While examining different religious paths within Hinduism from the perspective of four patterns of transcendence (ancestral, cultural, mythical and experiential) it is interesting to see how each pattern found its dominance over four segments of Hinduism: Vedic sacrifice, the way of action, the way of devotion and the way of knowledge. When Hinduism originated as a religion it was mainly concerned with sacrifices for ancestors. The sacred texts - called the Vedas - on which …showed first 75 words of 2079 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2079 total…it. That is why the philosophy of the way of knowledge was so widely accepted in the days of its emergence and later became a base for many other philosophies of India. Work Cited Robert, Lingat. The Classic Low Of India. University of California Press Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1973. Zimmer, Heinrich, Robert. Philosophies Of India. New York: Pantheon Books, 1951. Chidester, David. Patterns Of Transcendence. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1990. Comton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. America On-line 1995