Aspiring Hindu - 01
Hello there, how's life? I mean the Hindu way of life. Is Hindu a way of life or is it a religion? What does it feel like. Isn't religion also a way of life? How is then Hindu way of life different from other religious ways of life? We all have heard the stories of how outsiders gave us this name Hindu, well I am not going into that. But, what is important is what happens inside this Hindu way of life or within this community. What do they do, their philosophy, culture, traditions, literature etc., Are we all just some superstitious people who consider cow as mother and worship idols, waste thousands of rupees on marriages, fast now and then, put our destiny in the hands of celestial bodies? What are we? Of course we do all the above mentioned stuff, the question is not why we do it or how long we have been doing it, are we apologetic about it? Are we? Are you? Do you hesitate to put a tilak on your forehead or celebrate your festivals? Do you always find yourself expl...