Experiencing The World's Religions

Hinduism is one of the earliest religons that is still practiced around the world. It seeks to answer the same questions that Christianity does, but arrives at different answers. It seeks truth, but fails to find it.

Hinduism is a religion that dates back about 6000 years and is one of the world's oldest religion. This religion is unlike any other and actually shaped many religions that are still followed today. An example of a widely followed religion influenced by Hinduism is Buddhism. Originating in the Indus River Valley Hinduism is now spread all over the world. Geography played and still plays a huge role in Hinduism. From the Aryans using a mountain pass to take over the original land of Hinduism to the spread of Hinduism today.

Hinduism is known as the world's oldest religion. According to ISKCON Educational Services (2004), it is hard to construct a timeline because Hinduism has no identifiable human founder or specific origin in history. It is so old that its past goes into pre-history. It is extremely diverse with the Hindu people being more interested in the meaning of events than in providing first hand records. There is also no clear-cut divide between history and myth.

Hinduism, the world’s oldest religion, is the third largest religion in the world after Islam and Christianity with close to one billion followers. The followers of the religion are called Hindus and are mainly located in India, and their place of worship is a temple. The religion doesn’t have any one specific founder, however,

The world’s oldest religion is Hinduism, it is considered a way of life. The Indus valley is where Hinduism originated. It is located near the river indus. Hinduism is a religion that has no one founder or single governing body. This is part of what makes it different form other religions. Some refer to Hinduism as a family of religions rather than a single

First, I would like to introduce the religion of Hinduism. The term Hinduism was derived a river of South Asia, the Indus. This term was used by the ancient Persians to classify the people of that region of the North-West territory of the subcontinent. Indian religion, Hinduism, was the term given by the British in the nineteenth century to the population of India that were neither Muslim or Christian.

Hindu is the oldest religion on earth. Hinduism doesn’t have a single founder, a single holy text, or a central religious authority. Most forms of Hinduism view other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations or aspects of that supreme God or Goddess. About 14% of the world’s population is Hindu. According to the yearbook of “American and Canadian churches” they were about 1.5 million Hindus in the US during 1999.

In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion since some elements of it date back thousands of years; Hinduism has no single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed set of teachings despite many key figures and numerous holy books that might indicate otherwise. Hence why Hinduism is often referred to as a “way of life” and why it makes sense that the religion was informed by so many external conditions around its “birth” (BBC Religion Profile,

The Indian subcontinent is home to 1.2 billion Hindus, the third largest religion in the world, dates back to these times. The religion has followed the vedic tradition, covered in the religious books called the Vedas. 2500 years

The roots of Hinduism spring from the traditions of the peoples of the Indus Valley, in the more developed Dravidian culture, and from the Vedic religion of the Aryans. Though “Hinduism” has no origin: it is the eternal way that follows the basic rules and demands of cosmic order as passes through unending cycles. So Hindus call their own faith and practice sanatana dharma. In Vedic religion of Hinduism, the Divine was manifest and approachable in many aspects of life, to be worshiped as Gods and Goddesses. Within Hinduism they have Shiva The Destroyer, The Mother Goddess Mahadevi, Vishnu The Preserver and a handful of other Gods. What’s so eye catching about Hinduism is that it has no single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed set of teachings unlike many other known religions. Hindu’s goal to life is to attain self- realization and in my eyes that’s quite remarkable. Hinduism is the oldest religion among the existing larger religions. The reason you see many Hindu’s bathing in rivers or lakes is because touching water is accepted as spiritual, it is believed that the water has positive vibrations and also the ability to pass it on. These are the reasons why Hinduism is so special and unique as well as popular in India.

Religion is very important for many individuals as it meets different needs for people and societies; human beings seek purpose in their lives and religion gives many people that purpose. Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, although the origin is difficult to trace due to it not having a specific founder, it is known that it originated in the Indus Valley and dates back more than four thousand years. Today, Hinduism has become the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam with an estimated amount of 950 million followers which is about 14 percent of the world's population. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2015 they conducted a study that estimated 2.23 million Hindus live in the United States and today, Hinduism remains

In India, the world’s oldest religions originated. In India, the civilization began in the river valley. Himalaya separates India from rest of Asia. Religion is an aspect of the civilization. There were two River, the Indus and the Ganges Rives around 3000 B.C. There are two religion in India, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Imagine a religion so old that it is said to be timeless and has always been there, even before humans set foot on the Earth. It’s mindboggling to think that the knowledge of everything is floating in the space of the universe and the mind is just a way of reaching it. Hinduism is a very complex religion, yet it still sets one ultimate goal for the soul. To deeper understand Hinduism we must reveal its origin, doctrines, customs, and culture.

According to the human truth foundation (2017) “religions are shared collection of transcendental beliefs that have been passed on from believers to converts, which are held by adherents to be actively meaningful and serious and either based on formally documented doctrine or established cultural practices.” There are many religions in the world some are old as the beginning of time and some are newer. Hinduism is one of the oldest organized religion in the world. Hinduism originated around 1500 BCE in India by the involvement of thousands of different small religions and their beliefs. Hinduism is a religion with very little boundaries, many different beliefs and practices, so offering a comparison of

What is Hinduism? Hinduism is frequently used as a fluid shorthand for diverse philosophies, arts, branches of knowledge, and practices associated with people and communities that have a connection with the Indian sub-continent and do not explicitly self identify with religious tradition. In short it is most commonly used as a broad term to describe people who are not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi, or Jew by religion. The word “Hinduism” itself derived from the term “Sind”, which is now in the region presently known as Pakistan, of the river Sindhu. The term was coined by British Colonizers of India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To the British Colonizers, “Hinduism” meant the religion of those who were not Muslims, Parsis, Christians, Jews, and in some cases even Sikhs. The religious identity of “Hinduism” did not come in to effect until the nineteenth century.