In Clooney’s Hindu Wisdom, the Hindu Creation Myth from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishads is translated as The Great Forest Teaching. It “indicates features of Indian thinking about beginnings, creation, and creativity that are basic and influential even today” (Clooney 1). It tells us that “self is the source of everything” (Clooney 4). Without knowing yourself first, you cannot know anything else. You must look inward, not to a supreme being, in order to find the true meaning …showed first 75 words of 673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 673 total…Hindu wisdom because our world “arises from within us,” and “is older than we are and it will outlast us” (Clooney 16). The central theme of the Hindu Creation Story is that there is only one true self and as we learn from Hindu wisdom, “we shall re-create our religious selves” in the process. By learning from this religious tradition, we can thus better ourselves and our understanding of other cultures to become better, well-rounded individuals.