The Philosophy of Hinduism

The origin of religion is found in Latin word, which denotes religion.  Religion is a set of beliefs about God, the universe, purpose, life, death, morality, etc. and that is usually centered on the worship of something or the adoration of a figure and / or creed.  In other words, religion binds together, keeps together and punching the mind constantly not to hurt others by words, actions, deeds and behavior. Every religion gives the message of love and brotherhood.

But today, under the auspicious word of religion, people carry out all sorts of miscreants.  Instead of maintaining the sanctity of the religion, they destroy the spiritual value and “ism” of any religion.  Whether it is Hinduism, Buddhism or Christianity, each religion develops a novel and exclusive devotional practices and by embracing the same, the people become sacred, religious and spiritual minded.  When the religion is not followed strictly to the code of conduct and various stipulations laid down in the respective Holy Scriptures, they are not blessed with the God’s blessings. Their negligence and less devotion make them feel very gloomy in their lives.

All the religions start with a believable faith that there exists a supernatural power, which shows light and the right direction to lead a moral, religious and happy life.  The other features of the religions are that they have a specific sacred scripture, namely the Bible, Quran and Torah.

The religion of Hindus is not confined to any one doctrine, book, creed or scripture. There are varieties and it all depends on the devotees which one to follow for their religious purposes.  The authorities of the Vedas are also underplayed by many other religious books in Hinduism.  No one can say that my practice of religious doctrine is the best.  You may be a vegetarian, may be a non-vegetarian or even you resort to consuming all types of foods which create a pungent sensation in your body and mind, but you can be a Hindu.   You may follow the principle of worshiping God or any other religious creed once in a day, in a month and even annually. Further, you may be a totally atheist.  There is no fixed formula to follow the religious practices.  Many people keep fast on a certain day to celebrate the particular occasion of a birthday of a particular God or Goddess irrespective of whether he is a Hindu or not.  You may not keep a fast at all and still be a Hindu. Most of us believe in our God and Goddess and  some even do not believe, but that does not mean that we are not Hindus.

We all pray to God to fulfill our various desires.  God has given us adequate energy to carry out all our endeavors to the best of our capabilities and efforts.  To perform and accomplish a religious practice, making God as central position should not be construed as only Hinduism.  If you can remove your attitude, you can eliminate the fundamental blockade attached to any religion. Unless you are detached from all these attitudinal problems of overseeing that one religion is better than other, you cannot have sympathetic notion for another religion.  To become religious, you should not bother what religion you are following. 

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You may follow Hinduism and any other “ism”.  But once you develop a common thought and reverence for all religions, you will find the philosophy of Hinduism is God centric.  Though you are taught to follow the various sacred style of life, eating healthy foods, doing meditation regularly, keeping your health in excellent condition, but Hinduism always propagates the commonality in all their religious fervor.  This philosophy also teaches brotherhood, keeping ample relationship with each other, not to indulge in cruelty and barbaric postures, but under the name of religion, people carry out such activities.  In this way, we only condemn the very basic creed of the religion, otherwise like any religion, the philosophy of Hinduism is to be good, do good and think good for others.  All the beautiful things and deeds start from the heart and all bad and evil things start from the mind. So, never let the mind rule your heart.  Let the heart rule your life which will help maintain the philosophy of Hinduism.