Hinduism – not only in philosophy and literature but also in art – has the capacity for immense conceptions, profound and subtle apprehensions, that can entice the imagination and stun the mind with their depth, range and boldness.
Hinduism is like the Ganga - Pure and Unsullied - Mahatma Gandhi
A man may not believe even in God and still call himself a Hindu. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after Truth and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued and as soon as the fatigue is over Hinduism will burst forth upon the world with a brilliance perhaps unknown before. Hinduism is the most tolerant of all religions. Its creed is
Quotes on Hinduism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
While other religions are precisely defined by explicit and often unyielding beliefs, Hinduism condones no such constraints. For the Hindu intuition is far more important than intellect; experience supersedes dogma; and personal realization is held infinitely more precious than outer expressions or affiliations of faith. Hindu religious philosophy is based on experience, on personal discovery and testing of things.A B Vajpayee quotes on the scientific nature of Hinduism
Thoughts on Hindu Religion by Mahatma Gandhi
It has no doubt absorbed many tribes in its fold, but this absorption has been of an evolutionary imperceptible character. Hinduism tells everyone to worship God according to his own faith or dharma, and so it lives at peace with all the religions. (Source – Hindu Dharma, Orient Paperbacks, Published 1991, page 15.)
What is not Hinduism?
Gandhiji Thoughts on Non-Violence and Hinduism
Sri Aurobindo Ghose on Hinduism
Hindu philosophy has touched upon every metaphysical difficulty
"It was an astounding discovery that
1200 year old Kailasa Temple in Ellora is carved out of
one single rock starting in reverse order. First the roof, then the pillars and
then finally base. This is the only structure in the world to be built is such a
way. Can any modern building technology replicate the building method of Kailasa Temple. This impossibility was achieved when there was no electricity or modern
tools. Sashtanga Pranamam to my great ancestors. I will not fail you and the
knowledge that you have given me.
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan quotes on Hinduism
Shashi Tharoor on Heritage of Tolerance of Hinduism
And I admire the civilizational heritage of tolerance that made Hindu societies open their arms to people of every other faith, to come and practise their beliefs in peace amidst Hindus. It is remarkable, for instance, that the only country on earth where the Jewish people have lived for centuries and never experienced a single episode of anti-Semitism isAnnie Besant on Hinduism
George Bernard Shaw
Gertrude Emerson Sen
Joseph John Campbell
Sita Ram Goel (1921-2003)
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Hinduism a Way of Life
Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Hinduism
Hinduism The Greatest In The World
I boldly proclaim Hinduism the greatest in the world. Hinduism's venerable age has seasoned to maturity. It is the only religion, to my knowledge, which is not founded on a single historic event or prophet, but which itself precedes recorded history. Hinduism has been called the "cradle of spirituality" and the "mother of all religions," partially because it has influenced virtually every major religion and partly because it an absorb all other religions - honor and embrace their scriptures, their saints, their philosophy. (Sivaya Subramuniyaswami)Hinduism Will Exist Forever
Western religions can be compared to a monolithic iron pillar, which is incapable of bending or giving away or changing. Hinduism, on the other hand, can be compared to a banyan tree which has spreading branches reaching out with ever more new shoots and more ideas. That is why we find more religions within the Hindu faith than there are in the rest of the world put together. Though its fundamental concepts are ancient, it is capable of accepting and even welcoming all new ideas which are consistent with dharma or righteousness. (Mataji Vanamali)Many Gods of Hinduism Is Better Than Intolerant Single God
The one god of all monolithic religions is a sectarian god, exclusive to the followers of that particular faith or sect. He has nothing whatsoever to do with those who do not believe in him. They are cast beyond the pale of divine grace. There is intolerance and hatred for those who do not believe in this one god.With its traditions of periodically repeated incarnations of the Deity in the most diverse forms, its ready acceptance of any and every local divinity or founder of a sect or ascetic devotee as a manifestation of God, its tolerance of symbols and legends of all kinds, however repulsive or obscene, by the side of the most exalted flights of world-renouncing mysticism, it could perhaps more easily than any other faith develop, without loss of continuity with its past, into a universal religion which would see in every creed a form suited to some particular group or individual, of the universal aspiration after one Eternal Reality, to whose true being the infinitely various shapes in which it reveals itself to or conceals itself from men are all alike in different. (Professor Clement Webb) (Cited from The Hindu View of Life, 48.)