Hinduism Is A Monotheistic Religion

Hinduism

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I would define religion as the study of spirit and how everything came to be. Hinduism is a monotheistic religion. It believes in one god that is all pervasive both immanent and transcendent. We believe in karma, which is the universal law of cause and effect. We believe in rebirth and reincarnation and eventually once we have become perfected will achieve moksha, where we will merge with god. We believe in Dharma, which is the necessity of righteous of living and seeing God within everybody and doing our duty to society. We believe that every religion is valid, that the passion within each religion is what’s important. The soul is essentially one with Brahman already; we have a veil of Maya or illusion, which gives us the

Karma can go into the next reincarnation or hundred reincarnations after that, there is no place that non-believers will go. If you have faith then you are a good person, therefore achieve good karma. In western religions, the universe is created once and will only be destroyed once. In Hinduism the universe is constantly being created, preserved, destroyed and re-created, as there is no heaven or hell. Everyone has one path and that is towards god. Each person will have different bumps and a path. Some people take lifetimes to achieve that path but no person, no soul, will be denied oneness with god. Hindus do not try and convert people into their faith. We believe that every faith is valid and if you want to be a Christian and you want to believe in Jesus, then that is perfect. There are obviously always going to be radicals who say that this is the only way. But as a general rule, Hindus do not believe that any other religion is wrong, so we do not force anybody into our religion. We do allow people to convert on their own will. It is a very personal and spiritual thing. There is no formal conversion. If you believe you are a Hindu, then you are a Hindu. A lot of people like to change

I was raised Catholic and I never really connected with it, so I was spiritual for a really long time and I was reading about a lot of the different religions to see if I would ‘fit’ in with any of them. Once I started reading about Hinduism, my mind just opened and I was like “wow”. I believed this, this was amazing, and I didn’t really think anybody else believed what I believed. I kept read and reading and reading. About a year or two of reading, I then finally decided to go to a temple. It was really scary because I didn’t know what to expect but everyone there was so nice and it felt so good to be around a community just like how I felt. Just to worship with people, brings a new level to spirituality. There is one thing to do Puja at home, but to do it with such passion around other people with such passion, there is nothing quite like it. Hinduism is very much a way of life, rather than just a religion. It comes into every aspect of your being, what you think, how you feel, what you do. It’s made me very humble, when I realise that God is both within me and that rock and that piece of grass and that little bug. I am so thankful for everything. It makes me a kinder and much more gentle person, since non-violence is