40 Great Hindu Topics and how to talk about them Learn How to Script Hinduism and the Vedas into Clear and Compelling English by Jeffrey Armstrong 1. The Scope of the Vedas 2. The Place of Hindu Dharma in World Religion 3. The Antiquity of Hindu Culture 4. Aryan Culture, the Desire for Liberation and Freedom 5. Diversity, Democracy and Hindu Dharma 6. Sanskrit – the Mother of World Languages 7. People of a Book, People of a Library 8. Explaining Caste, Class and Jati 9. Child Brides and Arranged Marriages – Removing the Stereotypes 10. How to Explain “The Many Gods” 11. Father God, Mother God 12. Deity or Idol – Explaining Worship Through Images 13. Angry God vs. Friendly God 14. Why All Religions are Not the Same 15. Vedic Teachings about Teaching the Vedas 16. Holy Cows and Global Ecology 17. The East India Company – the Original Enron 18. Hindu Dharma and Sustainability 19. Explaining Astrology to the Uninitiated 20. How the Hindu Sages Saw Modern Times Coming in the Puranas 21. How to Speak of The Mahabharata and The Ramayana 22. The Bhagavad-gita – Krishna Driving Arjuna’s Car 23. Cyclic Time or Linear History 24. Chronological Snobbery – Why the Last is Not Necessarily the Best 25. Teaching as Compared to Preaching 26. Soul, Karma and Reincarnation 27. Who are the Real Pagans? 28. The Meaning of the Stages of Hindu Life 29. The Three Gunas – the Basis of Good and Evil 30. Ayurveda – the User Interface to Material Nature 31. Astronomy and Time Calculation from the Vedas to NASA 32. Buddhism and Jainism as Hindu Reform Movements 33. Why Sikhs Are Also Hindus 34. The Importance of Teaching Hindu Dharma Throughout the World 35. Dharma as Compared to Religion 36. The Historical Meaning of Avatar 37. Why the Kama Sutra is Hindu 38. Vegetarianism and Nonviolence in Hindu Dharma 39. Material and Transcendental Worlds in Hindu Dharma 40. Oneness and Identity – Understanding the Conclusions of Vedanta