IS THERE ANY RELIGION CALLED "HINDUSM"

Hinduism is Dharma , if  Religion is equivalent of "Dharma" then Hinduism is religion otherwise not, all so called "religions "  (jew, islam,chris...) have comman jew origin  and they r only  beliefs  there is no possibility of argument  , logic etc , whatever is written in books is to be believed  , moreover they are only concerned about  imaginary "last day of judgment" , Hinduism proclaims that u can get rid of miseries  in this very life through ur  own efforts , no need to wait till kayamat ,

If the adherents of the religion which follows Islamic way of life are called Muslims and their religion as 'Islam', if the adherents of the religion which follows Christian way of life are called Christians and their religion as 'Christianity', if the adherents of the religion which follows Sikh way of life are called Sikhs and their religion 'Sikhism', if the adherents of the religion which follows Jain way of life are called Jains and their religion as 'Jainism', if the adherents of the religion which follows Buddist way of life are called Buddists and their religion as 'Buddism', if the adherents of the religion which follows Pharsi way of life are called as Pharsis and their religion as 'Zorostrism', what is the problem for anybody to call the adherents of the religion which follows the Hindu way of life as Hindus and their religion as 'Hinduism'?

Suryavanshi & Chandravanshi are names of Kshatriya Clans and never been referred to religions.

The original religion based on Upanishads, Puranas, etc. has been known as 'Brahmana Math', which was almost replaced by the Buddism, which took birth as a protest against the excesses of the 'Brahmana Math'.  After losing out heavily to the Buddism & Jainism, the 'Brahmana Math' has been evolved into current day 'Hinduism'.

If one has higher commitment to deeper studies of any subject, one need not babble on serious subjects with his half-baked knowledge.

Hinduism is a religion which has its principles like no other.its part of life. we have many relations in our day to day life. we cant relate to all in the same way. so we have so many gods. Ganesh for education,removing obstacles and so does for every need in our daily we created a name for the same god and started worshiping them.Ramayana and Mahabharata show the way to live our lives in ethical and in correct path. They show that who is supreme and who r their followers. they show that by simply following them one can achieve enlightenment,success,peace in their own lives. this era mainly concentrates on criticizing these epics' principles than respecting and following them. shame on our part. 

Yes Hinduism IS a religion, although some people in this world would like to see it vanish without any traces. It is sad that this is even a debate, where we are talking about the existence of a religion which has been practiced and recorded in some of our earliest world literature. The concept of "Dharma", which was discovered by all the other religions much later, has been given to the Hindus centuries ago. According to me, its one of the most dynamic religions in the world, barring a few old practices. The way this religion has evovled over time and added value to the world has no comparison among other religion. Hinduism's biggest strength and paradoxically, its biggest weakness by far, is the fact that it respects all other Faiths even though they are very different. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about its contemporaries.

Otherwise Hinduism word would not have existed if its not religion.

Or how come Hindustan got is name.

If Hinduism is not religion then we are pointing that Swami Vivekananda was wrong who advocated the Greatness of this religion

Religions in the world are many but the base of all of them is spirituality and thus through spirituality the  Ultimate Almighty is one.

Any doubts then explore like Buddha, Meera, Bulleshah...... ETC............

Mr. Wasim,

I support you --You are very much true.

We are hypocrate--Many of us don't know our religion and that is why the best way to save our soul is to degrade the religion from it's ground.

So easily they say--"hinduism is not religion"--way of life--bla bla

Everything is way of life--thats not a point at all.

Really it's so furstrating to see people are so confused if Hinduism is religion or not--Suddenly everyone becomes phylosophers--Suddenly everyone becomes Baba Ram dev and declare it not to be a religion.

Funny--How people save their faults of ignoring it by dismissing it--have to learn it from Hindus.

Yes, We do have a religiion called "Hinduism" now practised in India. I think all r debating on whether there is a rightful place for Hinduism to be called so. For me  its a conglomerate of like philosophies, said as sanatan dharma by another member and practised by different communities all along India, still with regional & philosophical differences. I believe most of them believe in the same epics & same Gods.

