Hinduism Hinduism is the prominent faith of India it is a way of life more than a structured religious belief system. It is known as the oldest living religion in the world. Hinduism is unlike many other religions, it has no single founder, no single scripture, and no set of teachings. They believe that a human beings basic nature is not confined to the body or the mind. Hinduism stresses the importance of absolute truth. I believe that without a uniting belief system what holds the religion of Hinduism together is traditional and the lifelong pursuit of happiness. Those not believing in their own rebirth after death have been great men in Hindu history who spend their lifetimes praying and feel they have attained Sivasannidhya and therefore …show more content…
The Vedic Gods associated with the Hindu ways were brought by migrants and the indigenous people of India; as the need for the deities changed so did the deities themselves. When the powers of meditation was monopolized by the Hindu priests and the people of the region felt disconnected with their deities the rules of worship and meditation were altered and new deities emerged to allow the common people easier access to the type of connection they desired with their gods. There are an infinite number of forms of the Hindu gods, changed over time to meet the needs of the worshipers themselves. The epics, or stories, of the Hindu way have been passed through many generations. All of these traditional tales were compiled into the Puranas, directly translated as ancient stories. The Puranas summed up all knowledge about the deities, including their genealogies and religious instructions. Hindu is not a congregational worship, but can be between one and his priest, or even between just one and his god within a place of worship. Domestic worship varies based in the needs of the …show more content…
An individual soul will be reborn an infinite number of times until the soul reaches a pure state and is admitted to Vaikuntam, the home of Vishnu, also known as Brahman the supreme being, from whom all things have emanated (Rao, 2008). Their quest through Hinduism is to find the way to the state of holiness that they seek and therefore admittance to Moshku. This quest does not require a place of worship, a book of rules, or any one sect. It is more a quest within oneself for spirituality. As Ramakrishna said, “Do not care for doctrines, do not care for dogmas, or sects, or churches, or temples; they count for little compared with the essence of existence in each [person], which is spirituality. . . . Earn that first, acquire that, and criticize no one, for all doctrines and creeds have some good in them” (Fisher,