meditation/yoga begins with Shiva and his first 7 disciples the Saptharishis. the vedas were first reveled to these Rishis. Realized beings is not a myth or scam. though there are many fake ones of the list you mentioned only the "fake sai baba" counts as controversial. this is an experiential science transmitted by master to disciple. Jainism/ Buddhism/ all have roots in this Sanatan dharma. Brahmins were the first to protect the teachings of the Saptharishis. the Rituals and puja aid advancement of the spiritual seekers i.e meditators. Jainism and Buddhism too have many rituals and puja. Sanatan Dharma has been misappropriated for close to a 1000 years. directly with islamic invasions and later by Colonizers. British monarchs were crowned by the church and had alligiance to Christian missionary zeal. they went around the world calling subtle cultures barbaric as it went over their simple brains. impact of colonization is felt to this day in Indian society where our ancient artifacts and literature have been taken away and burnt. western academia today carries on with this misappropriation knowingly or in rgnorance. it is impossible to understand Sanatan dharma by reading about it, what is experiential, can not be denied. if one truly seeks to understand Sanatan Dharma, one has to find a realized Master who can open you up this vast universal library. HInduism is not a religon, unfortunately 99% of indians today do not even know what a temple or diety is! you seem to be a fair individual do not cloud your seeking about Sanatan Dharma with Academia!
You know about hinduism only 1% remaining 99% you don't know .still now know one knows about hinduism fully 100% even Hindu people itself don't know fully
It's unfortunate that hinduism in Bali island is not covered in this video, as it has a unique set of beliefs and rituals inspired by local folks rituals and buddhism. Furthermore they were "forced" to adapt to the concept of "religion" set by the majority Abrahamic believers in order to be "recognized as religion" after the Indonesian independence, that makes it even more interesting to be covered. What's even more interesting is, that they are not "south asian people hindus". I think it is worth covered in a separate video.
Yeah how the government officially recognizes a religion is stupid. They leave barely no room for folk religions, lest non-religious beliefs. A person's 'religion' is printed on our ID cards and are required on some paperwork (e.g. creating a bank account, enrolling in an university, etc). It is technically legal to be a non-religious/atheist but illegal to spread it. I wonder why.. cough political power built on religion cough Marriage of people with differenr religions is also very difficult, since the government body that recognizes marriage may refuse to recognize the marriage or simply ask for bribes (or so I've heard...) Religious freedom my ass.
In Thailand many visitors are surprised to see the presence of a number of Hindu gods being worshipped by Buddhists. Brahma is very popular, and my condo is one of many buildings that has a prominent shrine to Brahma. In fact there are 3 Brahma shrines immediately around me where I live. My neighbourhood also features a central, prominent, and heavily visited shrine to Ganesh, which also features images of Trimurti, and Shiva and Parvati. Ganesh is very present in Thailand with altars everywhere. Just last week one of the Hindu temples in Bangkok had its huge celebration of Ganesh and Kali at which people line the streets of a wide area with their own altars and displays of Ganesh and Kali and a huge procession takes place. Vishnu was a major deity in Southeast Asia before The Khmer Kingdom converted to Buddhism, but even today his avatar of Rama is a widely present national symbol and identity. The Kings of The Chakri Dynasty are even numbered as Rama I to X, to make it simpler for foreigners to refer to the different reigns, as devised by Rama VI at the beginning of The 20th century. Also interesting is that Indra is also quite present in Thailand.
In my state Assam, for 600 years we were ruled by the Ahoms, a dynasty of Shan origin. They claimed to have been descended from the Shan god Lengdon who is identified with Indra in Hinduism. The Ahoms are related to the Thais. Maybe the worship of Indra has something to do with Lengdon in Thailand.
@@el_iron_duke Yes, there is a dialect of Tai spoken there to this day. Interesting about the Indra legend. Perhaps that is the reason. I don't know about when The Khmer converted from Shiva worship to Buddhism if they incorporated Indra or not, because that might also be another avenue. He is associated with Garuda who is also a national emblem of Thailand, so the connection is quite deep.
@@Bsksun In part, but not directly. Thailand is more a part of The Indosphere than The Sinosphere, but those terms are generally oversimplified. Thai culture did certainly gain a lot from India, no doubt about that, and the language reflects that with scientific and political terms being in large part derived from Sanskrit, and The Royal Family engages in Brahmin ceremonies alongside Buddhist ones. But there are also distinct features that originate with The Tai people. It was interesting to me when visiting Myanmar to see more closeness between Burmese and Indian cultures. Even The Burmese Harp is an evolution from an ancient Indian harp which is no longer played.
As an Indonesian, watching this is really entertaining to learn more about our ancestors religion. There are soo many terms which are familiar to Indonesian society, such as Surya and Chandra are very popular names of Indonesian people
@@patriot4786 nope.hindu buddhism CAME LONG WAY AFTER tribal religion existed. Hindu and buddhism WERENT THE DEFAULT indonesian religions let alone out ancestors religion. Batak ancestors religion was PARMALIM, sundanese ancestors religion was SUNDA WIWITAN, javanese ancestors religion was KEJAWEN.etc. Hindu and buddhism came, then started to adapted to the.
@@theosteven3362 i know.. But you cant deny the fact that dharmic religions prevailed in Nusantara (present Indonesia Malaysia thailand and borneo) for hundreds of years from circa earliest to 4th century AD till 15th century AD... It is very prevalent from ancient historical foundings throughout the country from inscriptions, foundings of ganesha statues, shiva lingam findings etc
@@patriot4786 then define ancestors 😏. The problem is your notion "ancestors religion". Put aside that, even at that time, hindu buddhism wasnt general areal wise. Im bataknese, not even once it is historically recorded hinduism and buddhism ever took place there.
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, kambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar people also celebrate many Hindu- Buddhist festivals. It's cultural, symbolism & Historical thing. Love to all SE Asians.
21:57 another exception can be Hindus in Indonesia(mostly Bali Island) and Cham Hindus in Vietnam. Some more points that could have been mentioned are: 1. Some of the lesser known denominations are Saura, Ganapatya, Srauta. 2. Vaishnavism, Shaivaism, Shaktism has many more branches. You could have describe them further. 3. Vaishnavism is mainly know to have 4 traditional Sects/Sampraya. 4. Advaita is the philosophy associated with Smarthism and the followers of Advaita can also be classified in 2 groups based on some minor differences. 5. There are 4 traditional Mathas/Monastries associated with Advaita/Smarthism which were established by Adi Shankaracharya. 6. There are philosophies opposing Advaita and they are associated with the 4 sects of Vaishnavism. 7. Hinduism has many Tantric Traditions associated with several sects. 8. Many of the neo movements have theirs roots in many traditional sects.
In Indonesia, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka is our unifying figure. His birthplace is in Kali Serayu river and introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar. Our center of civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java and the border between Sunda Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) and India is Malacca strait (malacca = mleccha/foreigners)... Saka-Yavana = Sunda-Javanese (Daha-Kediri included) Malaya-Kamboja-Champa = Malay We are different from India/Jambudwipa. You can read about this in purwacarita. The legacy of our ancestor, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka. Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma... Just respect each other...
