![]() ![]() Of course, included in its deep and loving embrace are Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Animism and everything in between! In the vast Hindu belief system, all are welcome – the atheists, agnostics, rationalists, socialists, communists, activists, analysts and what not. It is so inclusive that there are perhaps no exclusions which makes it complex and confusing to most folks, that would like to keep it simple with prescribed rules, rigid dogma and consequences for breaking the prescribed rules. It is seemingly polytheistic yet with the sole aim of the soul’s gentle, self- paced progress and journey, towards the one Supreme Reality. ![]() It is ritualistic for those that require the discipline and rigour and it is also the highest form of meditation and absorption in divine ecstasy for those not needing rituals. It is both nothingness as well as everything. It is both a reverence for all of divine creation as well as, worship of none at all. It appears to be a bunch of contradictions on the surface of it. It is admittedly difficult to grasp that Hinduism is both ancient and modern in its outlook, it’s dynamic yet careful not to lose its foundational concepts, flexibility and elasticity. It offers something of significance, to everybody, based on their personal preferences, inclinations, motivations and level of spiritual understanding. ![]() This way of life, is a result of the assimilation of all Indic practices, a happy amalgamation of all views. Collectively, all of them bundled together in a common category of beliefs, came to be regarded as Hinduism. Hinduism is the original inclusive faith, made up of all manner of spiritual practices. There is much difficulty in being able to describe the essence of Hinduism, a faith so immense, varied, profound and all-encompassing, that it continues to confound people of varying philosophical interests and spiritual capacity. ![]()
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