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    The document discusses Hindu creation stories from ancient scriptures. [1] There is no single story and different scriptures offer varying accounts. [2] One story from the Rig Veda ponders the mystery of creation and offers more questions than answers. [3] Another story from the Upanishads describes the world becoming existent from a cosmic egg, which then broke open leading to the formation of earth and sky.

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    The document discusses Hindu creation stories from ancient scriptures. [1] There is no single story and different scriptures offer varying accounts. [2] One story from the Rig Veda ponders the mystery of creation and offers more questions than answers. [3] Another story from the Upanishads describes the world becoming existent from a cosmic egg, which then broke open leading to the formation of earth and sky.

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    The document discusses Hindu creation stories from ancient scriptures. [1] There is no single story and different scriptures offer varying accounts. [2] One story from the Rig Veda ponders the mystery of creation and offers more questions than answers. [3] Another story from the Upanishads describes the world becoming existent from a cosmic egg, which then broke open leading to the formation of earth and sky.

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    THE STORY OF CREATION BASED ON HINDU TRADITION

    There is no single Hindu creation story. Numerous cosmogonies (a theory regarding the origin of the universe) can be
    found in almost all of the important Hindu Scriptures. One of the most sublime accounts of creation occurs in the Rig
    Veda 10:129. It ponders on the mystery of origins and offers more questions than answers.

    THE STORY OF CREATION BASED ON HINDU TRADITION

    (Rig Veda 10:129)

    “Who really knows, and who can swear,

    How creation came, when or where!

    Even gods came after creation’s day,

    Who really knows, who can truly say;

    When and how did creation start?

    Did He do it? Or Did He not?

    Only He up there, knows maybe;

    Or Perhaps not even He.”

    THE COSMIC EGG THEORY OF CREATION

    The Creation Story in the Upanishads

    The Chandogya Upanishads 3:19:1-4 relates how the world which was then non-existent became existent and then
    became an egg. After a year the egg broke open and silver part and a gold part emerged. The silver part became the
    earth and the golden part became the sky. The various parts of the egg became the features of the heavens and the
    earth. The sun, which in this myth is equated with Brahmin, was born from the egg along with all beings who arose.

    Let’s do this

    1. Interpret the creation story you read. How do you compare this theory of creation with that of the “Big Bang” theory
    on the origin of the universe?

    2. Recite story of creation based on Hindu tradition.

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