (Selections) Manikkavacar: The Hundred Verses/ The Grinding Song Namdev: Relinquish your Brahmanical pride 16. Modern Hinduism Rammohun Roy: Anti-Sati Writings - Address to Lord William Bentinck Dayananda Saraswati: Marriage and Niyoga Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar: A Defense of Widow Marriage Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (Selections) Swami Vivekananda (Response to Welcome and Address at Final Session) Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali 19, 26, 30, 35, 72) Mohandas K. Gandhi (Gospel of Selfless Action-Selections) B.
R. Ambedkar (A portion of Caste and Class and Sections X and XVII) A Vindication of Caste by Mahatma Gandhi// Varna versus Caste (Appendix I) A Reply to the Mahatma by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (Appendix II) - Section I, IX-XI V.D. Savarkar: Hindutva (Selection) Keshab Chunder Sen (Selection) 17. Contemporary Hinduism Swaminarayan: Selections from Vachanamrut, Shikshapatri, and Pramukh Swami Maharaj Sri Aurobindo (Selections) Ramana Maharshi: Selections from The Eightfold Path of Yoga Hira Bansode''s "Slave// Arun Kamble''s "Speech"// Waman Nimbalkar''s "Caste"// Narayan Surve''s "For I Am Brahma" Daya Pawar''s "We are not your monkeys" Swami Prabhupada: Rama as a Child// The Beauty of Krishna// Sita''s Parents Mourn Her Departure Ammachi (Selections from Swami Amritaswarupananda''s Biography of Ammachi) Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Savitri: Pauranika Natikalu (Selection) Anantanand Rambachan: Selection from The Advaita Worldview Amar Chitra Katha (Selections).