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What is Hinduism?
by Rasif Najeeb on Dec 04, 2007 10:29 AM   Permalink | Hide replies

To my hindu friends - What is the core ideal of Hinduism?
Like in Islam - It is worshipping of one God without ascribing any partners to him?
This is the most important thing in Islam. Rest all comes after this.

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  RE:What is Hinduism?
by P. K. Mare on Dec 04, 2007 10:32 AM   Permalink
Rasif...pl change ur discussion board immediatly otherwise u will be abused here.
pl quit.

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by Mohammed Rehman on Dec 04, 2007 10:35 AM   Permalink
He is just another nut

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by Sami on Dec 04, 2007 12:14 PM   Permalink
i.      "na tasya pratima asti"There is no image of Him."[Yajurveda 32:3]5 ii.      "shudhama poapvidham""He is bodyless and pure." [Yajurveda 40:8]6iii.      "Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste""They enter darkness, those who worship the natural elements" (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). "They sink deeper in darkness, those who worship sambhuti."[Yajurveda 40:9]7 Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.iv.      The Yajurveda contains the following prayer: "Lead us to the good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wander."[Yajurveda 40:16]8

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by vinay s on Dec 04, 2007 10:39 AM   Permalink
this is beyond your comprehension. So do not attempt to understand it. You will get stuck with the matrix. Islam is specifically made for junk heads like you.

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by Mohammed Rehman on Dec 04, 2007 10:34 AM   Permalink
Ha Ha Ha Worshipping, then why do you idiots listen to maulvis and have sects in your religion

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by Golden Eagle on Dec 04, 2007 10:39 AM   Permalink
Hinduism is more a way of life than a religion. It is an all embracing and all encompassing view of life not limited by or to worshipping one or the other form of the Almighty creator of the universe. The solid foundation on which the very beliefs of Hinduism are laid upon is ONE GOD. No matter what form, what way, what time, what means are adopted to be united with Him.

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by Rasif Najeeb on Dec 04, 2007 11:09 AM   Permalink
To the only person who bothered to reply about Hinduism...
So, both Hinduism and Islam is based on ONE GOD.
Only difference - Islam doesnt allow any form, any way etc. No bringing idols in between God and man...

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by Topno on Dec 04, 2007 11:24 AM   Permalink
You are talking as if you only know the God and all other are fools.

What a religion preach is known from the action of its followers. Muslims are fighting against Budhists (demolition of Bamiyan Budha), Jews, Christians, Sikhs (killed thousands during partition) , Hindus.

Islam does not preach peaceful living with others. Whereever muslims are in majority they torture & kill the minority. Example Malayasia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan.

If your religion is so great, then why Shia and Sunni are killing each other in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan. Why there is discremination against women to allow into Masjid?


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by galilio on Dec 04, 2007 04:44 PM   Permalink
hinduism is the way of life worshipping only one
god' brahmam',which form is impersonal which you call as 'allah'in arabhic while brahmam is a sanskrit language.but to creat a beautiful
universe with human beings,creatures,plants
and planets,such impersonal god does not fit in
to our vedas created from brahman which talks
of supreme god who manifest in different
avatars -that supreme god we worship is
as lord vishnu who took human birth in the names
of lord ram and krishna as avatars. while allah is the impersonal to our first stage of understanding of brahmam, islam has not passed on to the second stage of making god as personal like we pray lord ram or krishna.that is why we call
krishna as para brahmam- supreme god who keeps
in his sweetheart of thought in the form of feminine nature which we call as lakshmi.to creat a humanbeing,animal,bird,plants,creature
you need both male and feminine.even planets are
having both qualities.example moon/venus are
feminine and sun/mars are male gender.
that is why to show the truth of creation, lord
vishnu,supreme soul creater of entire universe rest in the bed of serpent coil from sea,came a
lotus flower from vishnu naval blossmed to creat
brahma,creater of human beings and creatures.
this symbolic with the birth of all in world
with umbillical card from gharbham in the shape
of lotus which exactly shows that hinduism has
science and spirituality unlike islam/xtianity.

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by Gajanan Mohite on Dec 04, 2007 11:31 AM   Permalink
You cannot hold water if you press your palm with water inwards ( formless worship) , but as soon as it becomes ice, you can hold hold it in your palm ( worship with a form). The contents in both ice and water is H2O.

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by Anand Kumar on Dec 04, 2007 11:25 AM   Permalink
You bring a maulvi in between God and man.
Hinduism doesnt emphasize on maulvis or priests.
Maulvis and Priests are Human beings.
All Humans have the six evils: Kaama (Lust), Krodha (Anger), Lobha (Narrow midedness), Mada(Arrogance), Moha (Love) and Matsara (Jealous).
Thats why we cannot treat Maulvis as Gods or messengers of Gods.
The Idol that we worship embodies all the Good virtues of the God. Since we cannot see a God, the Idol symbolizes God and people pay their respect for the same.
Hinduism, though Old, simplifies worshipping God.
There are no complexities. There are no ONE TRUTHs like Islam. Monotheistic religions like Islam are doomed by their very nature of One truth.

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by talk cool on Dec 04, 2007 11:21 AM   Permalink
We don't idolize but we reach/medetiate (or concentrate) God using idols.
Whey do u visit kaaba and do Haj? Is'nt Kaaba a idol?

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by Sami on Dec 04, 2007 12:15 PM   Permalink
i.      "na tasya pratima asti"There is no image of Him."[Yajurveda 32:3]5 ii.      "shudhama poapvidham""He is bodyless and pure." [Yajurveda 40:8]6iii.      "Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste""They enter darkness, those who worship the natural elements" (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). "They sink deeper in darkness, those who worship sambhuti."[Yajurveda 40:9]7 Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.iv.      The Yajurveda contains the following prayer: "Lead us to the good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wander."[Yajurveda 40:16]8

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by cupid on Dec 04, 2007 11:16 AM   Permalink
@rasif

tell me some thing , do muslims have some kind of imperative itching feeling in their scrotch to spread their reilgion ???? .....why dont u shut up and dont poke ur dirty nose in our affairs .....

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