Hinduism

"A wise man takes the essence of the knowledge of all places just as a bumblebee collects honey everywhere and of every flower", (Srimad Bhagavatam 4.18.2)

Modern hinduism is a complex system of old vedic traditions and yogasystems and their scriptures which often contain a limited and therefore evtl. erroneous knowledge, also conditioned by the oral translation and the consciousness of the deliverer. Therefore, for example, are the Upanishads not generally accepted in India.

Hinduism teaches the 'tirmurti' of the three big cosmic creator-gods Brahma (creator of forms), Vishnu(penetrating and sustaining spirit) und Maheshvara(the Pure One), who do not pass the treshold of the 'big emptyness oder mahashunya' or the Ishvara-Tattwa of kashmir Shaivism. First Krishna in his form as 'Param Brahman' crosses this treshold and as well the four cosmic Mahashaktis and Sadashiva (and of course a master of the 5th initiation).

In the aftervedic time, master Sri Adi Shankara introduced the Sanatana Dharma and the Advaita system, and he had to fight against many errors which had slipt into the Vedanta System.

Also the current Shankara-Order teaches the steps of the ashtanga-yoga in the sense of the first 16 steps of the Universal Doctrine:
"Ashtanga yoga -- Yama, niyam, aasan, praanayaam, pratyaahaar, dhaarnaa, dhyaan, samaadhi. Those are the eight limbs of the yoga. A guru takes a student one after another through this. For that the guru takes NOTHING of its student. He does it out of kindness and out of the feeling to do something good for his student."
Shree Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati (The Illustrated Weekly of India, September 13, 1987)

But also modern Vedanta contains errors. An example is the view of the term Maya which means the formativ element-principle: Shankara speaks about the 5 shells of Maya which curtain the Purusha.
Maya is the dark and little conscious element-principle which manifests, perpetuates and governs the phenomenal Universe, which is created under the influence of the Atman on Maya(Anthakarana). Nowadays Maya is mostly seen as a factor which causes delusion (in contrary to Kashmir-Shaivaism) and sometimes even mistakenly looked at as the creator of the Nada out of itself.

Additional literature:
Sri Yuktesvar Giri: The holy science, SRF which appeared in collaboration with Yogananadas Guru Babaji.

Sri Yuktesvar Giri said that entire knowledge of India is symbolically coded in the MAHABHARATA epic, on which the Bhagavad-Gita relies too.

The Indian epic Mahabharata is one of the largest and most important creations of the world literature. In some editions, it comprises up to 100,000 verses wherein besides the actual action numerous small episodes are described. To them, also the story of Savitri and Satyavan counts.

A statement: "Savitri was strong willed to reget her spouse, and she followed Yama into regions, that actually no mortal can enter. In the end she succeeded that to involve Yama into a conversation. Yama was impressed of the imperturbable tenacity, with which Savitri fought for life of its spouse, and he Satyavans soulin the end again free for a further life on earth.
The latter is in this context a description of the step 13 of the 22 steps.

But also the shorter versions of the Mahabharata represent the 22 steps:
The Kauravas and the Pandavas grow up jointly. After step 6 their pathes seceded. Step 18 of the 22 steps corresponds with the battle of Kuruskshetra , on which also the Bhagavad Gita leans in a different context.
The Mahabharata ends with step 20 (master).

A hinduistic representation of the step 13 of the UNIVERSAL Doctrine is for example the scene of the Gods and demons fighting for the milk ocean. In the past all that was deliberately symbolically represented.

Modern hinduism has often moved from its original doctrine, as can be seen at the millions of pilgrims, who proceed to pilgrimage to the Ganga, although this 'bath' which is expected to clean of Karma sins, is in reality the Nada or the the Pranava.

Hinduistic teachings are for example that who bathes during full moon in May is liberated from rebirth - however in reality the inner full moon is meant, that the searcher must realize first once together with the inner spiritual sun.

Similarly is the beleife of Islam to go into the paradise in a worldly "holy war", which is confounded with the "inner war" of step 15 of the long path.

The Hinduism offers a confusing multitude of teachings, especially also in the zone of the right Tantra (in addition: Prof. A. Bharati: The Tantric tradition; INC and/or Rider CO show) and of numerous yoga systems.
Especially some gurus such as the deceased Babaji from Histanapur said, that we live in a time period of Shiva, and many of themm teach the meditation on the 'Om namaha shivaya' which the Shiva-PuranasPuranas glorify as a highest Mantram.
It is narrated of Shiva that its current is received on the hair tips of the Swamis head. Shiva himself lives in the golden hall in the center of the universe.

The Kashmir-Shaivism theaches the last5 steps of the Ashtanga-Yoga and has the most detailed view of the planes of creation.

In hinduism, the human development is accompanied by the 10(24) Avatars. Rama and Krishna must be seen as helpers on initial stages. Buddha Gautama attained the enlightenment individually. He taught the students to use teir mind instead of just to beleive. That was 2500 years ago somewhat quite new.
As last avatar the Kalki-Avatar is expected to come and to restore the Dharma, not to confound with an Islamic fundamentalist empire on the basis of the human consciousness.
Modern India has lost much of its Spirituality and only a minority really understands the old and the often orally transferred traditional texts in its depth and often the Gurus abuse their position.

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