Hinduism: 330 Million Gods The film, Hinduism 330 Million Gods, gave a basic overview of Hinduism. It focuses primarily on the Hindu concept of the divine, religious practices and the stages of life. It derived most of its information from ordinary Hindus with some commentary from some more educated Hindus. Hinduism has many gods and goddess but at he same time has a monist belief. These two apparently contradictory views are reconciled by the idea that all …
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…initiation ceremony and a grandmother in the third stage who spend most of her immersed in mediation and prayer. The film was a good introduction to Hinduism. It approached Hinduism from a western point of view and described it in ways that someone with little knowledge of Hinduism would be able to understand. The only criticism I would have about the film is that it over simplified Hinduism in an attempt to make it understandable.