Btw, Muslim and Hindu in Indonesia are very similar. They are both: 1. Use Saka calendar (Saka-Mataram/Javanese calendar for Sunda-Javanese muslim and Saka-Bali calendar in Bali island) 2. Puasa/upawasa/shaum 3. Nyadran/sradha/ziarah kubur 4. Sanghyang Sri Laksmi/padi festival with tumpeng rice cone representing Mount Semeru/Mahameru 5. Both of them are doing upacara ruwatan (murwakala) 6. Respect Aji Saka/Ajiwaka as our unifying figure 7. The difference between them only the genealogy of dewata. Most of muslim use Babad Tanah Jawi, Paramayoga, and Purwacarita as the source... It's said that the source of those books came from Aji Saka/Ajiwaka... Generally accepted that Batara Guru/Sanghyang Manikmaya/Nilakanta is the origin of dewata...
@@ariapinandita9240I don't think when people refer to Indonesian and Vietnamese Hindus as Same But they are Hindus at the end of the day. Not Indian offcourse we understand that but those call their religion as Hindu obviously share that with other Hindus across the globe not just in India.
Matt, Cham people in Vietnam and Balinese in Indonesia are both Hindu. And there is an informal Hinduism practiced in Thailand where you will see lots of statues of Hindu gods being venerated (interestingly Brahma (Phra Phrom) is quite popular there unlike India). The King of Thailand and Cambodia are also crowned by a Brahmin.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Thai's mix Hinduism with an indigenous animism. Most homes have two spirit houses, one dedicated to animism and the other one of the Hindu gods. The purpose of the spirit houses are to attract spirits away from the home to the spirit houses.
One issue you must mention. There is so much overlap among the denominations(Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism) that declaring a clear cut percentage can be difficult to straight up incorrect. These are rough categorizations at best with vague boundaries. Most of the people worship ALL gods equally but some things may take prominence depending on region or the denomination. Women, no matter whichever denomination almost always also worship the Goddess and therefore can be considered in a way to follow Shaktism. Adi Shankaracharya is almost universally revered, so smartism is also partially 'respected'' by most.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
yes this is correct , even if I ask many devout temple going hindus today , they won't be able to distinguish let alone know that such distinctions exist
This is what I was thinking and have mentioned it in some of my comments as well. None of these denominations are absolute and none of them have clearly defined boundaries. Based on my family deity I'm probably Shaiva but we worship all gods at home and here in Maharashtra most people primarily worship Ganapati Bappa as well as the goddess in various forms. And of course most if not all Hindus see the Bhagavad Gita as the core essence of Hinduism.
Well, all religions change in practice and in structure. These are structures and are pretty accurate. Majority of Hindus are Vaishnavas and 98% of saints are Vaishnavs. Adi Shankara is only respected but not followed, infact his Dashanami Sampradaya is actually among the smallest.
I'm a Nuristani from eastern Afghanistan. I've been researching Afghan and Hindu Kush religions and I see a lot of similarities between them and early vedic Hinduism.
@@unknownmaster5078 The Nuristanis didn't "Hinduism" their religion was a proto indo european type of Animism,so they had similarities. And yea half of them were forced.
It is unfortunate that in most videos explaining Islam and Hinduism, Indonesia is left out despite it is the country with both the biggest population of Muslim (many of them practice Islam that is wildly different than that is practiced in the Middle East) and the biggest non-Indian native Hindu communities outside India (the Balinese and Javanese Hindus)
most western-based videos do that. i mean, it’s served only for anglosphere or native english speakers who don’t have detailed grasp on countries that rarely got featured in their box office and tv
As a Hindu, this is an excellent video! I feel like it can be hard for people from organized religions to understand how Hinduism isn’t structured, organized, and more of a way of life. I really liked how you distinguished the concept of denomination from Abrahamic faiths as well. Thank you for such an informative video!
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Srila Prabhupada was the teacher of the Hindu Vedic Vaishnava theology which, being Vedic, it is a structured and disciplined system that 'classifies', rather than discriminates people based on the ability of the practitioners to practise 'Morality' in one's life where the highest moral living should be maintained by Brahmanas, followed by the other 3 groups and exempting the people from the system if they are found lacking the interest to practise any morality at all and this group are lead by mlechas who are described as being generally dwellers of the West. This was conceived to streamline the combined efforts of the groups towards spiritual progress. The so called allegations on Srila Prabhupada are not agreed upon by the adherents of his teachings, both of Western and Asian origins as these 'blames' are considered baseless and a result of the gross misunderstanding of the Vedic system by the Western minds who give quite lesser importance to morality. Hope this helps.
Most westerners and Middle East people only understand religion through the lens of either Christianity and Islam (and sometimes Judaism). Pretty much everything about India, but especially the dharnas, is misunderstood in the West, except by those who study it in university in some way. We need to improve on that.
This is a very misinformed video, and doesn't explain what Hinduism really is. He is only doing this video to make a chart of the pantheon. So for him the actual subject doesn't matter much. So he is going with whatever is secular belif. And he has mentioned it at them beginning of the explanation.
I am a fellow Vaishnava. My and my family's main deity is Lord Venkateshwara who is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. This video was really amazing and it helped my non-Hindu friends understand my religion much better. Keep up the good work.
@@virgilhoratio9819we dont have denominations, we have Sampradayas, English vocabulary cannot describe it, just like Yoga, Dharma, Brahma, Ishwar etc. People belonging to different Sampradayas follow some set of rules in daily life, but are not different from other Hindus.
I find Hinduism to be truly fascinating. It's like a complex system of philosophies that describe the very nature of reality. While sometimes scientifically insensible statements are made by hindus, I think because people don't completely understand what hinduism is all about, even hindus too, which I believe the same goes with other religions too. But the one who completely understand the concepts and philosophy, he/she truly understands the nature of reality and working of universe which they refer to as (param satya). It's easy to misunderstand things in such a diverse religion, while the actual idea and stories it gives is truly amazing and most accurate too when seen from a modern scientific view.
@mave-bp5su It is actually Sanatan Religion followed by people who lived in Sindhu Today's Sindh in Pakistan. Persians didn't have "S" in their scripts hence they called us "Hindu"
As a practicing hindu i would like to mention kartikeya or murugan a son of shiva who is worshipped most popularly in southern india. Also the balinese agama hindu dharma
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival. Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one. They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
@@EvergreenConsultancy please don't spread your abrahamic bigotry here. Accepting many paths leading to one destination is way better than my way or highway mentality. Also Hinduism has survived thousands of years irrespective of oppression by many Fanatics
He's respectful most of the time. I think he could have presented a less biased view of history, however. He's still persisting with idiotic Western interpretations of Indians' own history. And invasion or migration, it doesn't matter. They both mean one people went into another place. It doesn't necessitate any violence. It is most likely the people who arrived did so for trade, or they arrived south from their location, because some other group arrived in their land and pushed the out of the migrating people left because there were too many cooks in the kitchen. It, they were moving south as explorers. It's a known fact that human are curious creatures and have always been explorers.
Stay away from suggestions on the Internet brother. Lotta right wing agenda floating around, you can spot them by their orange flag emojis. I’m a Hindu and I don’t believe in any god. I’m an atheist and a Hindu at the same time. It’s very broad concept sometimes too much for a born monotheist to comprehend the concepts. It will take time and exposure to the myths and your own personal understanding. The water down altered content on the Internet are not at all credible. Indian mythos are like acid trips filled with morals and lessons. the problem arises when you start taking them literally
As a hindu, i can tell you that most of this is academic horseshit. Specific Hindu philosophical denominations are practiced by a minority and are mostly just cults. What is more common and to me, more interesting are the regional variations. Eg, Hinduism practiced in Nepal has many elements of Buddhist, Kirat and Magar cultures ingrained in it. Similarly Hinduism practiced in Bengal, Punjab, and Tamilnadu are all very very different from each other depending on the different cultures that have assimilated.
