{"id":18474,"date":"2019-03-14T14:45:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T11:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=18474"},"modified":"2019-03-14T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T11:45:28","slug":"6-is-hinduism-a-religion-or-a-way-of-lifepath-to-siva-a-catechism-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/sanatana-dharma\/path-to-siva-a-catechism-for-youth\/6-is-hinduism-a-religion-or-a-way-of-lifepath-to-siva-a-catechism-for-youth","title":{"rendered":"6 Is Hinduism a Religion or a Way of Life?(Path to Siva: A Catechism for Youth)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman in red worships alone, while another with red nails paints a friend\u2019s hand. As any puzzle\u2019s solution requires all its pieces, so the fullness of Hinduism includes religion & culture.<\/em>\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n

SHUTTERSTOCK<\/small>\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n

H<\/samp><\/span>induism is a religion, and it is a way of life. Both ideas are true. It is a highly spiritual way of life, which is the perfect definition of religion! The word\u00a0religion<\/em>\u00a0means a particular system of faith and worship. It comes from\u00a0religionem<\/em>, a Latin word meaning \u201crespect for what is sacred, reverence for the Gods.\u201d In that sense, Hinduism is overqualified for the term. Unlike most religions, it does not divide life into secular and spiritual opposites. To devout Hindus, all of life is spiritual; all of our daily activities are part of our religious practice.\u00a0Religion<\/em>\u00a0is a powerful word in today\u2019s world, one that we should freely use in describing India\u2019s ancient faith. A related issue is the use of the term\u00a0Hinduism<\/em>. This is the broad name by which Sanatana Dharma is known and honored in the world. For centuries Hinduism was misunderstood by the West and wrongly disparaged. But that has changed. Entering the 21st century, Hinduism is recognized as the most compassionate, mystical and enlightened faith on the planet. Its messages of peace, noninjury and openmindedness are urgently needed in this time of strife and bigotry. These values are being appreciated, as are Hinduism\u2019s sciences of yoga, vastu, jyotisha and ayurveda. If we discard the name\u00a0Hinduism<\/em>\u00a0or call it \u201cjust a way of life,\u201d we remove it from the grand, esteemed position that it holds and deserves as a major world religion. We should not do that. United together under the Hindu banner, our family of faiths enjoys the many protections given to all religions, and we have a respected, unified voice to the media, government, boards of education and planning departments. Hindus themselves are becoming more confident about their faith, proud to declare, \u201cI am a Hindu.\u201d In universities the world over, Hindu youth stand proudly side by side with students of other religions. That can\u2019t happen if we avoid the name\u00a0Hinduism<\/em>. And it can\u2019t happen if we give up the word\u00a0religion<\/em>.\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n

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GURUDEVA:<\/small><\/strong>\u00a0Dharma means merit, morality, good conduct, religious duty and the way of life of the wise person.\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A woman in red worships alone, while another with red nails paints a friend\u2019s hand. As any puzzle\u2019s solution requires all its pieces, so the fullness of Hinduism includes religion & culture.\u00a7 SHUTTERSTOCK\u00a7 Hinduism is a religion, and it is a way of life. Both ideas are true. It is a highly spiritual way of life, which is the perfect definition of religion! The word\u00a0religion\u00a0means a particular system of faith and worship. It comes from\u00a0religionem, a Latin word meaning \u201crespect for what is sacred, reverence for the Gods.\u201d In that sense, Hinduism is overqualified for the term. Unlike most religions, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-path-to-siva-a-catechism-for-youth","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}