Here are a few thoughts on Hindu Religion which are independent and unbiased views of scholars and writers.
Hinduism is the one world religion that reaches out to embrace other faiths with respect, a welcome change from groups who expend enormous amounts of energy condemning the sincere beliefs of others. There is no eternal damnation in Hinduism because Hindus believe absolutely no one is excluded from divine grace.
Linda Johnsen - (Source: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism - By Linda Johnsen)
Hinduism is the law of life, not a dogma; its aim is not to create a creed but character, and its goal is to achieve perfection through most varied spiritual knowledge which rejects nothing, and yet refines everything, through continuous testing and experiencing.
Bhagavan S. Gidwani
There is an important difference between the Hindu and the Western ideas. In the Biblical tradition, God creates man, but man cannot say that he is divine in the same sense that the Creator is, where as in Hinduism, all things are incarnations of that power.
We are the sparks from a single fire. And we are all fire. Hinduism believes in the omnipresence of the Supreme God in every individual. There is no "fall". Man is not cut off from the divine. He requires only to bring the spontaneous activity of his mind stuff to a state of stillness and he will experience that divine principle with him.
Joseph Campell
1 comments:
Hinduism is like an ocean, we will never know fully, until the ocean itself decides to show itself fully, Hinduism is indivisible, hence all these years of muslim and christians have done things which were core of Hinduism...SATI...now even a mention of sati in a true hindu's minds also generates extreme passion....why is that?
while in the past from all our gods came from, they did not raise a cry when sati happened..now why is everyone suddenly silent..should we allow sati again and make it mandatory to be true hindus? now it is a crime while it has been a tradition for thousands of years much like gods themselves?
The point is Hinduism is soo vast, no one can claim exclusive authority on it....we may never know what really goes on in Hinduism cos the word tries to encompass something that is impossible to comprehend fully.
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