Those scriptures are written to give philosophical ideas and moral values But people turned it to religion Don't follow that religion or worship those gods, just read those and improve life
@@KarmasAB123 just read some core hindu mythologies like Mahabharat and Ramayan. Mahabharat is the most brilliant story ever told. (Gita is a small part of Mahabharat.) It is an epic story about the virtues, moralities and duties of individuals to their family, society and their country. These epics revolve around interesting debates which are open to your interpretation. Eg, How much do you tolerate before a war can be justified? When there is a war between right and wrong, do you support your family and friends or the righteous side? Should a king be chosen based on the order of his birth or by his virtues? Note that these texts are euphemisms and not literal dogmas, unlike abrahamic religions. You are free to interpret them as they suit you.
As a Buddhist from Sri Lanka trying to understand and appreciate the bigger picture, this was very useful, both to understand the various aspects of Hinduism as well as where Buddhism fits in it's evolutionary history.
To be technically frank, Buddhism was not a religion. The Buddha, Sidhartha Gautama was a Hindu prince of the Gautama House. He never talked about Gods or Demons. His quest was to find the root cause of suffering. In none of his sermons, does he advice how to pray or worship. He was pure scientist who searched for the truth through logic and reasoning, so rejected the meaningless rituals of the only religion prevalent at that time, i.e. Sanatan Dharma. The Buddha never accepted the caste system and believed in the equality of women and men. Unlike other founders of religions like Islam or Christianity, he never claimed be to a prophet or messenger. His philosophy of reason and logic, slowly morphed into beliefs to be accepted without questioning which he clearly forbade saying that even his teachings should not be accepted blindly but "test them in the crucible of your reason, and accept them if you find it true"
@@devannayar6456 I do NOT see how "so called" finding truth while meditating under a tree is classified as "logic and reasoning". (Besides that Buddha actually never said anything extraordinary to begin with. What Buddha realized meditating under a Bodhi tree is realized by any ordinary thinking dude in his mid 40s. By the way, I would suggest you to visit "Atheist Republic" channel where Armin critically analyzes fundamentals of Buddhism and really shows how dumb those so called basics really are. Visiting a channel that criticizes religion (including Buddhism) might give you an outsider's perspective that may help to over turn your internal biases.) (By the way also read about meditation induced psychosis and delusions)
@@Tathagata-eo5tz First of all, Buddha did not start or discuss religion. His quest was solely to find the reason behind suffering. He debunked all religious dogmas and rituals but never spoke on existence or non existence of gods. And sitting under a tree and meditating is equivalent to what Eienstein called "Thought experiments" as the human brain is the best laboratory there is. If any ordinary man had realized what the Buddha did, he would have been the Buddha, which merely means the Enlightened One and not any deity.
@@devannayar6456 I would rather call those experiences as "meditation induced hallucinations" instead of calling them as "thought experiments". Besides that as I have said before those so called insights (four noble truths and 8 way path) are too dumb (and flawed in one way or another) to be realized even by someone in a thoughtful day rather than spending six years experiencing hallucinations under a tree. [Additional info: I lived 22 yrs in a Tibetan Buddhist dominated area (North Sikkim) and they (and their Lamas (priests)) do believe in gods, rituals and all that stuff. I would guess that Buddhism is "somehow" only understood by new converts or westerners and not by those who have been Buddhist for literally thousand of years and not even by priests who have been educated in religious Buddhist schools (Sheda schools).]
Hope you recover soon, Matt. Just know that people appreciate you as a person rather than just a videomaker when they hear about you. I'm happy that you're making progress in your recovery, and I can't wait to see what you've got lined up for the future.😁
I think ,you have to make second part of Hindu denominations video. Because of how broad Hinduism is. I remind you that some people in Southeast Asia also practice Hinduism as their religion,like in Bali. Hinduism in Bali has their own distinct pattern even they tend to Shaivism.
Yes indeed Southeast Asian forms of Hinduism should be covered. Not only Indonesia but Cham people of Vietnam are also majority Hindu. And plus a lot of people in Thailand pray to Hindu gods as well although they are Buddhist and their royal rituals are carried out by Brahmins so in a way I'd actually call them Buddhist Hindus. Namaste from India! 🙏🏼🇮🇳
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Always appreciate your vids. I never saw so many corrections in comments before. I hope many of these folks realize that the one angle or book you read, doesn’t define the whole of the belief. I’ve experienced many different descriptions and spellings from different areas and believers, as well as interpretations.
This video has many flaws. And 70% don't follow Vaishnavism, but in fact 95% Hindus follow Smarthism which includes Vishnu (Krishna and Rama), Shiva, Mother Parvati (Durga and Kali) all together.
@@PrionTurjo educated western people and girls hugely accepting Hinduism and Jainism now, they are leaving those abrahamic religions which advocate violence and says bad about non-believers of particular cult, and says about burning in hell for those who don't believe their ideology.
@@PrionTurjo which is oldest religion in world? Ohh it's Hinduism, not your man-made abrahamic religions. Which is biggest religious structure in world? Ohh it's again a temple, not ur church or mosque. It's Angkor wat Hindu temple in Cambodia, dedicated to Lord Vishnu built thousand of years ago. Who first informed to the world that our solar system has 9 planets? Again Hindus discovered thousand of years ago that solar system has 9 planets, but your western schools teaches wrong that Galileo discovered it only few hundreds years ago.
I'm a learned and devout Hindu who has quite a lot of knowledge about what our religion actually is. As such, I genuinely praise the efforts you've taken to properly gather the information presented here. Although there were a few flaws, they were nothing compared to how uninformed the rest of the world is about Hinduism. You as a Westerner put it all in order in a way not even most Hindus today can! Well done brother!
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Ok fine..But read carefully.. Everything you heard about purana are wrong including this video information..These are all science..For example Shruthi doesn't mean Vedas..It is sound or mellows and vibration present in nature.shuruti used in musics in India..Lord Brahma creates things using shruti..And it doesn't has conscious..it is related to material world..But smiruthi is conscious dimension where lord Krishna is present.Our conscious and our first heart beat rhythm born from there.These are all belongs to lord Krishna..So read purana in that way ..
Really good explanation, as a Hindu I often see people discuss a single perspective on Hinduism, and most of the time they view it with the lens of Christianity. It's great to see a comprehensive explanation that includes both views that are from the religious people and academicians. Great work.
As a Hindus guy, I love the video. My first teacher of Hinduism was our House maid , who introduced me to the various Gods and told me stories when I was a kid.
@@napoleonfeanor No they didn't , but they did take me to holy sites. I was taken care of by the maid for the most part, where occasionally she would educate me on these topics.
Sikh Guru Arjan Dev Ji wrote commentary on Hindu Goddess Chandi (Kali). Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Ji sang songs on Rama. In-fact Guru Gobindh Singh Ji was named after our God "Govindha" (Krishna), Go + Vinda means "One who loves Cows'". Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji, In the Gloriois Sikh Empore, Cow Slaughter was punished with death. We Hindus see Sikhism as just an extension of Hinduism and Sikh Gurus as our Holy Saints. We do not see Sikhism as other Religion. Till 1850s, Sikhs were identified as Kshatriya Hindus in Population Census Documents. But British created "Separate" Sikh Identity, After Anglo - Sikh Wars, To divide India. They feared Sikhs and Hindus would unite, Which would pose threat to them in the Future.
