What is the Strength of Hinduism ?

Question

Despite centuries of slavery, despite looting by aliens, despite poverty, illetracy and politics.... Hinduism still survives and flourishes..

Can you tell what is the real strength of Hinduism ??

There are idols for God in hinduism... we have no idol for Brahmm/Turiya whom we take as one supreme God

We do have idols of his lower manifestations or godly characters from our scripture

Answer 1

Hinduism is not dogmatism or fanaticism , it is above all ism and this is the strength it has . Hinduism develops tolerance , acceptance and respect for all religions . That is why it is called the religion of the religions.
We had great sages who had experienced the truth of all religions and then correctly said that - all roads lead to the same.
We have such a vast storehouse of knowledge (like Gita), that people can seek the answers from the same for any problem whatsoever.
We have different gods to suit every person and community.
We have the greatest teachers to lead the spiritual and healthy life. We are happy and content with less and always eager to give more.
We believe that we are not the perishable body , but the all pervasive soul .
This is the secret of our success and immortality.

Answer 2

There is no such a religion, Hinduism. May be people have named it. All the other religions are created and we have the proof for the same. But Hinduism is being just practiced for the past (more than) 10000 years. We have tradition of very very very strong history. Vedas, upanishads are not the created one by humans. I feel this is the strength of Hinduism.

Answer 3

To construct a reliable chronology of Hinduism is challenging, for the following reasons:

Hinduism claims no identifiable human founder, nor a specific origin in history.
It is so old that its past recedes into pre-history. Furthermore, the tradition itself claims to be eternal.
Hinduism is extremely diverse, and only recently conceived of as a single, distinct religion. Hindus did not feel compelled to unify their many traditions, or define the common ground that distinguished them from "other faiths" — not, at least, until these "others" threatened to impose their own doctrines.
Hindu people were little concerned with recording "mere facts"; they were interested in the meaning behind events, not a resume of the past. First-hand records are therefore relatively rare.
Within the accounts that are available, there is no clear divide between history and myth; written narratives span many eras of time and planes of existence. They are not limited to descriptions or eulogies of a single country, race or religion.

Answer 4

Great ideas don't die.

The openness of Hinduism keeps it growing beyond times. Most other religions still live in the authoritarian and primitive times of their birth.

Hinduism does not force anybody to hate all books except one. It does not claim that non-followers will go to hell. It does not order infidels to be killed. Instead, it suggests the practises such as non-violence and love for every creature.

Answer 5

It focuses on the positive.We are no part time religion every act is diefied.To work as an offering to accept results as prasad.
We are about the only religion which is vast enough to swallow various view points.We have many faults but we do not persecute any religious saints.We try and take the best from everyone.And most importantly we do not bother to deal with every fool who chooses to argue instead of think.
It is summed up best as a couplet I heard
Dharma na hindu boudh hai
Dharma na muslim jain
Dharma chitta ki shudhta
Dharma shanti sukh chaiin.
or as a poet said
So manys sects,so many paths that wind and wind
while all the sad world needs is the art of being kind.

Let us learn to do proud to our culture.Everything we have may not be the best but we know how to make the best ours.

Answer 6

Hi Mr. Aum can I answer hope you will not face any difficulty to recognize to me don’t mind plz : ) as Mr. A2Z has given very well and elaborated answer now don’t think as usual that why I am giving favour A2Z any way let me answer your question that You have Given me answer of one of my question that I am copying your quotation here “The higher philosophies of hinduism, leave idols and temples and rituals...and confirms God is one without any shape form or attributes” (other can see it in my question why you do idol worship) point is this that as you question about strength of Hinduism this is only one reason which is its root is very old and has been spreaded from long time and nothing else I agree your aim is true worship for true GOD I am not denying that your GOD is different and mine different this is ONE but problem is the way of worship if you think how you can patronage and figure out and describe in shape the GOD and you agree that as per the Gospel of Barnabas and even True Hinduism itself Vedas are against this so I no need to best answer so I will not say that I waste my time.

Answer 7

The greatest strength of Hinduism lies in the fact of its being based upon certain eternal truths, rather than on a personality however exalted he may be. These truths are such that they can be verified by anybody at any time.
Hence, according to it, a single revelation or the revelations of a single individual do not exhaust the whole of the Truth. That is why it contemplates the advent of new Avatars, the introduction of new codes of law (Dharmashastras) and the production of new editions of scriptures. The greatest strength of Hinduism lies in the fact of its being based upon certain eternal truths, rather than on a personality however exalted he may be. These truths are such that they can be verified by anybody at any time.

Answer 8

The amount of tolerance and understanding that this religion teaches makes it strong.Most of us take our religion by birth and not by choice,and what makes hindus satisfied with the religion is the fact that we get most of the answers to our spiritual questions in our religion ourselves.This religion although with lots of customes and traditions,is still as relevant today as it was in the past and is evolving in such a way that we are not hesitant to imbibe it but find ouselves all the more ready to take the flag ahead.

Answer 9

adaptability..hinduism has survived bcoz they werent rigid..cant say the same abt hinduism today though.....hinduism does not have a founder or a particular hloy book to follow, tht has given hindus the freedom to interpret their religion in their way......agn as a lot of ppl say...hinduism is not a religion, its a way of life...

Answer 10

Its understanding of karma and the chakras. But most importantly Hinduism recognizes the divinity in every person; It sees humans as being souls that have persons, not as persons that have souls.