Hinduism is merely another wave. Hinduism matter of fact is very inconsequential in the big scheme, like every other religion it was merely an amalgamation of things before it. Hinduism also has a lot of false conceptions about reality. The Samkhya school was the closest to truth though. Also Christianity and Islam are preceded by Judaism, not Hinduism. You'd be in the realm of conspiracy theories in making such absurd and factless assertions.
@@davidbrant390 Not true! Your understanding is not mature and You need to study more! The fundamental core of Sanatana Dharma is study of the divine. Hence every person engaged in the study of God is a Hindu, whether it be a Jew, a Christian or a Muslim! So no matter what religion You follow, When You go deeper and deeper into your understanding of God, You will inadvertently be led to the principles espoused by the Sanatana Dharma...
@@davidbrant390 bro you really dont know about us. But i can say one thing sankhya is just another branch of main tree which is Advait or Non dual that means it is not two but one. So for you my suggestion just read about us. Dont judge the book by its cover given by western historians. This is not Hinduism but Sanatan Dharma or Vedic Dharma or Eternal law. Sanatan means eternal and dharma means law.
@@davidbrant390 As in Gayatri Mantra AUM Bhoor buvaha sva ah Tat Savitur vareniyam Bhargo devasya dimahi Dhiyo yonah prachodayat. Means AUM that it self manifest as creation in part of Bhoo means earth or material or real or wake Bhuvaha means celestial or sky or dreaming Sva ah means aetherial or dreamless or non material And present in all three THAT turiya omni present. To whom THAT light which I am having inside of me and every where. Bhargo devasya dhimahi Means to that supreme one i am meditating upon. Dhiyo yo na ha prachodayat Means please lead me from unreal to real show me the truth. Give me that supreme knowledge
The major difference is the plurality,open architecture and inclusive nature of Sanatana Dharma, now known as Hinduism, while the Semitic religions are exclusive, history-centrist and prescriptive!
Religious pride is one of our worst characteristics as modern Hindus. It is a sign that we have, unfortunately, absorbed very little of the great but complex religion. Swami Vivekananda did not boast about the superiority of Hinduism in Chicago. Had he done that he would have been on the next ship back to India.
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality. 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
So, you use your learning and understanding of Hinduism to better understand gospel, but don't tell your parishioners where your different take comes from. Why does that sound familiar?
Catholic philosophy and sanatn dharna is like chalk and cheese, catholic believe in linear time ,we belive in cyclical time. Never the twine shall meet.
That's not entirely true! The Christian cosmology consists of one giant cycle rather than multiple cycles. Starts with heavens and Eden, proceeds to the fall and death, struggles until a saviour or avatar comes. Who dies and resurrects again, in a cyclical manner like a phoenix in order to set the creation right, till he will come again and bring a new earth and heaven. And there's no Catholic philosophy, because just like Hinduism, Catholicism has multiple schools of philosophy. The scholastic school is more linear but there are other ones.
Excellent lecture on a complicated topic. Religion still plays a major role in society and religion is essential for a vibrant democracy. Unfortunately, there are religious conflicts, many religious people don't believe in religious pluralism. Pluralistic theologies assume that other religions might be equally true but talk to some Christians or Muslims about that, they would get angry, for them, their religion is the only way to salvation and all others would go to eternal hell. They would quote their scriptures if you don't believe it. Hindu religion is one exception and truly pluralistic.
I was not persuaded that it is important to belong to a particular religious community. In fact, Hinduism encourages the kind of free thinking and spiritual exploration of Pesonal Realization that the speaker was advising against.
No religion can do any good to the world, without concentrating the FOOD of the people. What you eat matters MOST. Without changing the majority Non-Vegetarian to Vegetarian, nothing good can be expected. Please watch the community living of Non-Veg animals and Veg animals... to understand what's MOST important to make the peaceful and non-violent!
Knowing the difference: Christianity & Islam is religion. Religion being English word. They are people of the book. Dogmatic faith. Islam goes further. It is an ideology.. complete system. Muslim would called it "deen. Hinduism is dharma.... spirituality. I am Hindu. I never had problem listening to Christian priest. When I do, i felt enlighten. I wish I can say for Islam.