@@yogesh41048Hey I'm Bangladeshi. Is it common among all types of Sikhs and Hindus? Or is it only common in castes like jatt, aurora etc etc. I heard most don't care about religion in Punjab as long as the caste is the same.
@@hindurashtra63it's a bit weird bro, like us Hindus are willing to say we are the same. Some Sikhs say that too. But some of them now say they are different people. Idk how that makes sense because Sikhs were the elder sons of Punjabi Hindu families, if that's the case, is it really conversion? Back then people surely didn't see it in a "conversion" way. This is very confusing situation, although in Punjab you won't feel the difference between being a Hindu or Sikh as far as I've heard
As a Hindu I appreciate your efforts and your video definitely exceeded my expectations. I should also make it clear though that these denominations are not absolute and there are many Hindus, my family included, who don't even know what denomination they are. I'd say I'm a cultural Hindu who believes in the general teachings of the religion and sees all gods as one and the same. Edit: Also Bali deserved a mention. Namaste to Indonesian and other non-South Asian Hindus from an Indian Hindu! Love and peace to all people of the world of all religions! Edit 2: After reading the comments and thinking a bit I did realize that this video actually missed out a lot of points. I still appreciate the effort but I'd hope for a more detailed video soon.
@@HinduPhoenix Actually based on our family deity I'm guessing we are Shaiva but yeah by philosophy I guess most of us follow Smarta and Advaita Vedanta anyways.
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival. Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one. They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
@@EvergreenConsultancy I don't get your point. Hinduism is very much surviving and thriving even in its diverse form. Also cult is not an appropriate word for the various Hindu denominations. I'd suggest you google what a cult means. And honestly it doesn't matter if people don't consider Hinduism a religion. Even we don't. Religion is a foreign concept to us. We believe in dharma. Peace! 🙏🏼
As a Vaishnava, I appreciate that you presented a completely unbiased explanation in this video. Of course there were some minor pronunciation mistakes, that are inevitable when a Westerner tries to pronounce Sanskrit words, but overall this was a brilliant video!
I've read recently that the minute differences in the way we've been pronouncing our speech has influenced the facial structures of our different ethnicities. I wonder, if there is any merit to that idea, if that would make it difficult for certain ethnicities to produce certain sounds from other ethnicities.
@@scottydu81 Its not, since people growing up in other ethnicities adopt their sounds. Indians just have a lot of aspirated & retroflex-consonants, thats common only with the Australian aboriginals. Its is linked to the 1st human migrations into India (finally to Australia).
He did multiple blenders in this video. He said 70% Hindu's are Vaishnav when in reality 90% Hindus follow the last denomination where Vishnu Shiva Shakti and Surya are worshipped equally
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival. Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one. They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
@@EvergreenConsultancy that's because there's so much literature that it's basically impossible to read and understand everything in one life time, but at the same time even a couple books are enough to understand the crux of Hinduism, i.e., pluralism - many ways to the one destination. It's about respecting the path of others being just as valid as yours, because the destination is the same.
You did a great job explaining the different branches and stuff. There is definitely a lot more complexity that transliterating from Sanskrit to English removes but overall you got a lot of quality information in!
As a Hindu...I can tell you this is almost right. The information is almost correct. A great job from the video maker. He did his research. Amazing video to watch. Subscribed.
@@virtualmilkers1747Maybe the time period concept of each yugas could be wrong cuz we hindus still debate about the actual time period of each yuga Some believe the time period is 2400, 3600, 4800, etc while some debate that the time period is in another unit By which kaliyug is actually 4320000 and so on for others
@@virtualmilkers1747 it is most simplest presentation we could say, missing a lot of information, but still to get an overall birdeye view it's good only ...,,,,one thing he's missing should add is SHANKAR (shivji ) and PARVATI ji has two sons one as mentioned GANESHA n other one KARTIKEYA (mostly worshipped in southern states of INDIA) .. and also HANUMAAN ji considered as reincarnation of SHIV JI .
In (area now called) Indonesia, Hinduism used to be majority religion alongside with Buddhism. Though, right now, only small pocket of Hindiusm majority like Balinese or Tenggerere people are that still exist, albeit develop different kind of Hinduism compared to India. That history alone is interesting to learn, especially including how folk religion across Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara influences Hindu and Buddhist, and later Islam. Edit: Christian Yoga is my real name. I'm Javanese and Javanese ethnic in Indonesia often mixed their religious name with Hindu/Buddhist name.
In Indonesia especially Java island, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka is our unifying figure. His birthplace is in Kali Serayu river/Bumi Majeti and introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar. Our center of civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java and the border between Sunda Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) and India is Malacca strait (malacca = mleccha/foreigners)... Saka-Yavana = Sunda-Javanese (Daha-Kediri included) Malaya-Kamboja-Champa = Malay We are different from India/Jambudwipa. You can read about this in purwacarita. The legacy of our ancestor, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka. Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma. Just respect each other. That's why agama Sunda Wiwitan, Kasumedangan, Kejawen, Kapitayan (Aji Saka's teaching) are not categorized as agama Hindu... Addition: 1. Aksara = script in Bahasa Indonesia 2. Agama = religion in Bahasa Indonesia
It could be similar to the Meitei of Manipur, except it happened more recently. Around 1750s Hinduism spread to their region, but they kept some of their original folk religion, mixed with Hinduism.
@@alani3992 People of Java had followed Hinduism in 5 CE. There was Durga statue being found in that era and there was report from Chinese monk. Nowadays, only a few people still follow Hinduism and yet Javanese parents are still telling the story of Mahabharata and Ramayana and gave their children names after the character in either epic. Names such as Rama, Kresna (Khrisna), Bima, Wisnu, Saraswati, Gatot (from Gatotkaca) are still commonly found in Java.
Get well soon Matt. I follow you for a long time. Your channel helped me a lot to learn a learn about Western history & religions. As a Hindu Atheist, I really appreciate that you mentioned that there are many people like us. It is simply a way of living for most of us & obviously the vast philosophical knowledge that Hinduism offers.
@@melg6834 what happened? Is it difficult to digest that you can be an atheist and still be a Hindu? I am one myself. I follow the Philosophical aspects of many scriptures and read them to understand myself.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
This was so good! As an American, I became a devotee of Shiva last year after he called me, and am now a Shaivite after growing up and being raised Christian for my whole life. I have also been self-studying Sanskrit since then. I didn’t realize that only 25% of Hindus are solely devoted to Shiva as him being Maheshavara. That makes me feel kind of feel special lol. I am also drawn to Shaktism-Kali specifically, and that # is 5%? Wow that is so interesting! I prefer being called a Shaivite than Hindu! And I don’t know why Kartikeya is always left off, it makes me feel sad for him. Ganesha wasn’t their only son. Om Namah Shivaya! ❤
This percentage thing in video is so wrong and baseless, because Hindus are not basically divided into denominations. Every followers of Vaishnavism are equally followers of Shaivism and Shaktism. Even majority of Hindus don't know about denominations as everyone worships Vishnu(Krishna and Ram), Shiva, Parvati(Durga and Kali) together.
