HINDUISM IS NOT A ONE-GOD WORSHIPPING CULT
Hindu scriptures assert
that ‘GOD IS WITHOUT A SECOND’, yet Hinduism is not all about a mere Worshipping of
that ‘ONE AND THE ONLY GOD’.
For a Hindu, worshipping (either
the idols of God or the direct ‘ONE God’) is only a simple stride towards the ‘ONE-God-consciousness’. In this light,
Hinduism is fundamentally a ‘Self-realization spiritual movement’ unlike the
worship- cult of the fearsome people of the middle-east.
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No worship is abominable or punishable in
Hindu dharma as we find in Islam or Christianity. For the Hindus the idols are
the tangible representation of intangible God. Let me put this in a more simple language; the food we eat are various
in types, but hunger is ONE; though idols are many, God consciousness is ONE. Hindus
do not worship the God-consciousness;they realize it in their spirit whereas
The Abrahamics just worship the God as they believe God is an object to be
worshipped. Hindus say God –consciousness is one, hence, ultimately God is not worshipped but attempted to realize
it. Your god is not their god and their God is not your God
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Out-Layer Hinduism Vs In-depth Hinduism
The Hinduism which Muslims, Christians and the
anti-Hindu propagandists often refer to is just the very outer-layer of
Hinduism. This layer is primarily designed for the basic understanding of the ordinary
Hindus who are the spiritual beginners.
The major components of out-layer Hinduism are:
the idols, festivals, rituals and various types of art. The inward Hinduism
deals with the in-depth search of the SELF. The truth seeker googles the scriptures,
consults the spiritual masters and perfects his search-result with meditation.
The real Hinduism lies in its inwardness; you need to remove so many layers to uncover
the supreme truth (SELF).
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WHO ARE YOU? - HINDU, CHRISTIAN,
MUSLIM, JEW OR AN ATHIEST!
If you believe that you are
simply born without your knowledge and are to die permanently, then, you are a rank
atheist.
If you believe that you are
only a created being who was just created some years ago to live eternally in the heaven or
hell, after your tenure on earth, then you are an Abrahamic (Christian/muslim/
Jew).
If you feel
that you are an uncreated and deathless eternal-being, then, you are a Hindu. Who are you?
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PILLARS OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS
Islam: belief in One God (Thouheedh).on contrary,
belief in many gods will cast you away in the hell.
Christianity: all humans are born-sinners and they have to
be redeemed through their belief in Jesus Christ. Rejection of Christ will take
you to ‘eternal hell’
Hinduism: belief in the ETERNAL EXISTENCE of the Soul. Soul
is uncreated like the uncreated God. For a Hindu, experiencing (realizing) God
is his primary concern because the SELF is eternally sourced in the primal
existence (God). Seeing God and knowing God or worshipping God are simply a
secondary spiritual affair for a Hindu.
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HINDUISM IN A NUTSHELL ; One absolute (Supreme) being and its own
multiple manifestations (creations).Nothing is created anew, every creature(object)
is just projected(created). “I am not a created being; I am a projected consciousness
of the whole”.
Hence
a Hindu believes that any thing that is
not created shall not taste destruction.
For a Hindu, things and lives appear and disappear, then reappear and
redisappear... not that something is created out of nought and destroyed to
nothingness.
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WHO GOES WHERE AFTER DEATH?
Christian:
destined either to hell or to heaven
Muslim:
either to the eternal (hell) fire or to the sensual eternity (heaven).
Hindu:
neither goes to heaven nor to the hell eternally because he is born in eternity
and lives in eternity and knows no death.(Bagavadh Geetha)
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HINDUS CAN GO BEYOND SCRIPTURES
For
Muslims and Christians knowledge and truth are within the ultimate frame work
of their scriptures; Quran and Bible. Vedha, the Holy Scripture of Hindus
advocate its followers to go beyond it (Vedha) in search of TRUTH.
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WHAT IS UPANISHAD?
They are the scriptures of
Hindus primarily deal with soul, existence and supreme truth. The teacher and
the students discuss the supreme TRUTH by
means of inquiry and thus the students are being raised to the subtler levels
of higher knowledge from the out-layer practices. All the Upanishads work on
this SELF-AWAKENING basis.
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WHO HAS SEEN GOD?
Some has heard about the milk,
many has seen it, a few touched it and a very few could drunk it and a
countable few has experimented with it; they churned it to curd and butter milk
and segregated it to ghee and butter. The Hindus experienced and experimented divinity.
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