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Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?

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This video is based on the Hinduism Today publisher’s desk “Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?”
Additional material has been added to further develop the topic.
From Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami:
The first section addresses the question “Isn’t Hinduism simply a way of life?” This is a question I am frequently asked at satsang gatherings. It invariably makes for spirited discussion, as there is avid interest and a lively diversity of opinion.
Years ago, Swami Chinmayananda, founder of Chinmaya Mission, gave a dramatic lecture on the subject (bit.ly/hinduism-way-of-life). Here are key excerpts: “‘Hinduism is not a religion. It is a way of life.’ You can today hear it in every drawing room wherever youngsters are sitting and discussing Hindu culture and India. You can hear them blabbering this quotation: ‘Hinduism is totally different; it is not a religion. Then what is it? It is a way of life.’ This is a false statement! No thinking man will accept it or give it any credit at all. What an abominable stupidity is wrapped up in such an attractive
sentence! ‘Hinduism is not a religion; it is a way of life.’ Oh! I see! And Christianity? It is a religion? Oh! So it is not a way of life? What is religion without a way of life? How can there be a way of life without religion? Think! It is a self-contradiction to say it is not a religion; it is a way of life. If Hinduism is not a religion, it is only a way of life; then
Christianity is a religion and therefore no way of life. What is religion without a way of life? Does not a religion guide us in our world, in our life? So, it is an empty, highsounding statement.”


One Response to “Hinduism: Religion or Way of Life?”

  1. Padmini says:

    This video is so informative and useful, addressing the many many thoughts that arise in children who are brought up, even in the hindu ways and yet when they are in their teens, they question the ways due to western influence and feeling it is a more acceptable, ‘easier’ and ‘cool’ to be like their peers.
    Thank you very much Bodhinatha for this wonderful presentation.
    I wish all youth will take time to watch it.

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