How can one miss Sindhu Region, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Bali, Etc. These are places which i personally visited to verify the presence of Hinduism in old times.
In recent years many westerners has made videos on Hindu Dharma but I found your video the best. The way you explained that Hindu dharma is not a religion but a dharma was very good and many people has to know about it. And also the misconception that all Hindus workship multiple Gods but it is not true and you explained that there are many monotheist and atheist as well. And being atheist they can call them Hindus. Keep up the good work and thanks for letting people know about our Dharma.
Please include the Charvaka which were a distinct and extant until medieval times. You can consider adding Ājīvika and Ajñana but Charvaka was more influential.
Aji Saka/Ajiwaka, our unifying figure from Kali Serayu river/Bumi Majeti region, is not a Hindu. He introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar to the inhabitants of Java island in Indonesia. We are different. The center of our civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java... Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma...
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Living in India and following Islam, i wasn't aware of so many things about Hinduism. This video surely helped me to dive deeper into Hinduism as a religion😊...
Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, Smartism aren't just Bhakti yoga, each of them also have connections to Vedanta and the other forms of Yoga. There are entire chapters in the Bhagavad Gita about these, and the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita itself understood as various forms of Vedanta.
I am pretty sure he said that who people were devotional towards were just the closest thing to what Westerners might consider denominations. Most Westerners have trouble understanding that Hinduism isn't only about who you are devotional towards.
I grew up Hindu in the US and it’s really fascinating how, bc we’re diaspora, a lot of these merged together. When I was young, there was only really one temple we could go to, so they had basically every god there, and (I think) most people prayed to all of them. Even with religion class or whatever, there was never really a distinction between different types of Hinduism (like, oh these people teach this, and that group teaches that). There were definitely some distinctions between different homes tho. Like, my specific culture’s main (for lack of a better word) god was Ganesh, so we had more depictions of Ganesh than other gods, we did more for his festivals, etc., whereas we had some family friends who focused more on Durga so they did more for those. But both of us still did other festivals/holidays that we had in common. I don’t know how it is in India (I’m thinking it isn’t much different), but ig there isn’t as many chances to separate ourselves from each other. Edit: I recently had a conversation with my parents about how calling Hinduism a “religion” seemed kinda reductive, and their pushback against that was really interesting. I still do think it’s reductive, but I def understand better why it bothered them.
I mean even in India there are temples with all the gods. And all the denominations go to these temples, there are also temples dedicated to certain deities alone. These are more like philosophies and less like Christian denominations.
It’s the same in India too, the denomination distinction are overblown. Even in 9,10 11 century temples mix all these Gods. It’s a very western obsession to classify everything into neat buckets and label them as distinct. In reality there is a lot of overlap.
This is really well explained. Good to see this. You missed two native Hindu cultures outside South Asia - Balinese Hinduism of Indonesia and almost extinct Champa Hinduism of Vietnam.
Huge thanks! I was spending so many weeks trying to untangle relations between all those schools/deities/concepts, you did a great job! Please make a video about other proponents of Neo-Hinduism, as I also noticed that they usually do not fit "classical" structure. Also I would love a video about other 5 Astika schools and how Vedanta then intertwined with Yoga in many guru lineages. Love your channel!
as a hindu who has been having trouble communicating this kind of information (even to other hindus and Indians!) I have to say that your video is very well done and will be useful to many in the future.
Whoa! I'm surprised to learn that only 5% of Indians follow the Smart (Sanskrit word) traditions (thinking about it, it does make sense). People from my community and the Bramhins from my region mostly follow the Smart / Shanmata (Sanskrit word) traditions of worshiping the 6 gods. Our home temples are testament of that. We celebrate year round festivals and holy days for them. I believe that majority of us are huge followers of Lord Ganesh. Thanks for the video! Great work as always.
@@user-bz3vu7sz4l Not swar vyanjan. They are Swara & Vyanjana. Hindi eats away last a sound. I VERY MUCH KNOW ABOUT THE PRONOUNCIATION AND I CAN FLUENTLY CONVERSE IN SAMSKRTAM (WHICH YOU CALL SANSKRIT BUT IS IT IS SAMSKRTAM)
One of the best channel I've found when it comes to the vulgarisation of the religions (I love the Tree of life too). Thank you for all the good work !
Thank you for all of your videos, Matt, they're always super informative and enjoyable and you're a rare individual who seems to appreciate everything you talk about in such a polite way. I really hope you beat the crap out of Crohn's, you're a great person who deserves great things
This video has many flaws. Don't believe in it blindly. And for example, 70% Hindus don't follow Vaishnavism, but in fact 96% or 97% Hindus follows that 4th denominations (Smarthism) which includes worshiping Vishnu(Krishna and Ram), Shiva, Mother Parvati (Durga and Kali) and Ganesha all together. Even I believe that 99% Hindus would have never listened this word Smartism. I listened it first time in my life, even when I am hardcore Hindu. And Hindus don't see themselves into denominations as well.
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you: 1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally. 2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev. 3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life. 4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members. 5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity. 5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA" 7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
I really enjoy this series of videos. I am not a religious person, but I understand the importance it has in many peoples lives and find videos like this fascinating and educational in how different believes come about. The more we understand about each other, the better this world can be
This might be the milestone video on Hinduism on youtube which shows some sort of structure and order in Hinduism. As a hindu myself i find it pretty confusing to categorise and sort hindu religion. There is no consensus among hindus. Each person will tell you different story. Thanks for your work. And get well soon.
I’d absolutely love if you did one of these on Buddhist schools and all the different teachers and schools of Mahayana and Vajrayana, Hinayana, and Zen.
@@kunderemp correct, but Hinayāna can also refer to similar pre-Mahayāna traditions which are separate from Theravāda. it is still potentially derogatory either way as it suggests whatever it is referring to is lower (than Mahayāna)
I work at a tutoring center run by two Indian women and teach mostly children from Indian families, so I knew there were different ways that people practice what is called Hinduism. But I didn't really know much about the different branches, so it was interesting to learn more. Maybe I will ask my students more about it as well.
Most of them won't be able to explain. Hindu sects exist, Hindus don't know about them. Most Hindus adhere to all sects. Very few are strictly denominational.
I hope you get well soon and thank you for summarizing the Hindu religion for us laymen to understand. I'm a Hindu myself but I did not have such a deep understanding of the religion. Much appreciated 👍
A lovely entry into Hinduism, I hope a dive into other non-Abrahamic religions will open people up to new or different thinking. Actually, even the people of India don't really know the history.
Great video, I'm surprised you got in as much as you did in that short of a time. The various philosophies and beliefs that fall under the Hindu umbrella would be a lifes work just trying to sort out them all.
Not necessarily. These are works of different people with different philosophies but based on some underlining truth like “Karma”. They are all agree on similar things.
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you: 1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally. 2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev. 3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life. 4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members. 5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity. 5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA" 7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
Interesting thing I noticed around 13:25 : The God represented as some fiery figure, Agni, sound very similar to polish Ogień, which means fire. I love those random simmilarities notocible within indo-european family
almost all culture have god for 5 elements,in india it is 1.Agni-fire god 2.Vaayu-Wind god 3.Varuna-rain god 4.bhoomi-earth god 5.5indra-sky god....polish have Dazbog ect
It makes me very happy that you mention Aryan invasion theory is wrong. One thing I would like to mention that vasudev was the father of krishna and he was not merged with krishna. It was krishna who use to call himself as Vasudeva krishna which means vasudeva's son krishan (something like thor use to introduced himself as thor odinson) So here you are little bit wrong. They both were different person but they were not merged. Although I appreciate your hardwork❤
You're unaware that it was the Vasudeva of the four Vrishni heroes of Mathura who was identified with Krishna. Do some more reading before you correct people.
