Men will work hard to reach their desires. Women go to their husbands and cling to them. They mingle and intertwine, both pouring out and pulling love from each other. This is nature that you see across all Heaven and Earth.
-Rig Veda 1.105.2
You might find it hard to think of Hinduism as a religion. It contains many different beliefs and subdivisions, covering politics, health, and military beyond just spirituality and religion. Hindu philosophy is based on the Vedas, a set of compilations of prayers and poetry.
The oldest and most important of these, Rig Veda, was developed at the decline of the Harrapan civilization (c. 1000 BC) by the new ruling class of the Indus River Valley to summarize the words of the Gods and to comment on daily life. By no coincidence, it also put themselves in the highest position of society. Brahmans used these words to solidify their leadership of India as being ordained by the Gods in developing their caste system.
You can chant the verses of the Rig Veda to your God or you can interpret the hymns as guidelines to life. Its words will tell you about honor and sacrifice, humility and pride, life and death. But it will also talk about the physical world -- animals, food, even sex and drugs. In some cases, you will be surprised how sexual behavior is told in detail. Don’t block out the descriptions of sex acts; I only ask that you interpret them in context of being guidelines to all parts of life.
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