Riddles in Hinduism by B.R.Ambedkar.pdf

Riddle In Hinduism
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Contents

PART I - RELIGIOUS
Riddle No. 1 : The difficulty of knowing why one is a Hindu
Riddle No. 2 : The Origin Of The Vedas—The Brahminic Explanation or An Exercise In The Art Of Circumlocution
Riddle No. 3 : The Testimony Of Other Shastras On The Origin Of The Vedas
Riddle no. 4 : Why suddenly the brahmins declare the vedas to be infallible and not to be questioned?
Riddle no. 5 : Why did the brahmins go further and declare that the vedas are neither made by man nor by god?
Riddle no. 6 : The contents of the vedas: have they any moral or spiritual value?
Riddle no. 7 : The turn of the tide or how did the brahmins deceare the vedas to be lower than the lowest of their shastras?
Riddle no. 8 : How the upanishads declared war on the vedas?
Riddle no. 9 : How the upanishads came to be made subordinate to the vedas?
Riddle no. 10 : Why did the brahmins make the hindu gods fight against one another?
Riddle no. 11 : Why did the brahmins make the hindu gods suffer to rise and fall?
Riddle no. 12 : Why did the brahmins dethrone the gods and enthrone the goddesses?
Riddle no. 13 : The riddle of the ahimsa
Riddle no. 14 : From ahimsa back to himsa
Riddle no. 15 : How did the brahmins wed an ahimsak god to a bloodthirsty Goddess?