Matrix of the Hindu Tradition

Hinduism is a living lineage of enlightenment. It is very much an oral tradition, passed on from the spiritual teacher to the deiciple, from the mother to the Child. The Veda, the Bible of Hinduism, was transmitted by word of mouth for thousands of years before finally being committed to writing.

But once the Hindus did start writing down their holy scriptures, well, they just never stopped. All the sacred texts of the other great world religions put together would be scarcely a drop in the bucket of the immensity of Hindu sacred literature.