Question 8
Child: Mom, can you tell me about the scriptures in Hindusim?
Mother: Unlike other religions Hinduism is not based on any one sacred writing.
Instead it has many sacred books which support the basic thoughts of the Vedas.
Several of these writings have been translated into foreign languages and
have been much appreciated world-wide. Two such writings which happen to be
folklore of the Hindu scriptures and are the most commonly used by the Hindus
are the Ramayana and Mahabharata. Both of these are in epic form, the former
being the oldest and the latter the largest of the epics. Both glorify the
principles of the Vedas in a simple way. The celebrated Bhagavad-Gita is a part
of the great epic, Mahabharata.