The thought schools within the Hinduism or provoked by epics like Bhagavad Gita or by scholars like Sanakaracharya (adwaita philosophy, charvaka philosophy etc) are so vast & deep that you could be a Hindu without being a HABITUAL believer as a muslim or christian.

I suppose most of you would agree that most of the religious followers now, 've become so because their parents were believing in the same religion or their soceity taught them so. They didn't need to search 4 God, but just believe in the scriptures which had ready made & mostly 'connected' answers. Believe one end & one could believe till the other end. Even though Hinduism is also practised so mostly, there r opportunities to think individually, feel God's existence, meditation etc.

To Wasim, Its this HABITUAL religiousness with rigid religious framework makes it 'Compulsive'. Together with this,the fact that followers 've twisted all Religions to suit their socio-political-economic adavantages have deviated the practise far away from the "Revealed".  Being furious at thoughts, is the first sign that belief is not in God but on religion or practise. Bring God & mankind before religion, then where is hatered on the paths? How many TRUE followers of their religions are there in this world?

Dear Mr. Wasim

As this is the social network it is to clarify any one who raises the doubt or to skip if you aren't interested, instead posting our argument furiously is not going to help any one understand and get clarified.

Lets understand the difference between Religion and "ISM"

ISM (Doctrine): a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Religion the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence.

Therefore one who follow the doctrine of some will be following an ISM (e.g. Buddhism).  And

Natural religion, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See Natural theology.

Religion of humanity, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis.

Revealed religion, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian and Islam religion.

Hope this will help ..!

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion)

 If you treat religion and DHARMA equivalent term only than confusion arises.....religion like Christianity, Islam etc. are efforts to define DHARMA.....these efforts are confinement of DHARMA.......DHARMA is limitless, timeless.....doing everything and only correct or good things is DHARMA........so called HINDU religion is actually is about DHARMA.....without any boundary ....u can follow or u shall follow DHARMA no matter u r Christian, Muslim, Hindu etc.....all these r the ways to understand DHARMA....If u discover DHARMA ….u do not need help of any religion…..U R BORN WITH DHARMA ….only u need to discover it within yourself…..that is why we call….RAJ DHARMA, PATI DHARMA, VIDHYARATHI DHARMA, KUL DHARMA, PUTRA DHARMA etc…. SO DHARMA is not just religion…. 

I just want to let you know, when you cant give respect to fellow humans, you have no right to discuss too. Its better you stop discussing..............

Hindu is a democratic religion. This religion gives you freedom. It doesnt force religion on anyone. It doesnt force to read BOOKS forcedly on Friday or Sunday. How many of them who read on Friday or Sunday read them with full interest.

Let me know how many muslims know Urdu. There are many muslims who doesnt know Urdu. As they dont know Urdu, are they not  MUSLIMS? Let me tell you, for any religion language is not a barrier.

Finally to answer your question, there is no need to know sanskrit to read vedas, we have several translated versions available in different languages.

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I believe we have lot of doubts if really Hinduism is a religion.

But I became sure that Hinduism is indeed a religion when I heard other religious heads calling their religious solders

“Hindus are now orphan sheep and they need us who will bring them under one Shepard!"

Just like British brought us under one Shepard 300 years back slowly under the common Shepard --called the colonial queen.

Yes Hiduism is a religion and also religions of all religion.

Hinduism Believes we can reach One Brmha through whatever form we like.

But, When greed and hypocrisy converts us into greedy animal then we send our parents to old age homes and we sell our religion and become orphans.

Have you seen any english movie where a drakula bites a human and the human converts to a drakula eventually? And slowly the whole city into a zombie land?

Our society is like that where we are all slowly turning into a religion of Zombies who will one day have no roots and no religion.

In this society where:

So it is not surprising that people sell religion in cheap price and buy secular TAG.

Because you know Religion is what we get for free.

If the politicians are raising these questions only to raise there vote banks. And to leave the public in discussion and impression of what is happening. As congress do few months back.