Other religions focus on society and how to live in society. Where is Hinduism or sanatan dharma also Jainism Buddhism focus on philosophy self enlightenment .how to master on self
I been sudy about south india history for sometime.I found ther is no such word like HINDU,only TAMIL OR TAMILAN OR DRAVIDINIAS.EVEN I refer their old texs such like SANGATAMIL,PORANORU,MANIMEGALAI,SILAPHADIGHARAM and many more ,no such word hindu.Even when i refer their archealogical finding there is no such word hindu.So the oldest civilization is not hindu.No any scientific or supporting edivence /proven for this word.I hope you reveal the truth behind it.
Sir, there was no Hindu word until outsiders imposed it upon us...people beyond River Indus were called Indos or Hindus by Persians and Greeks, and for people living within India didn't have to give a name to their way of life, omnipresent inclusive belief system...they embraced even differing Darshans, Charvak's materialism, Budhha's atheistic teachings, Shivaite ot Vaishnav beliefs without seeing need to kill each other... narrow classification of so called religions didn't apply to people in South Asia as our word was a 'Dharma'.. a holy duty performed ernestly... Unfortunately, with time, our Upanishdiya traditions get rusted with vested interests of brahminical and other cast/cast superiority ...and also denigration by foreigners esp. Evangelists.. a time to revisit the fundamentals!
Tawhid = Brahman = The Father Jesus = Krishna (Vishnu) = Imam Ali Dharma = Torah = Sharia Samsara = Dunya Maya = al-Hijab (the veil of existence) Parusha = Nafesh (The Holy Spirit) = Ruh
@@davidbrant390 there never was any Jesus , it's a big cult , lie ... constetine had started Christianity... for their own benefit ... he copied everything from Hindus popular Stories and thieved hindu scriptures that thousands of scriptures Alexander had took alongwith from India (current Pakistan) ... and later that all scriptures have burnt with whole library...
Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) is mentioned in oldest religious books(Vedas) of Hindu as Kalki Avtar(کلکی اوتار) . The Vedas are 4000 years old according to Hindu scholars of Vedas. One Sanskrit professor of Varansi Hindu university has written a book that all references cited in Vedas tell us that Mohammad (PBUH) is Kalki Avtar. The details mentioned in Hindu's scriptures are astonishing. We do not find so much details in any other religious scriptures like Bible. What is the real source of these informations? Who could have given all these informations before coming of prophet Mohammad (pbuh) 2500 years ago. Of cource no common man but a prophet to him revealed all these informations from Almighty Allah-- the crator of humankind.He knows everything. Who is that prophet? It is not mentioned in Vedas but نوح عليه السلام( prophet Noah). (pbuh) may be that prophet. He is mentioned in Torah and in Qur'an. He is oldest and well known prophet after Adam (pbuh) the ancestor of humankind. These informations were transformed by one generation to another and recorded later on. Hindus scholars know Mano. Allah knows best. DR.MOHAMMAD LAEEQUE NADVI Ph.D. (Arabic Lit.) M.A. Arabic Lit.+Islamic Studies) DIRECTOR Amena Institute of Islamic Studies & Analysis A Global & Universal Research Institute nadvilaeeque@gmail.com Thanks
where and define kalki? , actually none of recent religious prophets are mentioned in vedas , our world view of looking at other religions prophets are different we see them as one of many millions of avatars .
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality. 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
One should have divine knowledge to understand what is Santhana Dharma (Hinduism)
Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) is the Ocean, and Christianity and Islam are the waves of that Ocean.....The waves belong to the Ocean!
Hinduism is merely another wave. Hinduism matter of fact is very inconsequential in the big scheme, like every other religion it was merely an amalgamation of things before it.
Hinduism also has a lot of false conceptions about reality. The Samkhya school was the closest to truth though.
Also Christianity and Islam are preceded by Judaism, not Hinduism. You'd be in the realm of conspiracy theories in making such absurd and factless assertions.
@@davidbrant390 Not true! Your understanding is not mature and You need to study more!
The fundamental core of Sanatana Dharma is study of the divine. Hence every person engaged in the study of God is a Hindu, whether it be a Jew, a Christian or a Muslim!
So no matter what religion You follow, When You go deeper and deeper into your understanding of God, You will inadvertently be led to the principles espoused by the Sanatana Dharma...
@@davidbrant390 your knowledge comes from western "experts" on Hinduism.
@@davidbrant390 bro you really dont know about us.
But i can say one thing sankhya is just another branch of main tree which is Advait or Non dual that means it is not two but one.
So for you my suggestion just read about us.
