Recently, you may have heard adults talking about the economy. The messages are everywhere. Your parents probably wanted to shield you from these messages, but you're bright and we know you listen. So, we want to take some time to explain to you what is going on and how you, as a Hindu, can help your family deal with it.

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Last week the four princes from Ayodya were married to Princesses from Mithila. We left the city of Ayodya in the middle of their celebrations. Now our story continues as King Dasharatha prepares to crown his son Rama and one jealous woman tries to ruin everything.

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Karma is a key concept in Hinduism. Karma affects what happens to you in this life and the next. In today's lesson, we begin exploring this complex subject.

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In this next installment of the Ramayana, Rama and Lakshmana accompany Sage Vishwamitra to visit his friend King Janaka in the Kingdom of Mithila. It is there that we meet the heroine of our story, Princess Sita.

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As Hindus that grew up in the US, we're very familiar with the questions you'll get asked most by your friends. Here at Adventures in Hinduism, we're going to address all of these questions. 

 

Today we tackle one of these questions in particular: Do we worship cows in Hinduism?

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This week, the adventure continues as we follow Rama, Lakshmana and Vishwamitra into the Dandaka forest where they face the Rakshasi Tadaka. Check it out here. 

There are four main life goals (Purusarthas) identified in Hinduism:

1. Kama
2. Artha
3. Dharma
4. Moksha

Today we explain these goals to you.

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Today we continue our story on the Princes of Ayodya. The boys have grown into young men, and a visit from Sage Vishwamitra means that Rama and Lakshmana get to begin their first big adventure. 

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If you're a normal American kid, I'm sure at least once you've yelled at your parents. Hopefully it was an accident, and hopefully you're sorry now. Sometimes it is difficult to agree with everything our parents ask us to do, but Hinduism has pretty clear rules about how we are supposed to treat our parents, whether we agree with them or not. There is a reason that they are the parent, and we are the child. In today's lesson we learn a little about Hinduism's view on how we should treat our parents. 

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