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After the death of the person, the individual soul (jiv atma) is judged. In many other religions the soul is sent eternally to heaven or hell. In Hinduism the souls takes up another body. This is reincarnation. If the person who has died has a net accumulation of good deeds then the soul takes...

Hinduism is pluralistic believing there are many paths to God and reveres all religions as valid paths. Just as Hindus accept the diverse views and practices within Hinduism, they accept “other” religions as further examples of this diversity. One of the famous sayings from Hinduism is “the...

Hinduism believes in the pairs of opposites that necessarily co-exit such as joy- sorrow, life-death and pleasure-pain. Similarly good and evil co-exist. You cannot have one without the other. Whenever evil increases God appears on earth as an incarnation to vanquish evil and restore the balance.

In Hinduism it is said that "kan kan mein devtaa basta hae", which mean God is every particles on earth. This is the reason Hindus worship river, tree, earth, sun and everything.

Yes, very true. Hinduism is a new word of Sanatana Dharma, which is set of duties which are religiously practiced.

In Upanishads we read that objective of human life is to become one with God. It also says that the entire universe and all human beings are a manifestation of God. So how some entity that is already God become one with God?

Hinduism came as a culture and not as a religion like Islam and Christianity. There is no founder to it but contributions of our extreme ancestors over time (centuries and centuries ago). It is a form of human principles about how to live a good living with wholeness.

Cow is just an animal that offers too much to human beings. It gives milk to feed our children and from which we make curd, makkhan, sweets and many other products which are healthy and tasty to eat. The urine and gobar (cow dung) is useful in cleaning our homes and keeping bacteria away. This...

God has no desire. We have heard about Ras Leela of Krishna. It is a dance form with many women in the dark of a van (jungle) and was desire-less.

Brahma being a creator became proud. He had five heads and one on top was cut by Lord Shankar because he wanted to see his creation from 360 direction. This is something defined as Ahankar. So he is not worshiped.

There are 33 crore Gods and Goddess in Hinduism and not one.

As far as I know there is a temple in Guruvayur town of Kerala where non-Hindus are not allowed. It is a Krishna temple and men need to wear a mundu instead of shirt to enter. Women need to be in sarees and girls are to wear a skirt and blouse.

It is enough to stay fit provided you take proper diet, eat healthy and at the right time. Don't skip meals and also don't overeat.

In the morning and that too before taking breakfast. If in the evening, it should be early evening. It should be at the time of sunset.

It is not a muscle building exercise. It is just to keep you fit and fine externally as well as internally. It relaxes the mind too.

Narayana is a Hindu deity. He is avatar of Lord Vishnu on earth and his work on earth is to preserve dharma. He is also known as Hari. He is supreme being in Vaishnavism.

It is human nature to yawn at creation and thrill at destruction. But in Hindu mythology it is well said that something better emerges after destruction and so we should not thrill so much at it. Each year after the Durga Puja festival we immerse Maa Durga, Ganesh, Saraswati and other Gods and...

Yes it is just an assumption but I believe not to be true. One another similar theory is being circulated on YouTube and social media that Jesus came to India after crucification. But this is also not true.

Many of us may not know the meaning of "My God, my God, Why have you forsaken me". It is the voice of Jesus and originally not in English. Probably the language was Aramaic and not Hebrew, as believed by many historians. Jesus said during the ninth hour of crucification "Eli, Eli, lema...

I have a personal view here and is related to modern era and not strictly following the past eras. I believe there is nothing wrong in worshipping God during the period. Every living creation on Earth is a creator itself - human beings, animals, reptiles and all species. This means all the...