Tag Upanishads

Vedas Alone Not Hinduism Shad Darsana Six Systems Indian Philosophy

It has nothing to do with the belief in God.

One can be a Hindu and remain an Atheist ,like Carvakas, Buddhist,Ajivaka.

These are totally opposed to Vedas and deny their authority.

Orthodox systems are those which belive in the Authoroty of the Vedas.

Those, like Jainism are called Heterodox and they do not believe in the Vedas.

Even among the Orthodox systems which believe in the authority of the Vedas deny God, like The Nyaya System.

Marrried Men Women Are Brahmacharis

It is called Urthvarethas,

Meaning that the semen flows upwards through the Chakras in the body to reach the Sahasrara in the head,

This Celibacy is called Naishtika Brahmacharrya.(not allowing the semen to flow down)

Bhishma is a Naishtika Brahmachari.

He is the only Naishtika Brahmachari, apart from Hanuman.

This is the reason, why Devavrataha, was called Bhishma, one who does the Impossible.

In the case of the Grahasthas, so long as their object of physical interaction is to produce progeny without Lust, they are also rated high in the scheme of things.

King Janaka is one such.