Dont judge the book by its cover given by western historians. This is not Hinduism but Sanatan Dharma or Vedic Dharma or Eternal law.
Sanatan means eternal and dharma means law.
@@davidbrant390 As in Gayatri Mantra
AUM Bhoor buvaha sva ah
Tat Savitur vareniyam
Bhargo devasya dimahi
Dhiyo yonah prachodayat.
Means
AUM that it self manifest as creation in part of Bhoo means earth or material or real or wake
Bhuvaha means celestial or sky or dreaming
Sva ah means aetherial or dreamless or non material
And present in all three THAT turiya omni present.
To whom THAT light which I am having inside of me and every where.
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Means to that supreme one i am meditating upon.
Dhiyo yo na ha prachodayat
Means please lead me from unreal to real show me the truth. Give me that supreme knowledge
The major difference is the plurality,open architecture and inclusive nature of Sanatana Dharma, now known as Hinduism, while the Semitic religions are exclusive, history-centrist and prescriptive!
Religious pride is one of our worst characteristics as modern Hindus. It is a sign that we have, unfortunately, absorbed very little of the great but complex religion. Swami Vivekananda did not boast about the superiority of Hinduism in Chicago. Had he done that he would have been on the next ship back to India.
Hindutva politics has turned hindus very intolerant
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU?
By Francois Gautier.
Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality.
1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted
2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik
3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak.
4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman.
5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools.
6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it.
7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure !
8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead.
9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest.
10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion)
11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi.
12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy.
13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic !
14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship).
15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy
16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan.
17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study !
18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped.
19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism!
"Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family)
20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival.
Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year.
21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu.
22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved.
23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu!
24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom.
25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe!
26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint.
27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily)
You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu!
This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!!
There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
Thank you for describing in a easy words to snatan dhrama , culture ..
So, you use your learning and understanding of Hinduism to better understand gospel, but don't tell your parishioners where your different take comes from. Why does that sound familiar?
Hinduism sanatan dharma is eaternal it's not any sectarian religion its eaternal righteousness,way to live and die.
Catholic philosophy and sanatn dharna is like chalk and cheese, catholic believe in linear time ,we belive in cyclical time. Never the twine shall meet.
That's not entirely true! The Christian cosmology consists of one giant cycle rather than multiple cycles.
Starts with heavens and Eden, proceeds to the fall and death, struggles until a saviour or avatar comes. Who dies and resurrects again, in a cyclical manner like a phoenix in order to set the creation right, till he will come again and bring a new earth and heaven.
And there's no Catholic philosophy, because just like Hinduism, Catholicism has multiple schools of philosophy. The scholastic school is more linear but there are other ones.
Excellent lecture on a complicated topic. Religion still plays a major role in society and religion is essential for a vibrant democracy. Unfortunately, there are religious conflicts, many religious people don't believe in religious pluralism. Pluralistic theologies assume that other religions might be equally true but talk to some Christians or Muslims about that, they would get angry, for them, their religion is the only way to salvation and all others would go to eternal hell. They would quote their scriptures if you don't believe it. Hindu religion is one exception and truly pluralistic.
I was not persuaded that it is important to belong to a particular religious community. In fact, Hinduism encourages the kind of free thinking and spiritual exploration of Pesonal Realization that the speaker was advising against.
hindusm is only religion, which discriminate their own people.
the fundamental of hinduism trash, the caste, is univeral evil.
No religion can do any good to the world, without concentrating the FOOD of the people. What you eat matters MOST. Without changing the majority Non-Vegetarian to Vegetarian, nothing good can be expected. Please watch the community living of Non-Veg animals and Veg animals... to understand what's MOST important to make the peaceful and non-violent!
Knowing the difference:
Christianity & Islam is religion. Religion being English word. They are people of the book. Dogmatic faith. Islam goes further. It is an ideology.. complete system. Muslim would called it "deen.
Hinduism is dharma.... spirituality. I am Hindu. I never had problem listening to Christian priest. When I do, i felt enlighten. I wish I can say for Islam.
Other religions focus on society and how to live in society. Where is Hinduism or sanatan dharma also Jainism Buddhism focus on philosophy self enlightenment .how to master on self
too much discrimination in this lecture. this is liberal jargon reinvented.
Dear sir please find out,the diffrences between hindusime and Tamilisme?
What is AASEVAGAM?
I hope this will help in your research.
