If you ask about the origin of Hinduism to a person who has perceived the essence of Hinduism, the answer will be a simple smile. This is because Hinduism has no history, it believes in the present. This might be hard for a common man to digest because we live in a world which gives so much importance to history. If you are looking for dates and other facts you can find it in these articles – Year of origin of Hinduism and History of Hindu religion and Origin of the term Hindu.
The great sages who gave us the Upanishads, Vedas and other Holy Scriptures, never talked about the history of their clan or kingdom. This is because history is of no use to the mankind. But the great thoughts found in Upanishads are eternal and have practical use in everyday life. They knew very well that history creates nothing but wars and tension.
Our world is dominated by monolithic religions. These religions have a proper beginning and founders. But Hinduism has no founders. Simply because it is not a religion but a way of life. It talks more about day-to-day problems. It deals with questions that every human being ask at sometime in life like ‘Who am I?’
The question of origin of Hinduism arises because other religions in the world have an origin. Modern education also might prompt a person to ask about the origin. So, many Hindus are forced to give a period of origin or a particular era.
Theories and dates of Origin of Hinduism can be found in the successive posts.
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Excellent way to put it. Simple and yet to the point. You have nailed it 'the way of life'. Thank you for the wonderful explaination.
The Vedas (Sciences) have no history, but Hinduism is its product, is a mixture of different cultures and religions, that's why you cannot define it. It is similar to Europeism, Asianism, Americanism, Sovietism or Africanism. All of them are territorial amalgamations of different cultures. Hinduism presents Nothing special. History in ancient terminology is parampara. Without respect to parampara India could not preserve its Vedic legacy. The great scientists-philosophers who gave us the Upanishads, Vedas and other Holy Scriptures, never talked about the history of their clan or kingdom. Why should they? What's the need to talk about your clan in a book on physics or astronomy? History is of no use only to animals not in any way to the mankind.
The great thoughts found in the Upanishads are really eternal, but they do not have any practical use in everyday life of an individual. They form the chronomatrix of an organized cosmos and are precious foundations of a peaceful and civilized society.
Our world is dominated not by religions, especially not by monolithic ones (Hinduism, Islam, Christianity are amalgamations composed of innumerable sects). Our world as any world is governed by Time (Shiva Mahakala). All religions have symbolic mythological founders (Hinduism is not an exception). But in reality, these founders were simply symbols of certain subdivisions of very complex Vedic (scientific) texts. Do not try to reduce the value of true Vedic religion to an incremented way of life. There are texts, which talk more about day-to-day obligations, but there still others, which expound mathematics, programming, astronomy, linguistics and many other brunches of knowledge. Why cannot you see? The question ‘Who am I?’ is of primordial importance. Try to answer it first before jumping to unverifiable mundane conclusions about something ambivalent, extraordinary complex and eluding all plain explanations.
The question of origin of Hinduism is one of such difficult scientific
problems. You are trying maybe unconsciously to denigrate the efforts of many scholars all over the world to solve this problem.
Read my book Key to the Vedas and find scientifically proved theory and methodology of Vedic inter5pretation.
Dr. Mikhail Mikhailov (Belarus)
http://key.itved.com
When I read in your comment, I felt I was caught in a sticky web. I could not relate many ideas you put forth. But I smiled when I finished reading it. That smile was the product of Santana Dharma.
Sanatana Dharma has been helping me in solving the numerous problems that I face in daily life. To solve this problem, I don’t need to unravel the complex history of a religion.
I am a firm believer that Sanatana Dharma is not a religion but a product of a long line of thought process. And I am proud to be a part of that long lineage. I never bother whether it has a beginning or an end. All that matters to me is that it provides me with the light to come out of darkness.
Mr Mikhail's comments are more of an observator's than of a researcher. He links Hinduism to Europeism, Asianism, Americanism, Sovietism or Africanism which is improper. Sanatan Dharam, Vedas, Puranas etc are beyond any such "-ism" as they all talk of humanity and human universe as a whole. They dont speak of any so called religions (Islam, Christianity) who act like private limited companies but of human beings and universe. Hindu name might have come from some people naming it but Hinduism can not be equated to these so called religions. Sanatan Dharma can not be measured historically as it came with the birth of human being on earth and so it cannot have limited life as it will remain till there are human beings in universe or even after that till universe exists.
I agree & Disagree at a same time on personal front.Our heritage speaks about the way of life that insists on living in harmony with surroundings.Our heriatage sets a benchmark of ethical behavior in day-to-day life,without hampering or causing inconvenience to other co-existing living.Our heritage gives us strength to sail thru the numerous conflicts we face in everyday life and find hope & solace in simple things like pooja or rituals or festivals.At the same time we have scholars in our lineage who studied the universe,understood the climates & categorised it.Who understood what drives everything is the time!! So wrote theories and put forth their researches that defines,understands that factor.Physics,Astronomy,cosmological differences are all were studied & put forth by the scholors in the the holy scriptures.That's why Hinduism is way of life."NOT ONE OF THE ISMs."Our religion is holistic.Unlike other isms Mr.Mikhail compares it with.They have particular path,set way of conducting their prayers,they have founders & modifiers,they have someone always dictating them that what is for & against their religion, BUT WE DON'T!Our paths are free & open to researchers,it's left to personal intelluctual to trode the path of realisation and find for himself/herself the nature,meaning & importance of life.The scholors' teachings & theories are the gems scattered to find,understand,enrich our intellect and move on with our research.That's why it's way of life.Like river,life's nature is flow,movement.None of the other mentioned ISMs give this freedom to its followers.So we are not part of Isms.We are part of a rich heritage that exists for a reason.
In most of the religion one has to do something tobecome a 'member'of that religion. like the use of holy water or circumcision etc. but no one 'becomes a hindu' no one can be converted to a hindu. it is like saying i am a Yogi now because I practice yoga. That is why it is a way of life and not a religion.
It is of no surprise that someone like Dr Mikhail Mikhailov has given his opinion. Asia is a vast continent with Turkey and Egypt to the West, Russia to the north, Japan to the east Indonesia/Oceania to the south. Bealrus is next to Russia. Russia is steeped in mysticism and altenative and complementary studies. Dr Mikhail
Mikhailov's full name contains the angel Mikhail's name twice with the angels being a set of divine beings and deities. I am sure that Dr Mikhailov has tried to get in touch with these beings.
Asia is a place where many great religious teachers and sages lived: Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jain, Lao-tzu/Laocius, Kung-fu tzu/Confucius, Zarathushtra/Zoroaster, Jesus, the apostles and the family of Jesus, Mohammed, the companions and the family of Mohammed, John the Baptist, Moses, David, Solomon, Abraham, Guru Nanak Dev, Guru Gobind Singh, Babullah, Bahaullah, Abdul Baha, Shoghi Effendi and many more. Such people have always encouraged people to a better understanding of living.
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please dont mind , you people are Filled UP to NECK with HATE towards Scheduled Caste people.. please remember that all people are same.. and according to Hindu myth.. human body is made of FIVE articles... such as air, sand, water, fire..
body of weaker section of the INDIA is also composed of these five basic INGREDIENTS.
please dont mind... if you hurt
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