What is the view of Hinduism on the existence of other faiths that have come after it, namley Islam and Christianity? Are they believed to be deviant religions made by man according to Hinduism since they teach adharmic philosophy, or valid religions?
You forgot about Sikhism in your original post. Sikhism being a monothiestic, non-exclusivist religion from the line of the Dharmic faiths such as Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
I see many, probably all Hindus worshipping the Ishwara/personal form of God (Visnu, Siva, Ganesh, etc), but why doesn't anyone worship the actual Brahman (not Brahma) in itself since he is the source of everything?
After reading the following description from Wikipedias page on Advaita Vedanta and atman, I am confused. How can our self be God, the creator? And not just a part of Brahman, but the complete Brahman itself.
'The soul or the self(Atman) is identical with Brahman. It is not a part of...
Having read the above article, it says that over 250,000 animals will be killed as a sacrafice to the gods in Hinduism. Is this Vedantic teaching or man man deviation?
EDIT: I cannot post the link since i Do no have 15 posts yet. This is a summary of the article from the Gurdian paper in the...
Regarding the orignal post of the prophecy of Muhammed as a demon, is that the accurate translation because I had a conversation with a Muslim who gave me a different translation of Muhammed in the Bhavishya Puranaa that did not mention he is a reincarnation of Trisurapura.
This was a recent thread on what is classed to be a Sikh. Personally, I think it is one who follows the teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib, but if you get baptized as a Sikh, I guess you have to wear the 5 K's as being compulsary. However I know many ''Sikhs'' who wear turbans, and are not...
Yes but not entirely an illusion from a person still under influence of Maya, in that a person may regard the human being as God, wheras it is not the true case, as you said before. I've been reading sections of the Advaita Vedenta and trying to interpret this concept as it's quite hard to...
Does that have to do with Brahaman appearing as Ishwara and all his manfifestations under the influence of Maya from the people, which is considered false?
I think Christians refer to Jesus and fully God and fully man at the same time, which is kind of confusing.
I have been reading the Bhagvad Gita and it's very elegant and articulate on the nature of the universe, the dealings of righetouess actions and the reality of God. However, in comparing it to the whole of Hinduism I don't understand the actual concept of God. The following is Verse 3, Chapter...