What are the Hindu scriptures ?
Hinduism is not based on one single text book. Though it could be said that Vedas are the base, in essence veda is nothing but knowledge. It is the science of the self and Supreme. The science can not be limited to one book so is Hinduism. If you are looking for a source where all the principles are given, then there are three texts. They are called “Prasthana Traya” – the principal three. They all present the same truth. The first is the Upanisads. These are parts of the Vedas. There are innumerable Upanisads. Ten of them were chosen by Sri Sankara, a great saint and philosopher, as to contain the ideas in all the Upanisads put together. This forms the first principal text. These are unadultered, raw, first-hand observations of spiritual phenomenon. They do not try to propose a model to fit the observations. The observers have not imposed their ideas or even tried to classify the observations. The second is the Brahma Sutras. This was authored by Veda Vyasa, who masterminded the curre
