Hinduism is the world's oldest extant religion, with a billion followers, which makes it the world's third largest religion.
Hinduism is a conglomeration of religious, philosophical, and cultural ideas and practices that originated in India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation, one absolute being of multiple manifestations, the law of cause and effect, following the path of righteousness, and the desire for liberation from the cycle of births and deaths.
How is Hinduism unique from other religions?:
Hinduism cannot be neatly slotted into any particular belief system. Unlike other religions, Hinduism is a way of life, a Dharma, that is, the law that governs all action.
It has its own beliefs, traditions, advanced system of ethics, meaningful rituals, philosophy and theology.
The religious tradition of Hinduism is solely responsible for the creation of such original concepts and practices as Yoga, Ayurveda, Vastu, Jyotish, Yajna, Puja, Tantra, Vedanta, Karma, etc.
lvbala said:- This is the way of life been lived from the beginning until comes the comparisons or other religions.
Above temple was the oldest temple (Guinness World Record)
How and when did Hinduism originate?:
lvbala said: - Below paragraph is only myth. No one knows the exact time frame.
Hinduism has its origins in such remote past that it cannot be traced to any one individual.
Some scholars believe that Hinduism must have existed even in circa 10000 B.C. and that the earliest of the Hindu scriptures – The Rig Veda – was composed well before 6500 B.C.
The word "Hinduism" is not to be found anywhere in the scriptures, and the term "Hindu" was introduced by foreigners who referred to people living across the River Indus or Sindhu, in the north of India, around which the Vedic religion is believed to have originated.
Some says,
According to historians, the origin of Hinduism dates back to 5,000 or more years. The word "Hindu" is derived from the name of River Indus, which flows through northern India.
In ancient times the river was called the 'Sindhu', but the Persians who migrated to India called the river 'Hindu', the land 'Hindustan' and its inhabitants 'Hindus'. Thus the religion followed by the Hindus came to be known as 'Hinduism'.
It was earlier believed that the basic tenets of Hinduism were brought to India by the Aryans who invaded the Indus Valley Civilization and settled along the banks of the Indus river about 2000 BC. However, this theory has now been proved to be a flawed one and is considered nothing more than a myth.
This is only the myth and no one knows exactly when Hinduism exist, but the calculation and the imaginative existent of time frame has gone beyond imaginable doubt. - lvbala
lvbala said:-
Above facts about Hinduism was a collective articles comes from few homepages. My intention is to highlight the truth which were hidden from many for thousand of years. This is my duty and responsibility as a Hindu to my faith and mankind. Not my intention to make any comparison or down grade others.
This is only the first part of the introduction about Hinduism which mainly to high light the existent of the oldest way of life of mankind about DIVINE GOD. I don't use the word believe or religion because Hinduism was the only way to live before any other religion came as a comparison.
Not in any religious book or scriptures of Hinduism ever mention the existent of other religion or mentioned any comparison unlike other wise. Comparison made the religion to be the latest edition.
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