“Hinduism”, what is Hinduism? It is not a religion when taken in the strictest sense of word. Hinduism is very different from religions like Christianity, Islam, or Judaism. Hinduism is more of a way of living than an intellectual system of philosophy. There are many misconceptions about Hinduism which are the result of westerners trying to force it to fit their ideas of what a religion should be like, and trying to push a lot …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…live my life the way I like it, and do what I feel is right. This is the philosophy, the line of thinking, behind the concept of Hinduism. The concepts of the omnipresence of God and his inviolable law of life operating universally keep the typical Hindu careful in his actions and responsible towards his own life. For the typical Hindu religion is thus a way of life, a means of self-purification and inner evolution.