agar aapko hindu hone pe garv hai, toh kabhi Shefali vaidya aur Ashoke pandit ke tweets ke alaava kuchh veda upanishad bhi padh lijiye. Let me try and give you a simplistic summary. The vedas were written by the rishis. Are you aware of that? The rishis were the highest class of men in that time, the scholars, the pundits, if you will. The vedas were written primarily as a code of conduct for Hindus, who were basically the residents of that particular land. The rishis were evolved men who understood the value of cleanliness, hygiene, morality, as well as basic economics etc. They were looking for a way to communicate the same to the common folk. Instead of saying "keep your house clean because it is good for your health", they found that saying "if you keep a house clean, toh usme Ram basenge" more effective. That is how Ram became the symbol of everything pure. This is one example. Otherwise Hinduism believes that we all come from energy and go back into energy. There is a higher power, and that is also energy. Our various Gods are symbolic manifestations of that energy. The world we see is an illusion. Therefore the vedas also say "if you believe in one god, you are a Hindu, if you believe in several gods, you are a Hindu. If you don't believe in god, you are a Hindu." Being a Hindu is primarily about conduct or karma. Not about who you worship. Our scriptures are many, but none of them claim to be the one true message from God. None of them say "go out and spread this truth, convert the world to this one way".
It is hard to distill Hindu philosophy into an IF post, but it is a fascinating and rich religion.
Edited by hedwig_fawkes - 6 years ago