Hinduism for Dummies

By: Dr. Amrutur V. Srinivasan

Narrated by: Neil Shah

The dominant religion of India, "Hinduism" refers to a wide variety of religious traditions and philosophies that have developed over thousands of years. Today, the United States is home to approximately one million Hindus.

If you've heard of this ancient religion and are looking for a reference that explains the intricacies of the customs, practices, and teachings of this ancient spiritual system, Hinduism for Dummies is for you!

• Provides a thorough introduction to this earliest and popular world belief system
• Information on the rites, rituals, deities, and teachings associated with the practice of Hinduism
• Explores the history and teachings of the Vedas, Brahmans, and Upanishads
• Offers insight into the modern daily practice of Hinduism around the world

Continuing the Dummies tradition of making the world's religions engaging and accessible to everyone, Hinduism for Dummies is your hands-on, friendly guide to this fascinating religion.

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Thorough overview and not dumb at all!

This was a in-depth overview of the many facets of Hinduism. It is no small task to give a thorough introduction to the many layers of a religion as complicated as Hinduism, but the author did a great job. The book was well laid out and presented each topic in a logical scheme. The narrator has a pleasant voice and pronounced all the Sanskrit terms correctly! Highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in Hinduism, yoga, or Vedic knowledge.

Basic yet Detailed

I selected this text as part of my journey this year, in 2020, to better understand world religions. This book allowed me to be introduced on a basic level to Hinduism and would also allow the reader to take a deeper dive into this particular religion. I will admit that I ended up skipping/scanning through later chapters as I did not feel a need to know and understand the depth that this text takes the reader. This met my need and interest for learning; however, in hindsight, I could have possibly selected a text that was a bit lighter.

Great info, Even better reader

I got this to learn about the Hindu religions and the one thing that kept me engaged was the reader. Neil Shah is an excellent reader! His reading style and voice kept me wanting to hear more about what was in this book. In fact I now am looking into more of the books he reads just because he reads them. I want to thank him specifically for reading this. Niel, keep this up, I could listen to all the books you read. If only I had more time. :)

Extremely extensive but tip of the iceberg

Excellent overview. I will have to re-listen several times. Very intriguing and beautiful philosophy.

Fantastic learning

For Dummies makes basic knowledge so easy to obtain. Such a good broad base. Thank you.

Good overview

I like the book, very good overview of hindhuism. Part 5 was a bit too deep for me, will re-read later to understand better.

Well I bought the book...

After hearing half of this book I purchased the paperback version so that I can easily maintain this knowledge. Very happy with the delivery as well as the content.

great, but want to buy physical book

The adaptation to audiobook was phenomenal. the narration and information were excelent. the writing was clear and interesting. It does make me want to buy a physical copy for the tables and sanskrit words.

Do not waste your money, nor time, absolutely terrible!

If you want someone to blather on endlessly about nonsense, and to so thoroughly over complicate, and push you totally away from Hinduism, then maybe this is the author, and book for you.
I suspect that he was attempting to impress everyone with his extensive knowledge, but he was only impressing himself, and perhaps his wife.
ABSOLUTE WASTE OF MONEY!

Author’s writing style

Author’s writing style feels like it requires reader to have Olympics level of fitness to be able to jump from one topic to another from one point in history or geography to another while following author in his well intended efforts to present extensive content by jumping extensively in every possible direction with missing consistency and focus.

Perhaps future versions will bring more consistency and focus and make it more aligned with the title.