The Greatness of Hinduism.

unlike the semetics, hindusim is not bound by books and one ever warning god who is hell bent on keeping his flock together. its a way of life and during the course many changes occur. these changes are acceptable to hinduism. they know that change is the only thing that does not change, because that is its nature. shaivism and vaishnavism are two sects, there is another one where they follow kali. but that is a small sect. there were many unpleasant confrontations between these sects which has resulted in bloodshed. this is a reality and all hindus do accept this as a bad phase of their religion. its true hindus are not into converting others into their faith. reason is by changing ones faith what one becomes is artificial. those who left hinduism are mostly from the lower strata of society. in hindusim there is no blashphemy laws like what exists in christianity and islam. one is free to believe in what one deems fit. ofcourse hindus do resist the effort by christian missionaries to convert ignorant villagers by offering them money. this has resulted in violence against christians in recent times. the real cause behind it were the christians themselves, and nobody. its always easy to trust a hindu and live amongst them. they mean no harm to anyone in general. even to anyone from another faith.

I am a Hindu and i accept it.I like many customs that are part and parcel of Hinduism.Hinduism is a very colorful Religion or way of life as some people would like to term it.It, being the oldest surviving religion, definitely has something in it which has made it survive inspite of all the onslaughts by the other religions.Hinduism preaches tolerance.And most Hindus are very tolerant about other religions.Thats how India has the largest Muslim population in the world.Other reloigions are thriving side by side, be it Christianity or other off shoots of Hinduism like Buddhism,Jainism or Sikhism.. There are some practices in Hinduism which i detest, like the caste system which , however much one may say is not part of the religion, has become so now.With the government policies which are caste based , this is only going to divide people more and more .. I firmly feel that Religion itself is a menace that is dividing people.People should treat religion as personal choices and not let it come in the way while dealing or interacting with people.

Ok. If you're saying that Hindus never tried to convert people from other faiths to their own.. Then that's not at all true!!! You need to watch some news channel apart from other religious channels.. As you never heard about the people burning villages of Christians.. Forcing people to change their religion as only then they will get any help. It is happening in Orissa. So update your self first!! And about the oldest religion.. Christianity, Islam etc.. may not be as old as Hinduism but only in India. These religions are basically from out side of India!! So at last I would like to say that Improve your knowledge first before posting discussions like this!!

If other religion people tell that their religion is a tolerant and has inter-religious harmony, Please tell them to allow us to build a temple in their main religious city. I have tried to explain Hinduism in a simple manner. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1830508.aspx

hi ramesh 1) A Hindu can not convert ... there are not prayers or verses in Hindu religion to convert one person from another religion to Hindu that is why Hindus never tried to convert anyone 2) Hindus believe that all god is ONE and only ONE .. no matter what religion a person is he is accepted and welcomed in a hindu home and temples without barrier 3) Hindus of Yesterday are totally different from Hindus of today as we are more educated and able to inteprate the holy books and the contents to the 'actual' terms and not stuck to the words of 'holy people' 4) As in every religion, there have been some 'cult' movements which disgraced this holy religion .. as a human everyone remembers the bad then the good 5) Hindu science, Hindu maths, hindu medication, hindu planets ... all were recorded more then 5,000 years back ... Finally A Hindu is Born as a HINDU not converted to HINDU ... The religion has survived so many generations ... and will survive many more generations .. cheers

Hi I am really very happy that you have started a discussion on Hinduism. Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world ,which originated many years ago,which is still flourishing and will never end. Hindus mainly worship LORD VISHNU and LORD SHIVA.There are many gods in hinduism,which are considered to be the incarnations of the lord.But still god is only one and he is the supreme and ultimate. Hinduism was known as "SANATHANA DHARMA",which teaches the right path to lead life.There are many holy books,VEDAS,UPANISHADS AND BHAGVAT GITA are considered to be sacred. Vedas have been passed on to next generation orally and were written manually.They are still available in their original forms.They are preserved.They are written in SANSKRIT,which is said as the god's language.It is one of the official language of INDIA.Though most of them dont speak,but still there are schools,where sanskritis taught. There are many holy shrines in INDIA,built for gods.There are 12 jyothirlingas built in different places,CHARDAM is considered to be sacred place.Ind i am very happy,that i have been to four jyothirlingas and CHARDAM. HINDUISM TEACHES THE PATH OF LOVE AND BROTHER HOOD.In INDIA,people of different religions live together in harmony.Hindus have respect for other religions and they never convert a person of other community into hinduism,because we respect the other religions,as we respect our religion.We beileve that god is omnipresent and always with us and within us.We believe in PARMATMA . MEDITATION is practiced,which is a direct connection to god,which awakens our consciousness and makes us know who we are. We are destined here to do the divine work which is summoned to us by god.just spread the message of love ,and brother hood.We believe that ,SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS SERVICE TO GOD and we totally surrender ourselves to god.We in the LAWS OF KARMA,which is taught by LORD SRI KRISHNA. And read the works of SWAMI VIVEKANANDA,it is really fabolous and motivating.He is the one,who made western people aware of our great religion and culture.And people there,gave him a standing ovation. I AM PROUD TO BE AN HINDU Love you all!!!!!

Hi rameshkumaar, I do not know a lot about Hinduism but always like to hear about other beliefs. I like the fact that you do not try to convert others to your faith as I believe that there are many paths and all have a measure of truth. We need to respect all faiths and accept people for who they are. The idea that only one one religion is right has led to untold bloodshed over the centuries, and continues to do so today. I know that Hinduism existed long before either Christianity or Islam and may be the oldest of all religions. Thank you for this discussion and for telling others about some of you history. Blessings.

Honestly I don't know much about Hinduism, but it seems to me they are one of the major religions that doesn't try to convert everyone in sight (Christianity and Islam generally do). Instead it seems Hinduism relies on its already firmly established roots in the community to keep itself a large religion. I have read a bit about the religion, but it's hard to wrap my head around all the eastern symbolism that rarely seems to make much sense, although all religions are hard to understand.

I respect and love every religion, truly i love a christian as much as a muslim and a Sikh and to add on it I am really proud to be a HINDU which teaches us to love and respect every individual as a human and not decide or conceptualise one on the merits of his class, creed,color or race. Happy reading

I'm following this discussion with alot of interest. This summer I went to Mauritius Island in the Mascareignes Archiepeleago and I had the opportunity to discover a slight image of the Hinduism. I have to mention that i read alot about it, as Mircea Eliade - among the first Europeans that introduced Hindu religion to the rest of the world, is also Romanian and one of my favourite writers. He is the author of the giant book "The history of religions and of the religious beliefs".

Wow! It's nice to see such lengthy, in-depth talk about Hinduism. I really didn't know that much about it, beside the Vedas other parts of the foundation of the religion. I'm glad you guys know so much about it! Now I know where to come whenever I need to know anything about Hinduism! =] ~Jesus loves you and I do too!~