What exactly and how much difference is there between hinduism and sikhism ?
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Sikhism rejects all distinctions of religion,caste, creed, race or sex.here are the testimonies from Shri Guru Granth Sahib.\n\n"Of all the religions, the best religion is to repeat God's Name and to do pious deeds. Of all the religious rites, the best rite is to remove the filth of evil intellect by association with the saints." (Guru Arjan Dev, Ashtpadi, pg. 266) \n\n\n\n"All are created from the seed of God. There is the same clay in the whole world, the potter (God) makes many kinds of pots." (Guru Amar Das, Bhairo) \n\n"Recognise the light (of God) and do not ask for the caste, There is no caste in the next world." (Guru Nanak, Asa) \n\nso a true sikh won't ever object to intercaste marriages.infact i have seen many intercaste marriages in my community and nobody objected to them.\n\nBhagat Kabir,a brahmin by birth,has his hymns incorporated into Shri Guru Granth Sahib.similarly namdev,ravidas sheikh farid,surdas and many other saints of various faiths have their hymns incorporated into Shri Guru Granth Sahib.\nsikhism is a progressive religion and preaches a message of devotion,equality of mankind and denounces superstitions and blind rituals.so a true sikh should not bother whether the guy or girl is a muslim or hindu and by and large,they don't bother these days.
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Hindu Beliefs\nThe beliefs of hindu thought are wide and varied, and have been expounded upon by saints and writers throughout the centuries. Some of the salient elements of hindu beliefs are presented below (from an article in Hinduism Today, April 1993). The two articles Duty to masses and Why we differ, also provide tremendous insights into hindu beliefs. Enjoy! \nOn Creation: \nThe universe exists in endless cycles of creation, preservation and destruction. There is no absolute end to the world. \nOn The True God: \nThere is but one true and absolute Self, Supreme Being. God is pure Love. \nOn Paths to God: \nMan is free to choose his form of worship, for all paths lead ultimately to God. Sin is only of the mind; Soul is pure. \nOn Man's Plight: \nMan's suffering is but his soul's immaturity. He is on a progressive path which leads from ignorance to knowledge, from death to immortality. \nOn Evil: \nThere is no intrinsic evil. All is good. All is God. \nOn Virtue and Salvation: \nVirtuous conduct and light belief are the foundation of religious life. Liberation requires knowledge and personal attainment. \nOn Doctrines: \nDoctrines tend to be subtle, complex and even paradoxical. Freedom to worship and to believe in a variety of ways is predominant. \nOn Enlightenment: \nThe goals of enlightenment and liberation are to be found in this life, within man himself. \nOn Sainthood: \nThe path to saintliness is through self-discipline, purification, concentration, and contemplation. Value is placed on ascetic ideals, individual sadhana, and yoga. \nOn Worship: \nWorship is individualistic, highly ritualistic and meditative, centering around the temple and home shrine all days of the week
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They are altogether different. Religion is basically a group of people following certain dogma/rituals told by a book or a prophet.\n\nSpirituality is our inner progress irrespective of our religion. A spiritual person is more concerned about the philosophy of god and creation, without caring for the mythological crap.\n\nReligious people may be fanatic, stubborn and idiots, whereas spiritual person more lives in harmony with his fellowmen, in more harmony with God and His creation.
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Hinduism is very diverse and has many different groups. It is not organized into a central body, thus there are millions of leaders in Hinduism. Every individual Math, Ashram, Temple, etc has its own leaders. Hinduism isn't concerned about 'power' or 'authority'.
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Hinduism and Judaism looks like they generated around the same time.\nFor more info;\n\nhttp://ask.yahoo.com/20011106.html
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Hinduism is the oldest religion. it has a history of 5000 years. Its original name is "Adi Sanatana Devi Devatha dharma". that was when all human beings were embodiment of divine virtues, this world was heaven at that time. Now as the world became hell and People lost their divine virtues its being called as hindu religion, the most peculiar thing about Hinduism is no one knows who is the founder for this religion, Bhagavad Geetha is the book of hindus. It is a wonderful Book, It gives the insight of soul and God. It teaches how to change ur self. and lots of things.
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http://www.gurmat.info/sms/smspublications/\n\nlots of litrary documents available on this web page related to sikh history & some about the recent struggle.
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Try the fact Sikhs aren't even Muslim....
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Buddhism is sort of an offshoot of Hinduism.  The Buddha that we usually think of Siddhartha Gautama, grew up in Hinduism and went off to do his thing.  The major difference, that I am aware of is reference to a belief in God.  Siddhartha did not refer to God, because God is too big a concept to be explained without diminishing it.  Buddha was more concerned with living compassionately and in such a good way that God would manifest through you without being named.  I hope this makes sense.
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That isnt true, hinduism originated in india but now hinduism is all over the world.
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lubana sikhs r different caste status history to khatri sikhs\nwww.lubana.com
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Hinduism is not an organised religion and does not have a religios leader like a pope .\n\nBut there are Shankaracharya Peetha and their heads are called Shankaracharya in memory of a great philosophe Adi Shankaracharya. You can consider them as leaders upto some extent. But they are not also exactly pope of some kind. \n\nHinduism  is a culture, a way of life. We follow what we want and reject the beliefs we do not agree with.\n\nIt is a monotheist religion which at the same time uses extensive symbolism and allows idol worship.\n\nThere are too many different kinds of philosophies from Advait Vedant and Nirgun Brahm(formless god) to Sagun Brahm.\n\nSo a religious leader does not make sence. At the most they are scholars.
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Hinduism (real name Sanatan Dharma or eternal religion) started with the humanity...it is the oldest and have all in its philosophy all what Pagans, christians, muslims, buddhists have...and more than that is its Philosophy which deals with the mysteries of Universe, life, death and God
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I come from a Christian family and grew up in that environment. I explored all areas of religions and spirituality having an open mind. I was not looking to pick a religion or anything. I just have always enjoying learning different perspectives of God, love and wisdom from all of these teachings.\n\nI learnt that Hinduism has a very specific path towards Self-Realization that Christianity did not have. The mantras are very powerful, and I've seen greater positive effects it has on my life. Along with meditation which teaches me how to quiet my mind, so I can listen within and hear God. I just liked the fact that Hinduism recognizes that we have God within and that many Indian sages help guide people finding that source within and re-awaken. Why do you think so many enlightened people are borne of India. I do not find Christian preachers enlightened enough nor close enough to God to be a source of guidiance.\n\nI do believe in the teachings of Jesus. I consider them to be valid. I just don't care for anything else in the Bible to be relevant to my path. Christianity does not give me what I specifically need that Hinduism gives me which is how do I get closer to my Self-Realization.
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Hinduism and only Hinduism. Buddhism corrected the practices that went big time wrong in Hinduiam\n\nRead the Gita and you shall know
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Hinduism is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion.\n\nMost forms of Hinduism are henotheistic religions. They recognize a single deity, and view other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations or aspects of that supreme God. Henotheistic and polytheistic religions have traditionally been among the world's most religiously tolerant faiths.\n\nKrishna is the second person of the Hindu Trinity. He is considered to be one of the incarnations of the God Vishnu. Some Hindus believe that he lived on Earth during perhaps the 2nd or 3rd century BCE.
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Perhaps you could start here and look for suggestions:\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduism.htm\nhttp://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/hinduism.html\nhttp://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10003.html