Frequently asked questions on Hinduism

GEMS FROM THE OCEAN OF HINDU THOUGHT

VISION AND PRACTICE

BEACH 10: HINDUISM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Wave 8: Frequently Asked Questions

1. How can we (of Hindu origin but residing outside of India) motivate the next generation to learn about the Hindu way of life and believe in it?

Does Hinduism admit conversions into it from members of other religions? Could I (a non-Hindu) become a Hindu? Should I?

3. Why does Hinduism spiritualise every problem of life?

4. How can mere words and repetitions of God’s names have power to lift you up spiritually?

5. Why does Hinduism extol the action of Rama in implicitly obeying his father and step-mother to go to the forest? How do we tell this to modern children who are not able to tune in with the logic behind this?

6. How can we believe some spiritual statements of which we have no personal experience?

7. Is Caste System a compulsory part of Hinduism?

8. Is not Hinduism a fatalist religion?

9. Can temple myths be true?

10. Is God always a ‘He’?

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