When did the Hinduism religion originate?
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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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Hindu god.  Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST kṛṣṇa) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. In Gaudiya Vaishnavism, he is seen as the Supreme Person (God) and thus the origin of all other incarnations.\nKrishna and the stories associated with him appear across the spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions. Though they sometimes differ in details or even contradict each other reflecting the concerns of a particular tradition, some core features are shared by all. These include a divine incarnation, a pastoral childhood and youth and life as a heroic warrior and teacher. The immense popularity of Krishna in India also meant that various non-Hindu religions that originated in India had their own versions of him.\n\nHe is not the elephant god.  That's Ganesh!!!
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Christianity started in India through missioniries, and they first landed in the ports of Kerla from there they started their good work of converting people to their faith which the people have accepted rather than resented.......\n\nWell we should always let people to decide their faith, we as indians have always tolerated this, no other country would allow this..........\n\nGreat Indians........ Greater India
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I believe Hinduism is true because a lot of it makes sense to me. \n\nBut even if it weren't I would still embrace it for its nonviolence, compassion, and tolerance.
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In August 2006.\n\nP.S. Bollywood movies rock! I'm Hindu.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
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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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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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Cnnverting to Hinduism is an oxymoron.\nSince most Hindu tradition or hinduism is a composition of embracing different faiths, doctrines and beleifs... It's as if you were born a human being than later realise that you are a human being ;-)\n\nIt is not a religion like we define it with Middle-Est (Jewdeo-Christiano-Ilamic) base religions. It is rather an amalgamation of different ideological and spiritual visions and some actually contradict one another yet, they do not "collide", thus the absence and respect of the different path. Love is action, the most sublime action of Love is to listen to God, God is in everyone's heart.\n\nMost indian spiritual traditions do not require that you abandon your own religion heritage. It is rather an itiation towards your own Path. Some teachings will require that you dedicate time to the teachingss so it may look like you abandoned a previous religion.\n\nSo if you are looking to "convert", what is the tradition or lineage that teaches that...?\n\nBrahmanism can be define as a religion and like many jewish tranditions, the transmission is a family lineage thing and conversion is more of an adoption...\n\nCertain branches of Vaishnavites such as the Krishna movement is a religion that behaves in their procelytism (yet mild) in pretty much the same manners as Pantheistic views (Middle Estern Heritage) sush as the concept of being Saved, or an alignment with a personalized God that is seperate from whow we are.\n\nSo Kuladevata is more initiatic and more of a energetic connection that you are making with a chosen Deity. Yes Jesus can be your Kuladevata since he is the power or the initial form that energize the Christic tradition.\n\nKuladevata does not make you a Hindu it empowers the relationship with the force from which your path was initiated. It is a support to one who seeks the or his/her calling.
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The oldest actively surviving religion is Hinduism...
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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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Hare Krishna is one of Gods main names in Sanskrit/Hindu. The cult was founded by a Sanskrit\nscholar from India that came to America in the sixties and had temples built across the US. Its now all run by Americans.
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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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Hinduism is a way of life rather than a religion. We do not believe that our way is the only way to God. Even within our religion there are many different paths to becoming one with God. That is the ultimate goal for a Hindu to achieve liberation from the chain of reincarnation. The soul must be cleansed through the course of, in many cases, many lifetimes before it is rid of worldliness and can join the ultimate reality, what is known as Brahman, or God. There are many ways to becoming closer to God. You can do so through rituals or simply by being a good person. Krishna tells us that no matter what God we pray to, we are ultimately praying to him. God is both male and female, appears in many forms, is called by many names, and is everything. Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, and still continues today because we do not force a particular way of living on anyone. You are a Hindu if you are born one or if you choose to be. You do not have to follow any one ritual or any one set of rules to be Hindu. \n\nHope that helped at least a little. Contact me if you have questions.
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Hinduism has many gods and goddess. Do your homework...
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I hope that the links below help u get started.\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity's_similarities_with_hinduism.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/christianity_and_the_vedic_teachings_within_it.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/jesus_taught_bhaktiyoga.htm\n\nhttp://www.stephen-knapp.com/bible_teaches_chanting_gods_names.htm
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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.