All About Hinduism

Want to learn all about Hinduism, the world's oldest and third-largest religion? Like actually understand what karma is? Or what dharma means? Do you want to know what the sacred texts of Hinduism are? Or, maybe, you just want to know why Hindu women wear a dot on their forehead? Or, perhaps, if all Hindus vegetarian? If so, then All About Hinduism is just what you’ve been waiting for. We’ll give you an overview of Hinduism as a lived and contemporary spiritual path. We’ll explore the history of how Hinduism has come to be what it is today: the third-largest and oldest religious tradition in the world.


We’ll also clear up some of the misconceptions out there about Hinduism, as well as unflinchingly address some of the more contentious issues in Hinduism’s past and present. Hosted by Mat McDermott and brought to you by the Hindu American Foundation.


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Episoder(24)

We’re Back: All About Hinduism Series 2 teaser, with a note on formatting

We’re Back: All About Hinduism Series 2 teaser, with a note on formatting

Want to learn all about Hinduism, the world's oldest and third-largest religion? Like actually understand what karma is? Or what dharma means? Do you want to know what the sacred texts of Hinduism are...

13 Mar 20252min

Why the way we talk about Hinduism needs to change

Why the way we talk about Hinduism needs to change

One of the underlying themes in the first series of episodes of All About Hinduism is that this spiritual tradition is often misunderstood by those people outside of it. Some of this misunderstanding ...

13 Mar 202519min

We've got to talk about caste

We've got to talk about caste

Caste is one of the most complicated and misunderstood concepts encountered when attempting to understand India and Hinduism. Yet caste and a so-called caste system have become the singular focus of h...

31 Mai 202327min

We’ve got to talk about the word Aryan

We’ve got to talk about the word Aryan

If you think of Nazis, white supremacists, the Holocaust, a rabble of Fred Perry-wearing white dudes marching in Charlottesville, Virginia chanting “Jews will not replace us”, we don’t blame you. If y...

24 Mai 202318min

The big popular misconceptions about Hinduism episode

The big popular misconceptions about Hinduism episode

Hindu teachings and traditions continue to be widely misunderstood because of inaccurate or stereotyped, caricatured “caste, cows, and karma” portrayals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

17 Mai 202322min

What are the yamas and niyamas?

What are the yamas and niyamas?

Hinduism’s most basic ethical foundation — its guidelines, observances, and practices for living — are called yama and niyama. As most generally expressed, there are five of each. The yamas are often ...

10 Mai 202314min

What is reincarnation?

What is reincarnation?

The cycle of reincarnation — birth, death, and rebirth — is called s​amsara.​ It is the process through which individual divine consciousness or souls, for lack of better word, repeatedly take on a ph...

3 Mai 20239min

What karma is, and isn't

What karma is, and isn't

Despite the fact that the word karma is arguably one of the most common Hindu concepts to have entered into casual usage in the Western world, it's a much understood topic, both overly complicated and...

26 Apr 20239min

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