Very nice video, but I want to point out a small correction: The Brahmanism was not practiced only in the kingdom of Kuru but in most of the Mahajanapadas (a group of small kingdoms in northern India and in Pakistan), so the Shramana movement developed in the context of Vedic religion and latter Brahmanism. Though it was in the east, specially in the region of Bihar (Greater Magadha) were the movement took root more deeply.
I wished you could tap in a bit more on Vedanta and how one can be an Atheist Hindu, but overall, I'm impressed! It's a pretty good overview of the complex religion that is Hinduism! As a seeker of Advaita Vedanta I believe the source of this universe is pure awareness/consciousness and we are mere drops in a larger body of water. This "source" is what connects us for we are all the same. We are not body, nor mind - we are atman, the purest versions of ourselves which is Brahman the universe. We just have to see beyond the 5 senses (maya) and seek/ask questions about the conceptual truths of the universe. It's only then we break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve moksha. If you are familiar with quantum mechanics, that's how I perceive this very concept. This idea has underpinned the very nature of how I follow life, along with dharma, karma, ahimsa etc. Many people perceive Brahman (consciousness) to be God, but I perceive it as a shapeless, formless force of energy. The Bhakti pathway is great for those who find philosophy is not their jam. They just pray and worship and that love and devotion they get transcends the five sense and they get enlightenment. This is not exclusionary, all people from different faiths get enlightenment. In fact many Hindus believe Jesus attained enlightenment too. Hindu mythology is telling Hindu vedanta/philosophy through a moral story-telling way that makes the layman would understands the basics of Hinduism values/ideas like dharma, karma, reincarnation etc. Different gods are just physical allegories of attributes of Brahman, and are tools to serve the bhakti pathway of enlightenment. Hinduism is not about the culture nor about the rituals or prayers (despite common thoughts to even Hindus themselves!). That just encapsulates very little of the core of Hinduism - the philosophy/vedanta that epitomises the very religion itself.
But apart from advaita there are other form of vedanta also there Like dwaita vedanta, visisth advaita, sudh advaita, bheda abhed, achintya bhedabhed..and many
@@Agnostic7773 not really bro...shankaracharyas who were the exponent of advaita vedanta are highly ritualistic and are great sadhaka of sri vidhya...they know that highest form of pramana are pratyaksh anubhuti(direct or first hand experience of devine) otherwise it's just empty talk repeating like a parrot..which neo vedantis are doing.
1:15 As a Bengali (part of the Indian Subcontinent) Muslim who has talked with Hindus and also knows the basic words. To clarify and add to the video. Dharma basically means some kind of order, it's like the nature of something that's supposed to happen. Water will always evaporate when you boil it. That's the "dharma" of water. So Hindus believe (as far as I've learned) that they follow a certain divine order or nature that happens or is supposed to happen. They call it "sanatan dharma" and those who reject it are called "nastik dharma". Hope this insight was useful 😊
Dear Bangladeshi friend, unfortunately your understanding is wrong , when you will learn more than basic words listen to Lord Osho in Hindi (not English). Or just read RamKrishna mission works in "your native" Bangla language.
@श्रीकांतपाटील-झ6य my apologies I was merely sharing my understanding, could you please elaborate more on the concept as you seem to have an idea of it?
@@UziMan-Science-Math So for us Hindus Dharma basically means duty. Not the day to day duty..its more related to the duty you have as a human. For example a monks duty is to meditate and get rid of all earthly possessions and desires, a warriors duty is to fight, a teachers duty is to teach. Basically as long as you are following your duties with whole heart you are following your Dharma. Hope it helps
A version of the Horse Twins more familiar for Western viewers is the constellation Gemini and its main stars Castor and Pollux. These characters, Castor and Pollux, were brothers to Helen of Troy.
I would like to add that within the six schools of Aastik philosophies, there are further sub-branches worth exploring. Modern Hinduism predominantly aligns with the last school known as "Uttar Mimansa" or "Vedanta." It's also noteworthy to mention the existence of the Nastik school, "Charvaka," which holds a unique place as the only materialistic philosophy within Hinduism. Coming from a non-hindu content creator, I must say that you have provided a pretty detailed and accurate overview of Hinduism and your effort and thorough research are commendable. Great job! 🙏🌟
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
@@debodatta7398 Brother, he was talking about "denominations" or you might say 'streams' of Hinduism. This video is not about Hinduism's evolution or countless movements that shaped it in its current form. You should look out for a different video on this topic. It is practically impossible to talk everything about Hinduism or any religion to be honest; in a single video.
@UsefulCharts As an Indian Hindu, the people in my Tamil Southern Culture which is in Tamil Nadu mostly believes in the Shaivism Denomination and is also a spiritual part of India apart from places like Uttarakhand and Varanasi since it also holds many places like the Adiyogi statue in the Isha Centre in Coimbatore because people believed that he was the first Guru (also known as a Yogi)
Thank you! You are so knowledgeable that you addressed the word denominations with regards to Hinduism at the very beginning! You gained a new subscriber! In Hinduism, Dimensions would most likely be the right word instead of Denominations!
Hey man..awesome video as always..very informative and accurate enough...just wanted to say get well soon..🙏🕉...hope u get back to ur normal life very soon..sending prayers🕉🙏
Thank you for your excellent and nuanced explanation. I am not an expert or scholar but my understanding is that the Rig Veda is not only Hinduisms oldest scripture but the world’s oldest scripture. Egyptian hyroglyphics may be older but they were never compiled into a scripture. Also, Rig Veda got cosmology right, saying earth revolves around the sun. It took Jews, Christian’s and Muslims as long as 2000 yrs more get this right. Also, it contains the first written description of a solar eclipse!
What's interesting is many Hindu saints have given a lot of important theories to modern science. Acharya Kanad (also known as Kashyapa) was born in 600 bc and theorized about atoms and subatomic particles, here's a copy and paste of part of the story "Impressed by his thoughts and explanation of importance of even a single particle, people began calling him ‘Kannada’, as ‘Kan’ in Sanskrit means ‘the smallest particle’. Kanada was walking with food in his hand, breaking it into small pieces when he realized that he was unable to divide the food into any further parts. From this moment, he conceptualized the idea of a particle that could not be divided any further. He termed that indivisible matter parmanu or anu (atom)."
@ thank you for this. Interesting and glad to know about it. I know there were early atomists in Greece and Rome too. Not sure who came first. I think the Greek Epicurus was one of them.
The really interesting thing about the Hindu pantheon is that it is highly dynamic and continues to grow even today. The latest deity to be included was the goddess *Santoshi Mata,* who emerged in the 1960s and was popularized in the 1975 Bollywood movie _Jai Santoshi Maa._ A few centuries earlier, *Lord Ayyappan,* the third son of Lord Shiva, joined the pantheon-long after the traditional _Puranas_ had been compiled. Accordingly, a new _Purana,_ the Sribhutanatha Purana, was created specifically for him, and first published in 1929. BTW, Ayyappan's mother is Mohini, a female avatar of the male god Vishnu. Add to that the apotheosis of popular leaders, politicians, and movie stars-and you need a _Who's Who_ to keep track of all the recently-added deities.
