Gifts of Hinduism

Hinduism is neither faiths nor religions. It is an amalgam of various cultural, behavioral and spiritual traditions. The very first gifts of Hinduism are that everyone is acceptable although his\her paths are different, the actions are different, the goals are different and the way of thinking at man, nature, surroundings, and life are different. Hinduism is an Open Source structure; everyone has the authority to plugin his\her own thoughts, actions, views and experience the outcomes as per own expectation. It is the place where no one is discriminated, no one has a special privilege, all are on the same platform. Hinduism has offers for everyone: Now, let us look at the offers, that are fundamental to human well being.

For 10 centuries, India was under the oppressive rule of invaders. First, Muslims had invaded from the 800s to the 1600s. Later, the British had come and looted India. They had attempted to convert Indian, first to Islam and then to Christianity, But, both failed. Not only did Indians continues to counter those hardship but also freely followed their own traditions. This was because India had a long cultural and spiritual tradition. Islam and Christianity—supported by huge armies—could not destroy.

Gifts of Hinduism:

Religious tolerance: Swami Vivekananda once said about religious inclusion: “I accept all religions that were in the past and worship with them all. I worship God with every one of them, in whatever form. I’ll go to the mosque and say EID Mubarak to all. I will go to the church and knee before the crucifix. I’ll enter the Buddhist temple, where I take refuge in Buddha and in his law. I’ll go into the forest and sit in meditation with the Hindu who’s trying to see the light which enlightens the heart of everyone. Not only shall I do this, but I’ll keep my heart open for all that may come.” OPEN to Accept All.

Today, religious tolerance is the most relevant thought that is needed for humanity, as we are seeing a lot of atrocities in cross-conversions, ISIS activities, regionalism, refugee crisis.

Nonviolence: Mahatma Gandhi took the Vedic concept of Ahimsa and used it as a tool against atrocities of British for peaceful, political transformation. It is India that has offered the world an alternative to the violence and

destruction of war. Nonviolence is the philosophy that helped Ratnakar to convert into Saint Valmiki.

Meditation: While Buddhists have recently been at the forefront of teaching meditation to the West, it should not be forgotten that the Buddha was not a Buddhist, but a Hindu; that he learned to meditate from Hindu teachers. It helps one to understand once inner strength and boost enough to achieve the target. It provides a window to look into the conscience.

Yoga: It is the best way to heal the body, mind, and spirit. In addition, yoga has offered many Westerners a spiritual pathway without heavy, harsh dogmas and doctrines. Yoga has created a new religious section in the West—that of being spiritual but not religious. Yoga has received a big welcome in the world and people started to celebrate 21^st June as International Yoga day.

Ayurveda: The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield side benefits, not side effects.” In the world of antibiotic dose, people damaged their bodies and became victims of more diseases due to medicinal side effects. Antibiotic is not helpful in destroying the microbes completely and so there is more chance of re-victimization of the disease again and again. Ayurveda has a full proof solution without any side effects.

Vegetarianism: It helps in creating inhuman behavior to the animals. The vegetarian food item helps in creating an oxidizing agent in the body and fight inside the body against the poison created due to non-vegetarian intake. It also helps in controlling blood pressure, control body temperature. Preventing hypertension and to balance water levels in the body are also other benefits of vegetarianism.

Eternal Humanism Philosophy: Open Source Spiritual Architecture, where the personal journey of Spiritual growth leading to transformation for everyone irrespective of geography, personality, society or background. Without any reservations. And, above all without any need for any “conversions”!  Work is Worship: Hindus believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words, and deeds. Women empowerment; in Hinduism the department of power is assigned to goddess Parvati and their nine different forms.

Kumbh-Mela is the biggest example of the disciplined gathering of the highest number of human beings in the world

Environment Protection: The Ganges River is considered as the most sacred river by Hindus. The Ganges is considered as a goddess. Ganges water contains more oxygen than any other river in the world and the water remains fresh for a longer time. Other rivers are also worshiped. Some trees are personified like palm, banana, tulsi and are in the list of the very first activity of people every day as they offer water to these trees. Hinduism also personify animals and pay respect to them.

Mathematics & Science: The concepts of the decimal system, zero, point, pi, and many others were used first by Hindus. Ancient Hindus knew astronomical calculations. They had calculated the distance between the Sun and Earth. Even they had calculated the speed of light. The values are exactly the same as those calculated by the latest methods.Theory of Atom, Aviation technology, Theory of evolution inspired by Dashavatatara.

New Discovery: Big Bang & Big Crunch: Hindus believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution.

Next gifts of Hinduism to the world could be Vedic mathematics and the explanatory movement

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