Hinduism

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supreme God, belief that the soul repeatedly goes through a cycle of being born

into a body, dying, and rebirth, belief in Karma, a force that determines the

quality of each life, depending on how well one behaved in a past life. Most

Hindus worship at home and have a shrine there. Hindu temples are the focus of

religious life, but there is not a strong tradition of corporate congregational

worship. Hinduism has not had a significant tradition of seeking to convert

people, although some modern Hindu sects now do seek converts. Elements of

Hinduism Hinduism is very different from religions like Christianity, Islam,

or Judaism. Hinduism is more an approach to the universe, and a way of living

in the universe than an intellectual system of philosophy. There are many

misconceptions about Hinduism which are the result of Westerners trying to

force it to fit their ideas of what a

religion should be like, and trying to push a lot of different but related

faiths into a single box. Hinduism includes a far wider range of beliefs and

practices than any of the faiths above. Hinduism does not offer the same

insistence on being the only "truth" as the faiths above. There is no

eternally dominant or "correct" form of Hinduism, (although old text books will

tell you that there is). Hinduism has no individual who is, or has become,

central to the faith and its practice-as Jesus, Muhammad, and Moses are for the

faiths elsewhere on the site. Hinduism doesn't have a central creed The

Hindu concept of the "good life" is not based on instructions from God.

Hinduism doesn't have a single scripture that is regarded as uniquely

authoritative. Hinduism gives more prominence to the oral tradition than

Western scholars traditionally accept. (The

Western portrait of Hinduism can over emphasize the written tradition.)

Hinduism doesn't have a personal god at its heart (although individual Hindus

may). Hinduism does not have a strong tradition of corporate worship.

Hinduism is not, at heart, a set of beliefs. Hinduism is inextricably entwined

in everyday life. Hinduism continues to develop through the teachings of

modern people of wisdom It's very difficult to separate the religious elements

of Hinduism from the political, racial, social, and other elements, which also

make up the Hindu culture. But that's not surprising; as Hindus believe that

God is in everything, it would not make sense to separate religious things from

everything else.Thank you Aravind

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