@@rishavkumar1250 Not at all. Everything I said is accurate and verifiable. Feel free to provide specific corrections in case you spot factual errors. Indeed, there exist temples where the following (human) celebrities are the presiding deities and are ritualistically worshiped as such: Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Jayalalitha, Kushboo Sundar (now demolished), Karunanidhi, M G Ramachandran, M S Dhoni, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayawati, N T Rama Rao, Nagarjuna, Nagma, Namitha Kapoor, Narendra Modi, Nidhhi Agerwal, Pawan Kalyan, Pooja Umashankar, Raj Kapoor, Rajinikanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shah Rukh Khan, Sonia Gandhi, Sonu Sood, Sridevi It's not my problem if you think that's a joke.
@@nHans good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
That's the beauty of Dharma. Even if new deities emerge, they will eventually and peacefully merge back to any of the primary attributes of the Universe (I mean any primary deity).
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you: 1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally. 2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as any male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev. 3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life. 4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members. 5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity. 5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA" 7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
13:04 Vedas does have Brhma vishnu & shiva. Brahma is clearly mentioned. Vishnu is mentioned as 'Naryana' shiva is mentioned as "Rudra" and in vedas Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Agni are not diffence deities, actually they're names of the very same one God which are used in different contexts.
Applaoud the attempt made to present this in a relatable way. Good work Bro.. 👍👏 Anyone interested in knowing about this, I will get you started. 1. The word Hindu or Hinduism is absent from all scripts 2. Religion is a foreign concept for us, nothing even close exists but no complaints 3. Sanatan is where to begin, it is a simple yet deep concept of cause and effect 4. Dharma is used incorrectly today but it's just "that which can be used or followed or adopted" for the progress and benefit for all (living, objects, universe and multiverse) 5. Adharma - That which harms and is anti Dharma 6. Karma - What is done and the definition also includes everything not just living beings 7. Yoga - Efficacy of karma 8. Maya - Perception of existence Now, you can use this framework. Examples: "A task that starts will have an end" "You're born, you'll die" "Creation will eventually be destroyed " "Destruction will lead to creation" This is the Sanatan framework. 90% Indian scriptures don't even discuss spiritual or faith concepts. Most of it deals with science and technology, maths and Astronomy, Physics and metaphysics. And each one is free to choose or make their own path, questions are encouraged and all Deities (Hindu / Sanatan) are under the laws of the Indian constitution. Yes they get the same rights as citizens via representation. Ram, Krishna, Shiva maybe called Gods etc.. but the fact is they are/were alive and that's history not myth. Recently in the last 3 decades a Cricketer "Sachin Tendulkar" became the best batsman ever in the game. We call him God of Cricket.. so we will call everyone God who does extremely well in any way.
I've been reading through the Mahabharata (Bibek Debroy's translation) and taking extensive notes. It's a slow but very rewarding process, and from what I can tell you nailed it in this video! (as you have in all of your religion charts) I especially appreciate the level of academic care you put into stuff like mentioning how the use of the word "denominations" is just an approximation, and so on. I've also picked up on a piece of evidence of that 'Hindu Synthesis' period while reading the Mahabharata (which makes sense as that time period perfectly overlaps with the period when the Mahabharata was being collected into one big story) - in Adi-Vamshavatarana Parva, p.151, it is said that someone who recites the epic story to Brahmanas "is cleansed of his sins and becoming victorious over heaven attains union with the eternal brahman," referring to a very Buddhist-like idea of becoming freed from desire for heaven ("victory over heaven") and having their atman extinguished. It stood out to me as that's not usually an ideal referenced or held up in praise at other parts of the text.
Nirwana term from buddhism is part of hinduism only. Its just in hinduism that's termed as moksha. As buddhism is a branch of sanatan dharma (hinduism) it follows many same teachings n scriptures as hindus🙌 irs just that budhhist doesn't worship any god but they recite/chant the name of multiple gods from sanatan dharma like omkar, hare n multiple others. I can't tell all🙌
Brahman. Brah means expansion Man means mind or consciousness Here , the Brahman which is the reality Itself is considered to be expanding. We consider that ultimate goal is Moksha ie. LIBERATION from the cycle ie. The Karmic bonds. Good karma gets you heaven and human life but it's not the end.... Our Main goal is becoming one with that consciousness and liberating from this identity. It doesn't mean we consider human life as bad thing infact it is the result of good karmas but not enough to attain the goal... So as humans u get more chances .. Also ,our greatest blessings from God is not life but oblivion , ie. The erasing any memory of past life ..
A small side note: some Hindus believe that all religions including the Abrahamic religions can be categorised under the 4 yogas. In fact the 4 yogas merely explain different spiritual paths one can take to realise the truth. The word guru also has a broad connotation, Any being who’s spiritual teachings outlived their live and impacted whole civilisations could be called a guru. Jesus is revered by many Hindu spiritual leaders because of this broad understanding of who a spiritual being is. Ps: my information comes from series of lectures at isckon and Ramakrishna math, please correct if I happen to make a mistake :) Thank you for sharing an elaborate video on Hinduism. This is by far one of the most clear and articulate explaination of Hinduism.
