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Why Hinduism
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a Way of Life
Yogi and mystic Sadhguru explains the origin of
the word "Hindu" and looks at why there is
actually no such thing as Hinduism. Being Hindu
is a way of life, not a religion.
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Everywhere else
people believe God
created us. Here we
know we created
god so we take total
freedom to create
whatever kind of
god we can relate to.
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common line running through all these. In this culture, the only
goal in human life is liberation or mukti. Liberation from the very
process of life, from everything that you know as limitations and
to go beyond that. God is not held as the ultimate thing, God is
seen as one of the stepping stones. This is a Godless but a devout
nation in the sense that there is no concretized idea of God. When
I say Godless, we need to understand that this is the only culture
that has given humans the freedom not just to make a choice of
Gods, but to create the sort of God that you can relate to. You can
worship a rock, a cow, your mother you can worship whatever
you feel like because this is a culture where we have always
known that God is our making. Everywhere else people believe
God created us. Here we know we created god so we take total
freedom to create whatever kind of god we can relate to. People
worshiped whatever aspect of life they related to most, and that
was perfectly fine.
A Godless nation
In the East, spirituality and religion were never an organized
process. Organization was only to the extent of making
spirituality available to everyone not for conquest. Essentially,
religion is about you, it is not about God. Religion is about your
liberation. God is just one more stepping stone that you can use or
skip towards your ultimate liberation. This culture recognizes
human wellbeing and freedom as of paramount importance
versus the prominence of God, and hence the whole technology of
god-making evolved into the science of consecrating various
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Bharata
One must not forget that the basis of seeking is that One has
realized that One does not know. One does not know the nature of
Ones being. Instead of settling for a culturally convenient belief,
for a whole populace to have the courage and commitment to seek
the truth about themselves. This the basis of this nation that is
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Hindustan
An ancient land
Where Man learned to excel
Without having to propel
himself away from the
Principles that maketh
life process and the universe
A land where man was not
eager to do his own will
but to fulfill the will of the divine
He grew in knowing and learning
to enhance himself into an
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Sadhguru
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Cancerisaserious
aberrationinthe
human
system.ClassicalYoga
bringsharmonyand
neutralizesaberrations.
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Jointhediscussion
:) ayearago
Namaste,
Ifeltlikesharingwithyouoneoftheaward
winningsongswrittenbyfamousmalayalai
poet,VayalarRamavarmahere.
Thetranslationgoesasfollows:
Mancreatedreligions..
ReligionscreatedGods..
Man,Religions&Godssharedthisland,
sharedtheirminds.....
ManbecameHindu,becameMuslim,
becameChristian..
Webecameunrecognizable..
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Webecameunrecognizable..
Indiabecamealandoflunatics..
Thousandsandthousandsofhumanhearts
becamewarehousesofweapons..
Godisdyingonthestreets&Satanis
laughing.....
Whereistruth,whereisbeauty,whereis
freedom?
Whereisourbloodrelations?
Whereisoureternallove?
Wherearethoseavatarswhocomeoncein
every1000years?
Heremanisdyingonthestreets&the
religionsarelaughing.....
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kiran2>:) 4monthsago
Thepoetseemstobeconfused.Heis
generalisingHinduChritians
andMuslimsreligiontobetheone
andthesameorhavesimilaroutlook
andthoughts.Thispoemishardly
quoteworthy.
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ArunRamachandran ayearago
AnothermasterpiecefromSadhguru:)
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Jaya ayearago
endaromahanubhavuluandariki
vandanamulu,Shambho
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Kiran ayearago
Wonderful..sosimpleyetprofounc
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rajkumar 5monthsago
thankuwellexplainedHinduismendless
flowofknowledgeandculture.
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disqus_kOJL8PBREQ 6monthsago
PranamGuruji!!
Iwasextremelymovedafterreadingthis
post.Wonderfulexplanation..:)Iama
Hinduwhorespectsallthereligionsequally
andIoftengetfuriouswhenfools(from
same/otherreligions)trytomanipulatethe
actualmeaningofHinduisminawaythatis
beneficialtothem.AllthatIwantedtosayto
suchnitwitswassaidhere:)Thanksaton.
But,sadlythereisonequestionthatis
hauntingmesinceafewmonths(Ipostedit
inseveralforums/discussionsbutcouldn't
getaconvincingreplyfromanyone).This
questionwasaskedbymyclosefriend.Here
itgoes"IfHinduismisawayoflifeandif
peoplewhopracticeitarefreetoworship
whicheverGodtheywant,willapersonbe
stilltreatedasaHinduafterconvertinginto
otherfaiths(Muslim/christian)?"Thisis
somethingIneverthoughtofandIcould
notgivemyfriendananswertillnowasIam
notanexpertinthismatter.
Irequestallthepeoplewhosupportedthis
posttofreelyexpresstheiropiniononthis
matter..
Thankyou.
SarveJanaSukhinoBhavanthu!!^_^
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kiran2>disqus_kOJL8PBREQ
4monthsago
Namaste,
Withregardsyourquestion.
Hinduimsgivesyouaclearguideline
onhowtolivearighteouslifeiea
Dharmiclife.Theguidelineforall
Hindusas(incaseoneneedsit)are
recitedbytheLord.
Chapter16,Verse13
TheBlessedLordsaid:Fearlessness,
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purificationofone'sexistence,
cultivationofspiritualknowledge,
charity,selfcontrol,performanceof
sacrifice,studyoftheVedas,austerity
andsimplicitynonviolence,
truthfulness,freedomfromanger
renunciation,tranquility,aversionto
seemore
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AshwaniSharma 8monthsago
Awonderfulandthoughtprovokingarticle.
ButtoomuchofpraiseforIndia.Letusbe
frank,oursmaybeoneoftheoldest
civilisationsandblahblahbutwearestilla
workinprogress.Wearenowhere
comparedtothedevelopedworldwherethe
standardoflivingofacommonmanisway
aboveours.
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AbhishekBandarkar>Ashwani
Sharma 9daysago
Thisarticleisaboutspiritualityand
nottheeconomicdevelopment.And
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