Hinduism

Do you practice religion?

Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) is a eternal Dharma basically it’s a way of life. It’s like a vast Banyan tree which have many branches(creed). Here we talking about a creed (religion).

The major Hindu denominations are Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and the Smarta tradition.

A creed that is free of the restrictive dogmas of holy writ, one that refuses to be shackled to the limitation of a single volume of holy revelation

A Hindu can be astika (orthodoxy) or nastika(unorthodox). As an astika he can accept the sacredness of Vedas, the existence of Atman(soul) and belief in God, or he can reject one or more of these credos and still be Hindu.

Astik can subscribe any of the six major philosophy from Shad Darshan(Sankhya, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Yoga, Vedanta).

And nastik Hindu can be follow the school of Buddhism, Jainism or materialistic Charvak school.

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal.

This is achieved either by work(Karma), or worship, or mental discipline, or philosophy-by one, or more, or all of these and be free.

This is the whole of religion Doctrine, or dogmas, or ritual, or books, or temple etc.

Hinduism was as much a civilisation as a set of religious beliefs. Because Hindu believers accepting other faith also. We have the refugees of all religions and all the countries of the world.