To me everything begins with Brahman, the all, thats why I put it at the top of my mandala.

Brahman is everything that was, is, and will be. It is the divine force that lasts forever. Brahman is expressed in many ways, which brings me to my next point, Multiple Gods. These gods are now considered the different faces and powers of Brahman. Before the most powerful god or goddess was Indra, now they are Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer. It is believed that there is anywhere between thirty and three million Hindu gods and goddesses for almost every aspect of life, and they affect us every day. You can pray to the gods for their help and worship them for their powers, like many people do today, as is their dharma. Dharma is your sacred duty. You must act your age, gender, and caste to perform your dharma. When you are old enough, it is your dharma to get married and have children. You must worship the gods, for they are more divine then you, at least until you reach perfect harmony with Brahman. There are four basic stages of dharma: first you are a student, completely supported by your family, but still working towards a profession. Next you get married and become a householder, and have a family to continue your kin. Then you are a grandparent and give all you have away, you now support others. And finally, you are at the spiritual stage, where you give everything away; your home, belongings, and food; and beg for basic necessities. If you follow your dharma correctly you will have good karma and be in a higher caste in your next life. Karma is all your good and bad deeds almost weighed out on a scale. If you have good karma you will be rewarded in your next life. If you have bad karma then you will be punished and degraded, sometimes even to an animal. If throughout your many lifetimes you have good karma then you will reach perfect harmony with Brahman. But if you repeatedly have bad karma you will continue on the cycle of life or Samsara. Samara is the wheel of life, ever turning, with happiness, as well as pain and suffering. Because of these negative qualities, Hindus always want to get off the wheel, though it takes several lifetimes, even if you perform your dharma perfectly. During your time on the wheel, you must go on pilgrimages, where you travel to sacred sights to try to gain good karma. Basically, Samara is the birth, death, and rebirth of everything, like Brahman. Which brings us back to the beginning of the cycle, one that will forever turn as long as Hindu faith stands in the heart of India.