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User Friendly Hinduism Facts

You would find Hinduism user-friendly.

It does not want you to do or believe something if you do not wish to.

Nor does it condemn you to Hell if you do not follow it.

it suits your Nature, attitudes and Lifestyle.

Let us look at some facts of Hinduism.

1.You can be a Non Believer in God, yet a follower of Hinduism.

Denial of God is also a path to Reality, asserts Hinduism.

What is required is the eternal quest to know and realize what you are, that is Hinduism.

You are born in Hinduism, it is by attitudes not by dogma.

There are Philosophical systems which deny God, yet are a part of Sanatana Dharma, called by the West as Hinduism.

Nyaya, Vaiseshika, Sankhya do not believe in the concept of God. yet they are a part of Hindu systems of Philosophy.

2.If you believe in God, you may worship in any form you wish and are comfortable with.

To choose modern terminology, the template is all your to choose from.

Be it a male or Female,

In the Form of Mother(UMA,Parvati,Kali)

Knowledge No Help In Salvation Bhaja Govindam Sankaracharya

Adi Sankaracharya,as Rajaji puts it in his introduction to MS rendering of The Bhaja Govindam,who drank the nectar of Knowledge as one wold a sip of water from one's palm, extols the virtues of Bhakti in his famous song/sloka Bhaja Govinda,(Repeat 'Govinda', a Name of Lord Vishnu)

Adi Shankaracharya, he proponent of Advaita, Non Dualism, is one who seems to advocate Gnana Yoga, The Path Of Yoga.

He also advocates Karma Yoga, in his Brahma Sutra Bhashya.

He assigns a great importance to the understanding of The Reality, Gnana Yoga.

But Sankaracharaya, who is such an ardent protagonist of the Path of Knowledge, reverts to bhakti in his Bhaja Govindam.

It is, as decreed in the scriptures,, rare to be born a Human being, where limited Freedom Of Choice if offered to realize Godhood.

Depending on one's mental attitude and dispositions. various paths for realizing Godhood are proposed in Hinduism.

They are,

Gnana Yoga, The Path of Knowledge,

Karma Yoga , The Path of Action,

Raja Yoga, The Path of Physical and Mental Disciple, and

Bhakti Yoga, The path of Surrender to God.