How did hinduism start?
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To put it simply, Hinduism has no defined beginning. The people who lived near the River Indus in N. India were the original Hindus, I suppose. When the Aryans invaded their home about 5000 years ago, they called the river the "Hindu River" and called the land "Hindustan." From there, the people that lived there were known as "Hindus" \n\nThere was no one founder.\n\nHinduism today is a life style based on the lives of these ancient "Hindus." Basically, it's a list of instructions to make you a perfect person. Discipline, kindness, certain rituals...anything that the ancient Hindus thought would make them batter people. \n\nHindus today practice things like yoga, and worship various gods and goddesses. Each Hindu, however, has a slightly different belief system. It's sort of like they take the things they find most important from some massive ancient list of "good things" and adopt them as a belief system. They believe that following this list of selected beliefs will bring them absolute peace and happiness (like nirvana).\n\nOh, and Hinduism became popular throughout Asia between 2500 and 1500 years ago, but it only became popular in the western world in the last 200 years. It was spread mostly by traders who traveled across Asia.
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the oldest religion still going is Hindiuism I believe. \n\nI think hinduism originated in the Indus Valley civilisation about 5000 years, although boviously like all religions it has changed over time, the core beliefs are still there
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Hinduism (real name Sanatan Dharma- Eternal Relgion), is basically a way of life.\n\nAnybody worshipping the God by any name or by any ritual is a Hindu in broad terms.\n\nAll the religions in the world are sub-sets of Santan Dharma for example christians follow the Bhakti Yoga path of hinduism and muslims follow the Karma Yoga path..with some deviations.\n\nThe main soul of hinduism is its deep philosophy which mainly deals with the mysteries of the Universe, creation, evolution, life, Death and God.\n\nThe philosophy of hinduism is found in Upanishadas and Gita with no fairy tales but concrete logics to show the truth
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Hinduism believes in evolution.  They say we reach human stage after passing through 840 million species. They go farther that It is actually Mental evolution which is still taking place in human....the next species being the divine man
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The Hindu religion is base on:\n\nUpanishads.\n\nVedas.\n\n............\n\nThey have three Main God, that were created by God.\n\nShiva.\nVishnu.\nBrahma.\n\nThey have 1001 name for their Gods.\n\nGreek and Romans also had many Gods.\n\nVishnu is a preserver of universe.\nShiva is a destructer of Evil and protector of good.\nBrahma is a Creator of this earth and things in it.\n\nAll other gods are just the Avatar or reincarnation of mainly Vishnu or Shiva.\n\nThe deference between the Christianity and the Hindu is, in your religion God sends his only son, to earth. The Hindu believe that from time to time Vishnu or Shiva were send to this earth or they decided to visit the earth to create order of a kind. They took the shape or form or Avatar of Rama(Vishnu) or Krishna(Shiva). These are the two main Avatar of the the God.\n\nIf you ask any Hindu he may have slightly different twist on the events. But most will have same gereral info, along the above line of thinking and some will disagree completely.\n**************************************************************\nMy answer is based on my interpretation of the Q?, If you did not get the Q? answered please do re-phase it and I will try and answer it or others will.\n******************************************************************\nThis is for the people who have grilled you over, for your, English.\n\nMost of the people who write poor English, are attempting to write a foreign language for the first time. They are like baby learning to speak, but they have to write in this forum, so we should give them credit for trying. \n\nOnly way you can learn and master the language is to try, so please do not give up.\n\nBy all means correct them, instruct them, but do not discourage them with harsh comments.\n\nExample: (this was one of the "q?" from a second grader).\n\nMy 'grandpa' told me that does'nt disclose u r secret with any females why? please give me explanation for it\n\nYou should have broken this up in to small manageable sentences.\n\nMy 'grandpa' told me that, do not disclose your secret to any female. Can you please explain me why?\n\nDo you understand it batter? First thing I did was to type this in word. In word you can check spellings and grammar. Then I took it to the answer block.\n\nOn the top right corner, there is a "Check spelling" you can use that too, but it will not correct grammar.
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Hindus believe in a variety of things, such that it is hard to classify Hindu beliefs.  But in general, Hindus believe that there is one God, but that this One God has made Himself/Herself known in many ways, through various forms and names.\nGod is believed to be in all things, although not the same as material objects.  He is IN all, but he is not ALL.  (so it's not really pantheism).\n\nSince God is in all, this is why many Hindus believe that God can be worshiped by means of murtis, or images.  God is present within the image, though not the same as the image itself.\n\nHindus believe in reincarnation, and that salvation from the cycle of rebirths (samsara) is possible.  There are many paths to salvation in Hinduism.  There is the path of knowledge, where one learns the scriptures and the philosophy as a means to breaking free from the constraints of human existence.  There is the path of devotion, which is just living a life of devotion to God, where one considers God as his close companion and friend.\nThere is a path of work, where one offers all his actions to God.  He does what is right, works hard, and is not himself attached to the results.  In other words, he does not work just to gain money or prestige, but only for the sake of following God.\nThere are also methods such as meditation, and yoga and other spiritual practices.
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Because the Hindu religion was started in India, and the creators of it were working with what they knew.
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Hinduism is the world's most ancient religion.The Vedas which are considered to be primary religious texts of Hinduism dates back many centuries BC before any other known religion would have or known to be existed.
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The oldest actively surviving religion is Hinduism...
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Hinduism. it still includes mother goddess, sun, fire worship and shamans. \n\nwe call it Sanatana dharma. it includes most ancient traditions. yet always modifying itself according to changing ideas. still retaining old traditions and beliefs.\n\nstill for religious practices pots made of bronze are supposed auspicious. that was the first metal man used. \n\nHinduism has a continuous evolution tradition. but it never negated or disregarded earlier beliefs. it just modifies them. \n\nyou want to study religious evolution of man study hinduism. it will go back to stone age and latest off shoot of hinduism Sikh Panth is hardly 400 yers old.
