Hinduism is not a religion. It never was, but it is a geographical identity. People never knew in this land what religion was. People believed in God and had spiritual practices but no religion. The word Hindu itself comes from the river Indus. It is a geographical identity, not a religious identity. It was western culture who gave the idea of religion to the inhabitants of the Indus river. No one has started this particular religion like any other religion in the history of humanity. After the religion people gave rise to the idea of nation. Before there was no India but it was separated into different parts ruled by different kings. People had a diverse culture, diverse language, diverse traditions, still, we find the diversity in India. But due to the approach of western culture, we are losing our diversity which is a threat to us. We prefer western culture because they believe in one god, one culture, one language, we no more feel pride in our culture. If this will continue sooner or later we will lose our identity. We can see the character of people changing with the time which is very dangerous, because if the character is lost then everything is lost. In Hinduism we have millions of gods and goddesses because of the diversity among us, we never emerged as one religion and we cannot. We have different ideas and different views. It`s very difficult to bring the people of India to bring under one umbrella like any other nation because of its diverse culture. And I think the reason behind the invaders, invading India, again and again, is the lack of unity among us. We need to work on uniting the people of India. Hinduism is not a religion, it`s an art of living, the way we live. And if a Muslim bends his body his religion won`t go away. So yoga does not mean Hindu, if yoga means Hindu then relativity means Christian. The discoveries are gifts to humanity not gift to particular religions. The temple we see in India were never made to worship God but to sit and calm yourself. There was science behind the construction of the temple in this culture. Hinduism teaches you to live your life the way you should live. I am not attacking any other religion. Religion means belief, you may believe what you want but remember Hinduism is never about religion it is about how you live. Once you start believing in something conflict starts. That`s how the terrorism started, it`s the belief system that has built the empire of terrorism. Religion does not teach us terrorism but it`s our own idea and belief system that creates conflicts and terrorism starts. Religion has nothing to do with someone else,it`s about you. It has nothing to do on the street. Religion is a way to step inward. But we are trying to organize people in the name of religion. So instead of looking the life from the viewpoint of other start looking at life from the viewpoint of yours and make an inward journey, you will find the answer to your questions.
