Hinduism

 

Hinduism is a name given to the Indians to identify their cultures. Us Americans use falsely use this word. We call every Indian Hindu because that is what was taught to us. So instead of calling them Buddhist, Judaist, or Sikhisist, we call them Hindus. For an example people call Cubans and Italians Spanish because they speak the Spanish language, and if you were to say that to an Italian or Cuban they would more likely correct you by letting you know that they are either Cuban or Italian. The way of Hindu life is so imbued with spiritually meaningful aspects that spirituality is never far from one's mind. Rituals, is something that us Americans lack. We do not pray to our father up above on a daily schedule, we may pray for our food every day and thank him for waking us up after he puts us to sleep. But Rituals is something that can make up for their religion. Castes and social duties, life stages, home Puja, homage to the guru, fasting prayer are other traits that they do.

The fundamental teaching of the four Vedus, the Bhagavat Gim, the Puranas and other religious texts of Hinduism, is not reincarnation, rebirth, but the ultimate liberation or salvation. In fact the necessity of transmigration is a nightmare for the Hindus77. The ultimate scope is moksha or multi, and in order to arrive at moksha, Hinduism proposes different ways (yoga or marga), by which one can reach spiritual perfection and finally eternal salvation of the soul: the way of action (karma-marga), the way of loving devotion towards God and abnegation (bhaktimarga), the way of concentration (raja yoga) and the way of spiritual knowledge (jnana-marga), of the non duality of Atmar' (the 'self' or the individual 'I') and Brahman (the Absolute).

According to the Advaiia Vedanta (the absolute non-dualism of Sankara) the only absolute reality is Brahman and the most intimate reality of man (the self or