How to know if something is real or not on the basis of faith? Are hindus beliefs right or christians?

Answer 1

Both are wrong, religions are pack of lies.. when will you grow up?

Answer 2

Hinduism, like all other Dharmic religions, stresses the importance of doing the practices and experiencing what the sages, rishis, and gurus are all saying. They may all be different perspectives on the same universal truth, but Hinduism is not necessarily a religion based simply on faith. Nor is Jainism, Buddhism, Ayyavazhi, or Sikhism (all Dharmic religions). Instead they all teach "try it, if it works for you and you want to continue then do, if you gain nothing from it and do not wish to continue, then feel free to move on to something else." It is important to realize that Dharmic religions view all other religions as just different perspectives on the same truth. Thus, as far as a Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Ayyavazhi, or Sikh is concerned the Christian, Jew, Muslim, Taoist, Shintoists, etc are all equally right. They are just viewing God from a different angle. It's just another perspective on the same universal truth. That's an important point.

Hinduism has a story that explains the Dharmic religions view quite well.

There are six blind men who each leave their villages to go walking into the forest. Each of them comes across an elephant along the way. The first blind man reaches out and briefly touches the trunk of the elephant as it passes by. The second blind man reaches out for one of the fanning ears of the elephant as it passed by. The third reached out and touched one of its trunks. The fourth reached out and felt the body of the elephant. The fifth felt one of it's legs. The sixth was able to reach out and touch the tail. Each of the six blind men go back to their villages at the end of their walk in the forest and each of them tell the villagers about the elephant (whom none in the village had ever seen). So, which man's experience and description of the elephant is right?

Hindus say that we each are like those blind men and the elephant is like God. We each reach out and each of us touches a different part of God. We each experience God differently and that experience shapes our perspectives on God as a whole and often motivates us to start to have deeper experiences (either similar to the one we had or to try to touch another part of God, depending on the individual person obviously).

So I hope that helps.

Peace be with you.

Answer 3

My dear friend, first please allow me to say that simplicity is the only real way not to become cheated, and it is not fruitive to take any crookedness into the heart in order to think I can be tricky, and therefore hide my heart and true feelings. An honest spiritual aspirant should try to avoid this, and also become resolute in their determination to find the Supreme Truth. ultimetely you will have to scrutinise your own mind and heart to see if that faith that you have collected is tattvika shraddha, (real faith based on the scriptures and reallisation) or attatvika shraddha, (faith based on cheating, wolrdly desires, and an erronious conception of the Lord), any how the great Spiritual precepter in the modern age Sapta Gosvami Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura answers this question about real and unreal faith in his spiritual novel entitled Jaiva Dharma. I have quoted as follows...

"Krsna Chudamani asks, 'What is meant by tattvika shraddha(faith in the Absolute Truth)?' Vaishnava Dasa replies, 'Tatvika shraddha is pure hearted faith in Bhagavan (the Supreme Lord), which gives rise to a spotanious attempt to attain Him.

'Attatvika shraddha (unreal faith) is that which is based on an erronious conception of Bhagavan, which arises in an impure heart on seeing worldly activities, and which gives rise to self-interesteed endeavors rooted in pride, prestige, and worldly desires. Some mahajanas (great personalities) have described tattvika shraddha as faith in the shastras (pure scripture). It is this tattvika shraddha that is the cause of eleibility for bhakti.'"

thank you for your patience, please tell me if this helped you understand this distiction of faith.

Hare krishna,

servant of Sri Guru, and Suddha Vaishnava, the lowly Giridhari Dasa

Answer 4

Look at the evidence. Faith and evidence are not opposites. The bible says, "Faith is the the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen." Evidence and substance are part of faith. Notice in Acts 2 all of the evidence given. There were miracles, scripture references, and prophecy.
Romans 10: 17 says "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." So, to get faith, study your Bible. Look at the scriptural evidence.
By the way, there is plenty of evidence to show the Bible is God's word!

Answer 5

I love the God of the bible with a passion because He loved me first. God is Love and created us to Love Him back. The bible reveales who God is. God so loved the world that He sent His Only Begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish and will have everlasting life. Jesus is the Way, Truth & Life. Jesus shed His own blood for the remission of our sins. Everyone else has sinned against God. Jesus, born of a virgin (without sin nature) is the Sinnless Lamb of God and eternal life is through Him.

My God is real to me because He has delivered me from so much. Without faith it is impossible to please God (bible). Those that seek God must believe that He Is and is a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him. Having faith in God means one trusts and obeys Him. When it is written that God will never leave me or forsake me, I believe it. There have been times in past where I have doubted this, and God is not happy.

Hindus dont have faith in the God of the bible. If I forsake my God for any other religion, I'd probably die and go to heaven early before it was too late, because God won't let me go.


The Lord God said, "Thou shall have no other God's before me...."

Answer 6

It's all a matter of faith. The Bible says "without faith, it's impossible to please God". You don't need faith in Hindu. You need faith in God. I think you already know this.

Answer 7

you shall know them by thier fruits. that is all i shall tell you. there is a rumor that Jesus studied with the Hindus. but thats up to you to decide if it is true or not.

Answer 8

Neither, they both lose. It's arguments like this that gets people's panties in knots.

Answer 9

Great question.
I don't think religions are ever "right" or "wrong", they are just like opinions.
People's ego's are what decides what is "right" and "wrong".