Why are Hindus not so obsessed & blinded with their religion of HINDUISM as people with some other religions?

Question

I have seen people with different religions asking questions of their reliions, asking answers with the perspective of their own religion, getting touchy when someone makes fun of their reliion or calls them blind about their divine superpower.

But till now, NO ONE asking any question has ever saked people to answer with HINDU PERSPECTIVE ONLY.

Does this mean, Hindus do not consider their religion as the best, or is it that they know that religion is certainly not a thing to be madly obsessed about?

Please comment.

You may even compae the concepts of GOD as seen by Hinduism and other religions though God and Religion may be taken to mean the same or may not be...

Answer 1

Firstly let me tell all that Hinduism is not a religion it’s a way of life. Hinduism is not considered as a religion but a way of life, because religion is deeply interwoven into the life of a Hindu, the way nerves are interwoven in our bodies. It is very difficult to separate living and religion in the life of a devout Hindu. Both are inseparable. Both compliment each other. Both exist because of each other and both would lose their meaning and significance without the other. Religion is the center of living and living is the center of religion. According to Hinduism, religion is not separate from living. It is living itself. God does not exist in temples and sacred places only. Going to the temples is a good practice, but that is not the only way to worship God. God does not exist in temples alone, in some particular altar or sacred place. He exists every where and can be approached in many ways, not just by performing some special yagnas and rituals, but also through the very process of living ones life and discharging ones responsibility towards oneself, ones family, ones society and ones own religion. Even helping other religions is not an abominable act. The Hindu way of life encourages us to accept living as a means of self-realization. Every activity that we perform while living and every aspect of life that we know and deal with becomes means to realize God. In this approach there is very little difference between living and worshipping. Life is but divine and sacred. The Divine does not exist elsewhere in some heavenly regions, separate and distinct from ours. He is right here, amidst us, at the centers of our very lives and activities. Every act that we perform in this life will either contribute towards our evolution or inhibit it. If we live with a divine sense of responsibility, every act that we perform in the course of our lives can lead us into the mysteries of divine life and into highest transcendental state of light and delight. We are the creators of our own lives and destinies. We create them out of our right and wrong actions which have both positive and negative consequences. So if one has to change the conditions and secure a better future one has to live more responsibly and more carefully. This is the philosophy, the line of thinking, behind the concept of Hinduism as a way of life. Even the Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgment in M.P. Gopalakrishnan Nair & Anr. V/S State of Kerala & Ors. Appeal (civil) 6675 of 1999 dated 20/04/2005 held The word 'Hindu' is not defined. A Hindu admittedly may or may not
be a person professing Hindu religion or a believer in temple worship. A
Hindu has a right to choose his own method of worship. He may or may not
visit a temple. He may have a political compulsion not to openly proclaim
that he believes in temple worship but if the submission of the Appellants is
accepted in a given situation, the 1978 Act itself would be rendered
unworkable. Idol worships, rituals and ceremonials may not be practised by
a person although he may profess Hindu religion.
It further agreed to the High court judgement :- It is well known that there are sections of
Hindus whose schools of thought and philosophy
do not consider idol worship, rituals and
ceremonials as necessary or even conducive to the
spiritual progress of man. There are also political
creeds or social theories which openly condemn
such forms of worship as being based on mere
superstition and ignorance. Many persons, who
are born Hindus and who may be said to profess
Hinduism solely because they have not openly
renounced the Hindu faith by any recognized
process, may ardently believe in such political or
social ideologies which do not view temple
worship with favour."
It further held that ,the legislature has not chosen to qualify the word "Hindu" in any
manner. The meaning of word is plain and who is a Hindu is well known.
The legislature was well aware that "Hindu" is a comprehensive expression
(as the religion itself is) giving the widest freedom to people of all hues
opinion, philosophies and beliefs to come within its fold. After going through both these philosophies one given by the Hindu Scholar & the other by the Supreme court of India nothing more is left to say about Hinduism. It a way of life well recognized by both & any person following this philosophy is a Hindu. Now coming to you question why Hindus are not so possessive for their religion as others is simple because as rightly said above for us religion is deeply interwoven in our life its inseparable from us & we need not be so possessive for it as no one can take it away from us may be in other religion this feeling of getting deprived of this exist there fore they are so much possessive & caring for it. People believing in other religion are become touchy & retaliate when any thing is said or done that they feel is against their religion, may be they are not so broad minded as Hindus. As a Hindu we don’t say or do to hurt other religion sentimental feeling but other religion people leave no stone unturned spreading all sort of misconception about Hinduism. I can mention many instances regarding this but no use the people of other religion will out in full force accusing me as a Hindu fundamentalist which I’m not. I need not to elaborate on the knightinghood of Salman Rushdie in UK or on the famous novel & Hollywood movie Di Vinci Code. You’ll see mere mention of these two instances will get me numerous thumb down, just imagine if I elaborate on these or discuss more of these, I bet can result in communal riots.