I been sudy about south india history for sometime.I found ther is no such word like HINDU,only TAMIL OR TAMILAN OR DRAVIDINIAS.EVEN I refer their old texs such like SANGATAMIL,PORANORU,MANIMEGALAI,SILAPHADIGHARAM and many more ,no such word hindu.Even when i refer their archealogical finding there is no such word hindu.So the oldest civilization is not hindu.No any scientific or supporting edivence /proven for this word.I hope you reveal the truth behind it.
Sir hindu is a geographical identity obviously it is not mentioned in any books before
Brits did the mixture to contain it in a word called hindu
Sir, there was no Hindu word until outsiders imposed it upon us...people beyond River Indus were called Indos or Hindus by Persians and Greeks, and for people living within India didn't have to give a name to their way of life, omnipresent inclusive belief system...they embraced even differing Darshans, Charvak's materialism, Budhha's atheistic teachings, Shivaite ot Vaishnav beliefs without seeing need to kill each other... narrow classification of so called religions didn't apply to people in South Asia as our word was a 'Dharma'.. a holy duty performed ernestly... Unfortunately, with time, our Upanishdiya traditions get rusted with vested interests of brahminical and other cast/cast superiority ...and also denigration by foreigners esp. Evangelists.. a time to revisit the fundamentals!
Absolutely, you cannot find a word Hindu in the ancient scriptures neither India. All you could find is dharma and Bharatha
Boomer talks.
Tawhid = Brahman = The Father
Jesus = Krishna (Vishnu) = Imam Ali
Dharma = Torah = Sharia
Samsara = Dunya
Maya = al-Hijab (the veil of existence)
Parusha = Nafesh (The Holy Spirit) = Ruh
Krishna is not Jesus Krishna said he is himself God
@Prajith P your comment is why 11 yr olds shouldn't be allowed on the internet.
@Prajith P it's that your post is so childish, it really is, 11 yr old was a little to generous, more like a 5 yr old commenting.
@@davidbrant390 there never was any Jesus , it's a big cult , lie ... constetine had started Christianity... for their own benefit ... he copied everything from Hindus popular Stories and thieved hindu scriptures that thousands of scriptures Alexander had took alongwith from India (current Pakistan) ...
and later that all scriptures have burnt with whole library...
@@User-gtakouygeaqp52738 it's immaterial if any sacred figure existed, that is completely separate from my comment
Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) is mentioned in oldest religious books(Vedas) of Hindu as Kalki Avtar(کلکی اوتار) .
The Vedas are 4000 years old according to Hindu scholars of Vedas. One Sanskrit professor of Varansi Hindu university has written a book that all references cited in Vedas tell us that Mohammad
(PBUH) is Kalki Avtar.
The details mentioned in Hindu's
scriptures are astonishing. We do not find so much details in any other
religious scriptures like Bible.
What is the real source of these informations? Who could have given all these informations before coming of prophet Mohammad (pbuh) 2500 years ago.
Of cource no common man but a prophet to him revealed all these informations from Almighty Allah-- the crator of humankind.He knows everything.
Who is that prophet?
It is not mentioned in Vedas but نوح عليه السلام( prophet Noah).
(pbuh) may be that prophet.
He is mentioned in Torah and in Qur'an. He is oldest and well known prophet after Adam (pbuh) the ancestor of humankind.
These informations were transformed by one generation to another and recorded later on.
Hindus scholars know Mano.
Allah knows best.
DR.MOHAMMAD LAEEQUE NADVI
Ph.D. (Arabic Lit.) M.A. Arabic Lit.+Islamic Studies)
DIRECTOR
Amena Institute of Islamic Studies & Analysis
A Global & Universal Research Institute
nadvilaeeque@gmail.com
Thanks
where and define kalki? , actually none of recent religious prophets are mentioned in vedas , our world view of looking at other religions prophets are different we see them as one of many millions of avatars .
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU?
By Francois Gautier.
Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality.
1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted
2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik
3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak.
4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman.
5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools.
6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it.
7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure !
8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead.
9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest.
10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion)
11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi.
12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy.
13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic !
14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship).
15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy
16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan.
17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study !
18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped.
19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism!
"Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family)
20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival.
Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year.
21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu.
22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved.
23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu!
24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom.
25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe!
26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint.
27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily)
You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu!
This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!!
There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
Please make a short video.. on what is hinduism.. by asking these questions and answers.. it will greatly help..