Why Hinduism isn't an "ism" but a Way of Life






The science of salvation







A Godless nation











An ancient land
Where Man learned to excel
Without having to propel
himself away from the
Principles that maketh
life process and the universe

A land where man was not
eager to do his own will
but to fulfill the will of the divine

He grew in knowing and learning
to enhance himself into an
exuberance of intelligence and emotion
Enshrined the carnal and the divine
Delved deep into the innards
of creation, deciphered the primordial
mastered the melody and the math
of music of sound and all its
manifestations. Above all
found the doors of freedom
Assured of final freedom
Came to an ease and beauty
Where life was not burden but
a Bounty. A copious production
of effulgent and gentle beings
occurred. Masculine and feminine
found their fulfillment and
went Beyond. An ideal prey
for the brutal forces from


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4 years 1 month ago

The poet seems to be confused. He is generalising Hindu Chritians
and Muslims religion to be the one and the same or have similar outlook and thoughts. This poem is hardly quote worthy.

5 years 1 month ago

Another master-piece from Sadhguru :)

4 years 1 month ago


With regards your question.

Hinduims gives you a clear guideline on how to live a righteous life ie a Dharmic life. The guideline for all Hindus as (incase one needs it) are recited by the Lord.

Chapter 16, Verse 1-3
endowed with divine nature.

This is the mark of a Hindu.

Now wheter it’s right or wrong to convert --this is another question matter.


5 years 1 month ago

Wonderful.. so simple yet profounc

3 years 9 months ago

This article is about spirituality and not the economic development. And as far as the spiritual history of India is concerned, it has very beautiful history. Just because of few lunatics and corrupt people India is lagging behind. That is the reason why the article is written. Get to know the history, work on ethics and secure the future. I totally agree that Hindu is not a religion but its a way of life.

5 years 1 month ago

endaro mahanubhavulu andariki vandanamulu, Shambho

3 years 1 month ago

Yes all Indian Muslims and Christians are Hindus. Even if a person converts to other belief systems they are Hindus. As ours is a seeking system we consider everyone born here or in this planet a Hindu.

5 years 1 month ago

I felt like sharing with you one of the award winning songs written by famous malayalai poet, Vayalar Ramavarma here.
The translation goes as follows:-

Man created religions..
Religions created Gods..
Man, Religions &amp; Gods shared this land, shared their minds.....

Man became Hindu, became Muslim, became Christian..
We became unrecognizable..
India became a land of lunatics..
Thousands and thousands of human hearts became warehouses of weapons..
God is dying on the streets &amp;Satan is laughing.....

Where is truth, where is beauty, where is freedom?
Where is our blood relations?
Where is our eternal love?
Where are those avatars who come once in every 1000 years?
Here man is dying on the streets &amp; the religions are laughing.....

5 years 1 month ago

very beautiful explanation given by the Master. Pranams!

4 years 11 months ago

But why this attachment to the term Hindu?..... why this word play.."its not this ..its not that..but it includes everything...and everybody" ?? why this compulsive attempt to make this a grand over arching cultural or geographical stamp??

4 years 9 months ago

because if this cultural and geographical stamp is erased ( which we are doing it constantly and unknowingly ), there are huge, huge i mean VERY HUGE attempts being made by the cultures of rigid dogma to collapse this wonderful path to liberation, inner wellbeing etc. please, i suggest you to read "Breaking India" and "Being different" by Rajiv Malhotra. ( being different book is appreciated by sadhguru )

4 years 6 months ago

This article should be posted on pintrest.
Allow us that feature..so that v can share ir all over

4 years 4 months ago

A wonderful and thought provoking article. But too much of praise for India. Let us be frank, ours may be one of the oldest civilisations and blah blah but we are still a work in progress. We are no where compared to the developed world where the standard of living of a common man is way above ours.

4 years 3 months ago

Pranam Guruji!!
I was extremely moved after reading this post. Wonderful explanation..:) I am a Hindu who respects all the religions equally and I often get furious when fools(from same/other religions) try to manipulate the actual meaning of Hinduism in a way that is beneficial to them. All that I wanted to say to such nitwits was said here :) Thanks a ton.
But, sadly there is one question that is haunting me since a few months(I posted it in several forums/discussions but couldn't get a convincing reply from anyone). This question was asked by my close friend. Here it goes "If Hinduism is a way of life and if people who practice it are free to worship whichever God they want, will a person be still treated as a Hindu after converting into other faiths (Muslim/christian)? " This is something I never thought of and I could not give my friend an answer till now as I am not an expert in this matter.
I request all the people who supported this post to freely express their opinion on this matter..
Thank you.

Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavanthu!! ^_^