Answer 2

Most of the religions are simple and have one god.Hindus have 100 of books and 1000 of gods.Hindu was not a religion founded by some one.It was there from the begining.and will be there to the end.So its not a religion but its life and universe.Hindusum touches every thing you can guess about.I may know 2% of whole hinduisum.There is no strictness in this religion.U can follow the rules or not.It say the whole universe is you.every thing is inside you.To understand the real meaning of hinduisum its very difficult.We are taught to respect every one(not religion coz earlier times there where no religion--only one or two cultures --indian and roman)so hindus respect every religion and all cultures.We invited foriegners to our land with pleasure.Foriegners where attracted toward us coz india was rich that time and robbed all things.even though we where robbed we dint gone for war with them.coz we know that spiritual power is more important than materilistic earning and what ever u earn here u cannot take it while u go.even to understand the concept of hinduisum will take years for people following other religion.we dont compare,,or complaint any religion,as mahatma gandhi told differnt religions are different way to god which is supreme power..and hinduisum is way of life,,,,,

Answer 3

Hinduism does not have a unique founder whereas the other religions have a founder.

Concept of Hinduism is very ancient but, the Hindu religion got it's name(Hinduism) only 200 years back whereas other religions were founded in the last 2000 years only. Eventhough the concepts of Hinduism are found in Vedas,Upanishads and shrutis ,nowhere the word 'Hinduism' is spelt out.
When Britishers came to rule India and found many different faiths are found scattered in India, for convenience they gave the name Hindu (originated from Sind) to consolidate all different faiths under a commaon banner.

As such Hinduism is built on principles evolved over aeons and centuries given by millions of saints and gurus and accepted by one and all with broadmindedness and the principles can not be attributed to any single founder as such.

Therefore, Hindus in general are broadedminded , welcome with open heart the principles of other faiths WITH OUT ANY EGO FACTOR.


There is no such thing as GOD. If it is so , so many bad things that happen everyday will not happen.
Unlike other religions, Hinduism broadly defines the concept of God prevailing in each and every atom (living and non-living) in this or other universe and proportionate or equal powers are available in each and every atom.
This concept of energy can neither be altered nor created by anyone but one can influence the other for mutual convertibility.
The God theory is very abstract and intangible and it is the UNIVERSAL SUM TOTAL OF EVERYTHING THAT MAN IS CAPABLE TO COMPREHEND OR IMAGINE.

Actually , Religions are created by the founders with the sole aim of assuring welfare of the society and built alll religions on the solid foundation of LOVE. But, people and preachers altered everything that was taught to achieve their own ends.
The merciless killing of Jesus was one such thing of the distant past.
If we only learn to forget religions ,humanity will prosper to himalayan heights assuring happiness to one and all w/o any discrimination.

Answer 4

I know nothing about the Hindu religion.
I do know a little about Jewish, but not enough to become one.
I know about the Christian religion that I have been trying to follow all my life.
I would like to know about other religions just to be able to understand other people's views of life and the world, but don't even know anyone of another religion at the present.
I guess I lead a sheltered life or something.

Answer 5

If by Hindus not being obsessed & blinded with their religion, you mean there aren't many Hindu fundamentalists, it's because Hindus are generally taught to respect other religions. I have a lot of conversations about religion with my Hindu friends. There's no part of Hinduism that advocates killing people of other religions and being judgmental.

Answer 6

Hinduism is a Dharma (Way of life).
Hindus and Buddhists are taught to be tolerant unlike other religions where exclusion means there is no right to exist!

Answer 7

Hinduism shows the way of Vedas and drama, the true path to find and be one with the true everlasting energy that is God.

If one understood it then one would not be attached to this earth. He would seize to linger among humans but guide them.

Others who don't are those who have been disciplined by it.
To get through life without hardship.

Therefore they have nothing to question. Unless they wish to know more about hidden philosophies.

Answer 8

To me Hinduism is a form of teaching like Budha,Taoism etc.It is not really a religion.

But i do feel that most Hindus are very into their religion as you can see them flocking the temples etc.

Answer 9

I know that Buddhist are of the attitude that belief differences aren't worth arguing over... people will believe whatever they will, and it may be that Hindu's have a similar attitude. I'm purely guessing...

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Answer 10

The Hebrew faith has one God. The Hindu religion has what? 3,000 or more different gods? Commenting on that religion could take the rest of one's life.

Answer 11

Are they really not obsessed or blinded by their religion?

Try marrying a Hindu without converting or conforming and see if that statement still stands true.