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Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email address required. First Name. Second to destroy the worship areas. Attack them, spread virus, make the financial breakdown. Send another team in name of GOD to support people who are already in miserable condition. In such scenario people do not have choice. This blocks thinking of mass and they follow your religion. This is most followed by Muslims and Christians.
Third to change the education system. Teach them the what you want. Show them good things of your culture. This makes people feel that their religious teaching are useless. This was followed by Christians. This is as important as we take care of our house to keep it clean and repair as required to protect us in turn. The religion is irrelevant, because the Deity is more important. Why is this bad, one may ask? Indeed the Hindu religion is the oldest of all religions present.
Basically principles of all religions are same. It is also a true fact that we could so far found or traced founders and origin of various religions except Hinduism because initially Hinduism was a way of living as Humans and to distinguish themselves from other animals. It is believed and found to be reasonable that in most of yugas when behavior of humans was extremely intolerable to mankind, Almighty had to Incarn or take birth among humans to take care of evil and establish the order to safeguard good people and good things in Universe.
He did it through preaching, natural calamities or wars. Thus these many founders and many religions came in existence. Absolutely Hinduism is the way of life no one is regarded as the founder of this of this religion because in the past it was the culture of Indian people then later converted into a religion. There is no founder of Hinduism.
But there are some people who are the cause for the spread of hinduism. They are great saints, sadhus and the Lord itself who created Hinduism. It was not a religion but it was a way of life. Later, it was converted into a religion.
Some poets who wrote poems regarding the culture and the traditions of Hinduism and the people who wrote epics are also a part of the people who are the cause for the spread of hinduism. When it comes to religion, it must be way of life. Gandhi, holy man and politician, is probably the best known Indian of the twentieth century. He helped negotiate independence, but was bitterly disappointed by the partition of his country. He was assassinated in Gandhi drew much of his strength and conviction from the Hindu teachings, such as the notion of ahimsa non-violence , and propounded a patriotism that was broad-minded and magnanimous.
During the resistance to colonial rule, the term 'Hindu' became charged with cultural and political meaning. One central idea was hindutva hindu-ness , coined by V. Savarkar to refer to a socio-political force that could unite Hindus against 'threatening others'. These sectarian ideas continued after independence. The partition of India in , and the resultant bloodshed reinforced nationalistic tendencies and specifically notions of India as 'a Hindu country', and of Hinduism as 'an Indian religion'.
These tendencies have continued and, since then, communal violence has frequently erupted. In , Hindus were incited to tear down the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, which they believe was deliberately and provocatively built over the site of Rama's birth.
Tensions have been exacerbated by attempts to covert Hindus to other religions and reactions by the continuing hindutva movement. However, the post-war Hindu movements imported into the west, and wide migration of Hindus, raised questions about the exact nature of Hindu identity.
From the s onwards, many Indians migrated to Britain and Northern America. Gurus travelled to the West to nurture the fledgling Hindu communities, sometimes starting missionary movements that attracted Western interest.
In the late s, Transcendental Meditation achieved worldwide popularity, attracting the attention of celebrities such as the Beatles. Perhaps the most conspicuous was the Hare Krishna movement, whose male followers sported shaved heads and saffron robes. Many such Western adherents, and casual practitioners of yoga also, were attracted to the non-sectarian spiritual aspects of Hinduism. Many Hindu youth in the diaspora have similarly preferred these universal aspects of Hinduism, standing in tension with its more political and sectarian elements.
At the end of the millennium, the Hindu communities became well established abroad, excelling socially, economically and academically.
They built many magnificent temples, such has the Swaminarayan Temple in London. Hindus in diaspora were particularly concerned about the perpetuation of their tradition and felt obliged to respond to Hindu youth, who sought a rational basis for practices previously passed down by family custom. They are now particularly concerned about how to deal with contentious issues such as caste , intermarriage and the position of women.
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Find out more about page archiving. Introduction History of Hinduism India Hinduism's early history is the subject of much debate for a number of reasons. Secondly, Hinduism is not a single religion but embraces many traditions.
Hindu notions of time Hindus in general believe that time is cyclical, much like the four seasons, and eternal rather than linear and bounded.
Main historical periods Although the early history of Hinduism is difficult to date with certainty, the following list presents a rough chronology. Religion in the Indus valley We know little of the religion, social structure or politics of this early civilisation and we do not know the language, but seals have been found with what looks like a script inscribed on them. But many Hindus argue that their faith is timeless and has always existed. Around B. Rituals, such as sacrifices and chanting, were common in the Vedic Period.
Hindus began to emphasize the worship of deities, especially Vishnu, Shiva and Devi. The concept of dharma was introduced in new texts, and other faiths, such as Buddhism and Jainism, spread rapidly. Hinduism and Buddhism have many similarities. Buddhism, in fact, arose out of Hinduism, and both believe in reincarnation, karma and that a life of devotion and honor is a path to salvation and enlightenment. But some key differences exist between the two religions: Buddhism rejects the caste system of Hinduism, and does away with the rituals, the priesthood and the gods that are integral to the Hindu faith.
The Medieval Period of Hinduism lasted from about to A. New texts emerged, and poet-saints recorded their spiritual sentiments during this time. In the 7th century, Muslim Arabs began invading areas in India. During parts of the Muslim Period, which lasted from about to , Islamic rulers prevented Hindus from worshipping their deities, and some temples were destroyed.
Indian statesman and activist Mahatma Gandhi, Between and , the British controlled India. At first, the new rulers allowed Hindus to practice their religion without interference.
But later, Christian missionaries sought to convert and westernize the people. Many reformers emerged during the British Period. The partition of India occurred in , and Gandhi was assassinated in British India was split into what are now the independent nations of India and Pakistan , and Hinduism became the major religion of India.
Starting in the s, many Hindus migrated to North America and Britain, spreading their faith and philosophies to the western world.
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