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Universe is a creation of God. And only thing that can create itself is God and all others are His creation. This is what a Hindu believes.
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Not sure what you mean, but Siddhartha (Buddha) was raised in the Hindu faith. A lot of the concepts of Hinduism have thus found their way into Buddhism.
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Because it is not an invented religion.\n\nHinduism has evolved through centuries. It is the Sanatan Dharma(eternal path).\n\nHinduism is among the oldest of the world's faiths. It is a total way of life. It is a dharma or way of life evolved by the great sages and seers of ancient India. Its traditions extend back before recorded history. The early phase of the Vedic tradition in India is dated between 10,000 - 7,000 BCE. Yet, in spite of the fact that it first evolved more than 5,000 years ago, Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) is also very much a living tradition. And as such, Hindus are arguably the most intensely religious people on the earth. \n        \nFor thousands of years India has been a veritable laboratory of religion: everything imaginable has been tried out, and nothing ever has completely been rejected. India remains a predominantly Hindu country. Its ethos has evolved down the ages through its the ancient Hindu traditions, customs, philosophy and culture.  In spite of many attacks on Hinduism by varied invaders, in spite of rumors of decay and disarray, Hinduism has outlived all announcements of its impending demise. \n\nThe first fundamental principle of Hindu Dharma is that "the Reality is one without a second." This reality is beyond description by human mind. Hence it is indicated by a single world, "Brahman". "Infinite, eternal, changeless existence is the All; from that All, All comes forth; to that All, all returns," that is what the Chandogya Upanishad (vi.2.1) tells us. \n\nWhen religion becomes organized, man ceases to be free. It is not God that is worshipped but the group or the authority that claims to speak in his name. It is not faith, but just social idolatry.
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Hindu is a religion in India among majority people. Hindus believe in worship of God's an godes's idols for which they have made or established a system oftemple where these idols are being placed by doing some religious ceremony called Murti Sthapan. This place is called Temple MAndir in Hindi which is a centere of most religious activities and celebrations and also a part of society.
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My answer is mainly about the similarities. Answer is a bit lengthy. Buddhism originated from Hinduism. I will give in brief some more details.\n\nMany people may know about Buddhism, but few seem to understand its connections with Vedic culture and how many aspects of it have origins in the Vedic philosophy. To begin with, it was several hundred years before the time of Lord Buddha that his birth was predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: "In the beginning of the age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear in the province of Gaya as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, to bewilder those who are always envious of the devotees of the Lord." (Bhag.1.3.24)\n\nThis verse indicates that Lord Buddha was an incarnation of the Supreme who would appear in Gaya, a town in central India. But some historians may point out that Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was actually born in Lumbini, Nepal, and that his mother was Queen Mahamaya. Therefore, this verse may be inaccurate. But actually Siddhartha became the Buddha after he attained spiritual enlightenment during his meditation under the Bo tree in Gaya. This means that his spiritual realization was his second and most important birth. Furthermore, Siddhartha's mother, Queen Mahamaya, died several days after Siddhartha's birth, leaving him to be raised by his grandmother, Anjana. So the prediction in the Bhagavatam is verified.\n\nWhen Lord Buddha appeared, the people of India, although following the Vedas, had deviated from the primary goal of Vedic philosophy. They had become preoccupied with performing ceremonies and rituals for material enjoyment. Some of the rituals included animal sacrifices. The people had begun to sacrifice animals indiscriminately on the plea of Vedic rituals and then indulged in eating the flesh. Being misled by unworthy priests, much unnecessary animal killing was going on and the people were becoming more degraded and atheistic.\n\nThe rituals that included animal sacrifices, according to the Vedas, were not meant for eating flesh. An old animal would be placed in the sacrificial fire and, after the mantras were chanted, it would come out of the fire in a new and younger body as a test to show the potency of the Vedic mantras. However, as the power of the priests deteriorated, they could no longer chant the mantras properly and, therefore, the animals would not be brought back to life. So in the age of Kali all such sacrifices are forbidden because there are no longer any brahmanas who can chant the mantras correctly. Thus, Lord Buddha appeared and rejected the Vedic rituals and preached the philosophy of nonviolence. In the Dhammapada (129-130) Buddha says, "All beings fear death and pain, life is dear to all; therefore the wise man will not kill or cause anything to be killed."\n\nThe Vedic literature also teaches nonviolence, but Buddha taught the people who used the Vedas for improper purposes to give them up and simply follow him. Thus, he saved the animals from being killed and saved the people from being further misled by the corrupt priests. However, he did not teach the Vedic conclusions of spiritual knowledge but taught his own philosophy.\n\nBuddha was born in the town of Lumbini in Nepal as the son of a king of the Shakya clan. He is generally accepted to have lived during 560-477 B.C. but has been shown to have been born in 1887 B.C. and died in 1807 B.C. \n\nHis mother, Queen Mahamaya, before she conceived him, saw him in a dream descending from heaven and entering her womb as a white elephant. After his birth his father sheltered him from the problems of the world as much as possible. Later, Buddha married and had one son. It was during this time that he began to be disturbed by the problems life forced on everyone, especially after he had seen for the first time a man afflicted with disease, another man who was decrepit with age, a dead man being carried to the cremation grounds, and a monk who had dedicated hims
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The reason Hinduism is so accepting of all religions, from Christianity to Islam, is because Hindus see God in everything. Being part of a different religion simply means you are on a different path to the same God.
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I think this question should be in religion, don't you?\nIt started with the catholic faith.