Hinduism
OK Let’s Learn

Hinduism

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 202618 min
  • One speaker
  • Religion

OK Let’s Learn about the 3rd largest religion in the world and the oldest religion today. This is an overview and an introduction to the religion that is followed by over a billion people throughout the world. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack page: http...

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Christianity and Islam. In my most recent episode about the ancient Indus River

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that yes, Hinduism actually went possibly further back than what they think.

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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into tons of interesting topics, science, history, books, stories, and tons of different people as well. My name is Kevin O'Keeve, so today, OK, let's learn about Hinduism. Yes, a series of episodes that will basically do an overview of

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different religions. And yes, Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. It's the oldest living religion in the world. And yes, it is number three after Christianity and Islam. In my most recent episode about the ancient Indus River civilization, one of the things that they pointed to was some early evidence

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that yes, Hinduism actually went possibly further back than what they think. Today the estimates are that 1.2 billion people are Hindu, which is almost 15% of the world's population. Hinduism began in South Asia, especially in the area that is now India.

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