2007-02-12 16:22:03 · 12 answers · asked by Londal 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Love,kindness, peace, tolerance, morality, human passion and a bunch of that mushy kind of thing
2007-02-12 16:28:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Well...you could simply start, by understand about "Panca Shradda" or 5 basic foundation believe for Hinduism.
Number 1. Believe in one Almighty God, which in our word we called Almighty God as "Brahman" (not Brahma, Brahma is a Deva). Brahman (God) have assistants (some say manifestation, even I'm not really agree with the translation) called Deva or Devi, like : Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Sarasvati, etc.
There are 16 Deva & Devi in Veda.
PS : There's no word for Deva (male) or Devi (female) in English, so in English they translate it as God. Which is not right. What if some language translate Saints and Angels (in Christian and Islam) as God ?
Number 2. Believe in Karma. The law that bound every living creature, from bacteria, plants, human until aliens.
Number 3. Believe in Rta. The law that bound every dead things, from molecul, atom, wind, water, planets until the whole universe.
Number 4. Believe in Punarbhawa or Reincarnation.
Number 5. Believe in Mokhsa. The unite between Atman (spirit / soul) and Brahman (God).
It's just a very simple start to know...
Sorry for my English...
2007-02-15 11:44:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindu Religion (Hinduism) is a Ocean it is very difficult to narrate it on a nutshell.
Hinduism believes in ONE GOD (AUM, BRAHM,SHIVA,KRISHNA)
Hindus believe that this supreme consciousness manifests as a trinity of creator(brahma), preserver(Vishnu) and destroyer(Shiva)....This trinity then manifests with the help of Eternal Energy (hindu call her Mother Shakti)... various angels (whom other people say we worship many gods)...to help in running of the universe-
The final aim of a Hindu is to merge into God-
Hinduism gives full liberty to its follower to worship God in any form they like, as Father, as Mother, as Beloved or as friend-
Hinduism does not condemn Non-hindus to hell-
Hinduism do not believe in conversions by sword or reward-
Hindus do not reject/condemn other faiths...as they believe all religions point towards truth...as all rivers rush towards ocean-
Yoga and Meditation are the greatest gifts of hinduism to the humanity-
Hindus philosophy of religion is found in Upanishadas which mainly deal in the mysteries of Universe, Life, Death and God-
Hinduism has mainly 4 Branches
Shakta (worship God as Mother-eternal energy),
Shaivaites (worship God as Shiva-the supreme Consciousness),
Vaishnava (worship Krishna as the supreme God),
Tantriks (The highest philosophy of hindus..but deformed due to misinformation)
There are a little over 1 billion hindus in the world -
2007-02-12 19:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In brief, its about god, human (humanity) and spirituality.
Ask questions on yahoo, but dont blindly believe, there are many hindu haters in here. Go and read or listen to Gita online, if you want to know about hinduism.
2007-02-12 16:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its no easy task to define hinduism, since it has no definite creed, priestly hiearchy or governing agency. A broad definition is that 'Hinduism is adherence to or worship of the gods vishnu, or Shive(siva) or the goddess shakti or their incarnations, aspects, spouses or progeny.
Hinduism speaks of one God...the different gods and goddeses of the hindu pantheon are mere representatives of the powers and functions of the one supreme God in the manifested world.
In Hinduism, there are certain basic concepts that influence thinking and daily conduct. an outstanding one is that of ahimsa(ahinsa) or nonviolence. let me know if you want to know more
2007-02-12 16:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by N-TYC-N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worship of one Supreme Being to whom people can attach a host of names, representing different aspects. It is about nonviolence and focuses heavily on spiritual development. It is not a polytheistic religion, contrary to popular belief.
2007-02-12 16:29:50 · answer #6 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ByeFareed's answer is thoroughly exhaustive. I agree with him.Though a Hindu myself, There is hardly anything I can add.
I am surprised by his knowledge of Hinduism , though going by his name , he should be a Muslim.
2007-02-12 16:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the HINDOUS SCRIPTURES it is said
-God is only one, without a second Chandogya Upanishad ch6 sec2 v1
-Almighty God has no parents, no mother, no father, no superiors Shavetashvatara Upanishad ch6 v9
-Of that God there is no Pratima, there is no likeness, there is no Image, there is no picture, no sculpture, and no statue. Shevetashvatara Upanishad ch4 v19/ Yajurveda ch32 v3
-No one can see the Almighty God Shevetashvatara Upanishad ch4 v20
-All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship Idols.Bhagvad Geeta ch7 v20
-They know me as the unborn, not begotten, the supreme God of the worlds. Bhagvad Geeta ch10 v3
-Almighty God is imageless and pure Yajurveda ch40 v8
-They are entering the darkness, those who worship assamuthi, the natural things, like fire, water, air etc. And they are entering more in darkness those who worship the sambuthi, created things, like table, chair, statues etc.Yajurveda ch40 v9
-Verily great is Almighty GodAtharvaveda bk20 hym58 v3
-God is one, truth is one, and sages call Him by various names.Rigveda bk1 hym164 v46
-Worship Him alone; praise Him alone, One GodRigveda bk8 hym1 v1
-Praise Him alone; worship that one GodRigveda bk6 hym45 v16
-Ikkam Brahmam dewta naste nehna naste kinshan, Bhagwan eik hein, dousra nahin, zara bhi nahin zara bhi nahin, There is only one God not a second one, not at all, not at all, not at the least with.(Brahma Sutra.)
ALLAH: ALLAH is the proper name in Arabic for The One and Only God, The Creator and Sustainer of the universe. It is used by the Arab Christians and Jews for the God (Eloh-im in Hebrew; 'Allaha' in Aramaic, the mother tongue of Jesus, pbuh). And in Hinduism God is known as Allah in Rigveda bk2 hym1 v11, Rigveda bk3 hym30 v10, Rigveda bk9 hym67 v30. And there is a separate Upanishad named Alloh Upanishad. The word Allah does not have a plural or gender. Allah does not have any associate or partner, and He does not beget nor was He begotten.
2007-02-12 16:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by byefareed 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
realizing that life force is trillions of light years big and that life force it self is eternal.
this is the core of Hinduism,but the outer form is worshiping ,para-atman, the supreme ,male being , and that by giving homage to the godse and goddess you can ,know the ,supreme soul.
when your done with that ,know that the life force that is in you is ,eternal and never ending ,intelligence,living energy
2007-02-12 20:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worship of Unlimited numbers of gods.
2007-02-12 16:25:01 · answer #10 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hindu..
Its about brahman and atman ..
Search about them
Oh yeah i was about to forget the funniest ever Krishna!
2007-02-12 16:34:13 · answer #11 · answered by q8abat 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