Through friendship Evangelism is usually easy to initiate with Hindus. Most Hindus esteem religion in general and are free and open to speak about it. A sincere, nonjudgmental interest in all aspects of Indian life will provide a good basis for friendship. Personal interaction with Hindus will lead to a…

Many philosophers have taken the approach of understanding Hinduism as a family of religions rather than a single religious entity. By using this definition Hinduism is actually a medley of religious traditions, it is not a monolithic entity but rather a conglomerate of religions that share certain traits in common…

c. 2500–1500 BCE: The Vedic sacrificial tradition, based on ritual actions, was brought into north-west India by the Aryans. This tradition was preserved and administered by the Brahmin priests. c. 800–500 BCE: The teachings recorded in the early Upanishads, in which knowledge is said to be of ultimate importance, were…

Stages: 1) Pre-Aryan or Proto-Dravidian: In this stage religion was focussed mainly in the fertility gods and godesses. Phallic image of Shiva was worshipped along with fertility Godesses. There was the jati system of specialization of labour. …

According to Pascal Boyer’s book Religion Explained: the evolutionary origins of religious thought, the following is a list of reasons why religion was created. Religion provides explanations: People created religion to explain puzzling natural phenomena. Religion explains puzzling experiences: dreams, prescience, etc. Religion explains the origins of things. Religion explains…

Judaism and Islam originated in between the great civilizations of the east and the west. Judaism is considered the first religion to promote monotheism. However this is not entirely true. The first person to promote the idea of monotheism was Akhenaten. Akhenaten; meaning Effective spirit of Aten, was a Pharaoh…

This is another viewpoint on Hinduism expanding on the post, Hinduism defined as a family of religions. The following list is taken from Dancing with Siva. There are nine beliefs, or s’raddha, which though not exhaustive offer a simple summary of Hindu spirituality. Hindus believe in the divinity of the…

Since consciousness is the basis of all reality, any shift in consciousness changes every aspect of our reality. Reality is created by consciousness differentiating into cognition, moods, emotions, perceptions, behaviour, speech, social interactions, environment, interaction with the forces of nature, and biology. …

In this article, I further expand on the topic of Religion and Science. As I described in my earlier post on Origin of Religions, when religions originated it was the explanation for everything. There are 4 categories of questions that Religion typically answers how did everything get created or come…