Is it possible to be a HINDU, SIKH, BUDDHIST AND ZOROASTRIAN at the SAME TIME???

Question

I am a devout hindu, but I also love Sikhism and Buddhism just as much as I love Hinduism. Sikhism and Buddhism were both started by Hindu founders and share many fundamentals with Hinduism. The guy that started Zoroastrianism (Zoroaster) was also a Hindu Brahmin.

Is it possible to be a HINDU, SIKH, BUDDHIST AND ZOROASTRIAN at the SAME TIME???

Answer 1

It is just like you love your father, mother, brother, sister and lots of other though they are different in views.

Answer 2

If u have the propensity to imbibe the goodness of all religions then u can be all i..e. hindu,sikh, buddhist & Zoroastrian. Hindu is the foundation and others are branches of Hindu only. But u don't have to follow their dress code or Bhakti parameters. U can read all religious literature and pick up the best in each so as to be able to learn to love all. Loving everyone and seeing god in everyone is the crux of the whole idea of following these ways. God is one and he is within u only. These sermons will lead u to the manifestation of God within U. I listen to Joyce Meyor on television but I am not a christian and I do not intend to be. I listen to other orators and develop my comprehension but I do not take them to be universally true. I apply certain sermons to my life like thinking positive and loving urself and observe my experiences in life to see how much do these things help in my progress. So u can be all.

Answer 3

Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists share the same culture and social constitutions... marriages are also permitted among them...

i had a Sikh friend who registered his religion as Hindu in the university records... he used to say that Sikhism was founded for protection of Hinduism from conversion to some other religion of the contemporary invaders... he called it a 'panth' means way of Hinduism...

political motives recognised various religions and casts... and have closed all the doors between them for reunification...

i hope i have not hurt any body's feelings...

Answer 4

Dear devoted Hindu., hinduism is not a religion but a culture. Sikhs wer society formed in this culture to protect this very culture. About buddhism - Lord Buddha had no Idea that his followers would be termed as buddhists, creating a rift of separate religion. Zorastrian again is not a religion, but bunch of people following some different principles.

Basically religion is imposition of few ethics upon us wit hrespect to the social environment. It is not our identity. All the so called religions have humanitarian fundamentals. But we human beings tend to follow the ones that can satisfy our desires and ignore the ones that impose duties upon us.

If you are influenced by positive aspects of any of those principles, just follow them.

All the best...

:-)

Answer 5

Wow what a wonderful thought. Its quite appreciable that you are willing to adopt more than one religion. Not many people can do this I am sure you would agree. Yes I think this is possible. All the religions teach only one thing … TO BE A GOOD HUMAN BEING. They all teach different lessons with different examples and different role models… but the conclusion and the final lesson is the same … to be a GOOD HUMAN BEING. So yes I think we all should be open to accepting all religions…which ever is easier for you to understand, with which you can relate your own self easily. Thanks.

Answer 6

You can benefit from Buddhist teachings in any faith, however you won't be Buddhist once you start "mixing and matching" simply because there are things that are strictly Buddhist philosophy which doesn't "mesh", logically, with any other religions. It's not being "elitist" it's just saying that there is some logic which refutes the logic of other religions.

So you can pick ideas that you like, and derive benefit, but once your Buddhist, really understanding Buddhism the other forms of "logic" fall by the wayside.

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Answer 7

When you are a hindu and you become well-versed with hindu philosophy you become a member of all religions.... because all religions are a sub-set of Hinduism

Christianity is nothing but Bhakti yoga of hinduism... instead of hindu gods, they worship christ and god

Islam is another version of karma yoga of hinduism

Buddhism is based on Sankhya philsophy of hinduism

Sikhism and jainism are parts of hinduism

pagainism is nothing hinduism mixed with local rituals

Many other cults are deformed Tantra practices

Answer 8

Yes, but careful. Yes one can so long as one compiles in a manner that results with himself wholly intact, and I do not mean this facetiously.

One cannot follow two masters, say, because, of the differing vortices and lines of power carrying through each of the different paths or as one would call it -- different religions.

This age, this time is one of meta-religions and none shall be so constrained or allowed obstruction as to hinder or regress his or her want to grow, to unfold and ascend in merit...

All religions derive from one common strain, differing only inasmuch as geographic location and temperaments differ. Such is but Spirit's way of translating itself into terms that culture or people can understand.

Man notables in their respective regions and times of the world often learned under the tutelage of the same master teachers, though little is known about this...and many of these master teachers were not known for their theological import but rather worked quietly because they often had to...

Answer 9

You are narrow minded. You said different religion but all Hindu founders. If you are a true Hindu , why did you leave Christianity, Muslims and all other religion in the world ? They are also our brothers. A true HINDU will all ways follow his religion and respect other religions.

Answer 10

WHY CAN YOU NOT BE JUST WHAT YOU ARE A HINDU.IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING GOOD IN ANY RELIGION HINDUISM HAS GIVEN YOU FULL FREEDOM TO ADOPT IT THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF BEING A HINDU NO BODY WILL BEHEAD YOU FOR IT NEITHER A FATWA ISSUED AGAINST YOU IF YOU CRITICISED HINDUISM.

Answer 11

Though Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism are different and separate religions from Hinduism, yet Indian laws included them in Hinduism and wiped out their individual identity, despite their denials and agitations. The True Extracts of law are copied below for ready reference.

Constitution of India::: Article-25
25. Freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.—
(1) Subject to public order, morality and health and to the other provisions of this Part, all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practise and propagate religion.
(2) Nothing in this article shall affect the operation of any existing law or prevent the State from making any law—
(a) regulating or restricting any economic, financial, political or other secular activity which may be associated with religious practice;
(b) providing for social welfare and reform or the throwing open of Hindu religious institutions of a public character to all classes and sections of Hindus.
Explanation I.—The wearing and carrying of kirpans shall be deemed to be included in the profession of the Sikh religion.
Explanation II.—In sub-clause (b) of clause (2), the reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist religion, and the reference to Hindu religious institutions shall be construed accordingly.
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Application of Acts under:
The Hindu Marriage Act 1955
The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956
The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956
The Hindu Succession Act 1956
This Act applies :–
1.to a person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj;
2.to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion; and
3.to any other person domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any other matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed.