Hinduism:Some Definitions By: Prabhat Ranjan Sunday March 25, 2012 11:17 am When there was no other religion

on earth,Hinduism was still there it was known as Sanatan Dharma which means eternal religion.A religion consists four things-1 .a fixed set of rules and rituals 2.a holy text 3.founder of the religion 4.peop le following that religion.If this criterion is applied,then Hinduism can t be calle d a religion and that may not be wrong.Because Hinduism is not like any other re ligion.Hinduism doesn t have a fixed set of rules and rituals,there is not only one holy book rather there are many holy books.Hinduism is the only religion on eart h which was not founded by somebody,it s an eternal religion.Hinduism is from the be ginning of the civilization on the earth.Now the question is how will you define Hinduism.A great Hindu thinker of last century sri V.D.Savarkar says-Asindhu si ndhu paryanta yasya Bharatbhumika pitribhu-punyabhumischa Hinduritismrtah meansPeople who live between river Sindhu and The Indian ocean,who think India as the ir fatherland and holy land are Hindus.Very nice definition of the Hindu.Althoug h i almost adore V.D.Savarkar for his contribution to Aggressive Hinduism,but i don t agree with his definition of the Hindu.There are Hindus living out of India,wh ose fatherland is not India and they may not consider India as their holy land,b ut they are no less Hindus than we are.One definition of The Hindu is-who believ es in God,Vedas,existence of soul and rebirth are Hindus.This definition is also good but not correct.There are some sects in India who don t believe in God like-Ja ins and Buddhists.For Sikhs Gurugranthsahib is the holy book not The Vedas.In ol den days Charvaks were there who did not believe in soul even.One definition is -Hinanam dushyati,sah Hindu means who dispels the inferior qualities is a Hindu. This is a wonderful definition.Whoever is on the path can be called a Hindu by t his definition.