@@lemokemo5752Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you: 1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally. 2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as any male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev. 3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life. 4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members. 5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity. 5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA" 7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
Since you were receptive to feedback when making your Christianity chart, I'll be adding commentary here. I'll use the Western term Hindu below, but the emic term is Sanātana Dharma. ・2:48 There are also Panentheists, which I would argue is far more common than pantheism. Also, though this is a different categorical topic, Hindus include monists, qualified monists, dualists, and what you might call "quasi-monists" or "monist-dualists." ・3:21 Not sure you're concerned with pronunciation, but "trimurti" is pronounced like "tree" not "try." A close enough approximation of vowels would be to treat them like in Romance languages & Japanese. One major exception is "a" is pronounced more like a schwa and ā is pronounced like the typical "ah" in the previous mentioned languages. The other major pronunciation is to differentiate retroflex consonants from non-retroflex. For example, the "sh" (and "n") in Viṣṇu is retroflex, while it isn't in Śiva. There are other pronunciation nuances, but these two major points will get you most of the way there. Sorry if this sounds pedantic. Corrent pronunciation of sacred concepts (especially names) is important in most religions. ・3:48 Westerner's often think it is strange that there are few devotees to Brahmā. From our perspective it is strange that you find this strange. 😅 You see, the Universe already exists, so this deva's role has already been performed. Also, it is useful to think of deva as "roles" rather than "persons" as is the Western conception. Thus (many) Shaivites consider that Śiva was Brahmā, but that role is already finished, so Śiva is no longer Brahmā. I think (many) Vaishnavites think similarly. Further, one of the main concepts of several forms of Hinduism is to seek to return to the Divine Unity of Brahman. The creation of the Universe is (the apparent, but not actual) disunity from Brahman. So, for many to be devoted to Brahmā would be contrary to unification. ・4:11 The "blue" complexion is more modern and unfortunately based on specific beauty standards. He and his avatar Kṛṣṇa are in the oldest texts described as a colour that is most closely translated as "blue-black"; like the colour of the ocean at night. Some say humans with particularly dark skin seem to have a bit of blue tinge. Anyway, many depictions of Viṣṇu or specific avatars of him-and their relatives-are completely black, with white & red also used (whites of the eyes, red lips). Śiva, on the other hand, is described as brilliant white, like camphor, with a blue throat. The "calendar art" you have used in the video was popularized from the North where people do have lighter skin. Though, the depictions are not entire due to culture-bound aesthetics-it's much easier to make art using lighter colours because details and features can be made & seen more easily. The pure black images seem very flat, which is probably why bright colours are used for contrast. ・5:18 You previously pronounced her name as "Parvati," but here you twice called her "pavarti." Perhaps you were thinking of havarti cheese. 😆 We can ignore the overly-Western pronunciations, but this one is just completely incorrect and pretty funny sounding. ・6:37 Atharvavedaḥ (or Atharva Veda), not "Athar." Sorry, all these corrections feels like I'm picking on you, but they really stand out. I've seen how high-quality your work has been and these kinds of things make the video feel like something you'd see in a freshman year uni course where they teach all the global religions together even though they don't really know much about most of them. ・6:45 There's no "uh" in the middle of Saṃhitā. ・6:17-8:00 For a basic primer, overall this section was well done. I feel sometimes people misunderstand the divisions of texts, so the visuals were useful. (No notes there, just some deserved praise.) ・8:00-12:45 This section is also very good. I will add that literalist Hindus act as though the migration hypothesis is the invasion hypothesis renamed. I've had this discussion many times with other Hindus and they almost always get very emotional over this. They are never able to refute the migration hypothesis, but instead strawman it and start arguing against the invasion hypothesis and the ethnocentrism of Western academia. So, do not be surprised if you get hateful comments on this video. At first this surprised me because to get caught up in passions _(rajas)_ about a reality that is ultimately not real (i.e., not Brahman) seemed very much non-Hindu. I have since realised that many are fueled more by the material conditions Desis face which has throughout history pitted Hindus against non-Hindus in various ways. So, spending time reading upaniṣads to have a deeper theological & metaphysical understanding isn't something most people have/make time for. In other words, anything that they believe threatens pan-Hindu social unity, must be defeated at any cost. So, venture forth carefully. ・16:54 While this is a decent summary there's some important things to note. The four paths are not completely distinct. There are considered to be four types of people and so these are more like four places to start down "the path" from, depending on what type of person you are. Once you have traveled far enough down one of these you will notice that the paths begin merging. Also, I would say these starting places are four different things one could choose to concentrate their attention on. In that regard, karma mārga isn't simply "working hard," but focusing your effort on your works instead of focusing on what you might expect to gain from this. If you are making a pot and are thinking about how much money it will bring you, you aren't going to make as good of a pot as if you just pay attention to the crafting process. In this sense, work becomes a kind of meditation. Thus, this is suited to people who work with their hands. With regards to bhakti mārga, one should start with devotion to a deva, but this should eventually lead to expressions of love & gratitude to all people as well. This is well suited to people with high emotional intelligence. Jñāna (great pronunciation, by the way) mārga isn't just knowledge, but specifically metaphysical knowledge. It is akin to theology and well suited to people with the time & intellectual penchant for study. I would also say that, in my experience, those who start with jñāna end up pursuing meditation very early. That is, these two "paths" merge much earlier than either of the others do. As someone who started in jñāna, I can report that the very texts you study explain the benefits of all the "paths" and thus you quickly realize to apply the lessons of karma & bhakti mārgas to all aspects of life (not simply to devas). However, the difficulty for scholarly inclined people comes in actually applying these lessons instead of spending time pursuing more knowledge. ・20:17 There's no "h" in liṅgam. Also, you are pronouncing Śiva like the Jewish period of mourning (with an "i" as in "it" instead of with the "ee" sound). Also, while many will deny the phallic association of the lingam, some of us do accept this. Importantly, the base of these usually also contains a yoni representing Śakti as Śiva & Śakti are as inseparable as subject & object, or "the thing which is known" from "the knower of the thing." This goes back to the concepts of puruṣa & prakṛti. Though these two are sometimes represented as deva-devi, i.e. anthropomorphized deity-like entities, this is not necessary because not everyone is a bahkta. Though there are people who practice ritual to aniconized forms, there are also (as you mentioned) atheistic Hindus. So, neither the iconic nor aniconic form is the "true" form. They both represent the same ineffable thing which can only be alluded to with language and symbols, but can never be fully described. However, for one part of this symbolism, the association with the procreative parts of the body is useful. You see in order for Brahman to have a universe to play (līlā) in, first it must pretend to be non-unified: subjective observer & objective nature to be observed. But, as I said, these are inseparable. So, the lingam & yoni aren't just connected, but it is though we, in the Universe, are observing this union from within the womb. IOW, when we see the lingam-yoni, we the offspring of creation, see this act of Divine union from inside it. The inner & outer are one. So, it's not a "fertility object" in the traditional sense of the term in archaeology/anthropology. ・21:07 in the Shaktism section (or previously when talking of the deva's wives) it is very important to mention these are not just anthropomorphisations. The "wife" of any deva is called his śakti, his power. In other words, the (apparent) division of deva/devi is the (apparent) division of being/doing, matter/energy. Thus, Shaktites venerate Śakti because it is due to her that anything occurs at all. Without their śaktis the Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer would just be the -er, -er, & -er. Moreover, many practice tantra (which is much more than what Westerners think) to help them guide their inner energies more healthfully or to attempt to gain some ability.
Overall, it's a decent primer, but it does the same thing all "Intro to Hinduism" videos does: talk about Hinduism as if it is like Western religions. While it is true that many Hindus (particularly Vaishnavites & Smartists to my knowledge, though there are people in every sect) who only focus on devotion to a deva, this alone cannot lead to mokṣa and thus is a bit like the Christian concept of those who attend weekly services, but don't actually understand or live the theology/philosophy in their everyday lives. It should also be mentioned that, though some Hindus use the term god/God for devas, others only use this term for Brahman. In truth, the Abrahamic concept of God/Allah/YHVH Elohim falls between devas & Brahman. There are also devatas which compare widely to Western concepts like gods (in the henotheistic sense), angels, fae folk, etc. So, while it's common for Westerners to refer to devas & devis as "gods" this puts the wrong conception in their minds. Though, in the end, there is no such thing as accurately describing anything, because it's all just māyā in service of the līlā of Brahman.
@@RubelliteFae, You are extremely knowledgeable. You have really reached a very high level of consciousness. I will add, the Rig Veda uses the term *Dyaus Pitar* as well *Pitar Dyaus* as the Sky Father. Essentially, it is the *Father who Gives.* Dyaus means giver (pronounced nearly like the Russian word дающий which means giver). Similarly, pitar means pater or patriarch or father. So, Dyaus Pitar is the Father who is the Giver. *Dyaus Pitar* is *Zeus Pater* for the Greeks and *Jupiter* for the Romans. It is a Proto-Indo-European god.
@@pmaitrasm Thanks for your kind words. But, it isn't my consciousness which is high. (I believe in essence we all share the same consciousness, but focusing on differently filtered experiences causes us to identify individually.) I think, perhaps, my chief desire (as avidyā as it may be) is for understanding, so I spend too much time learning and not enough time doing. It seems like it should be easier than it is. Yes! The PIE Sky Father concept has spread to so many cultures. It's really amazing and fascinating. I'm very interested in how PIE beliefs influenced the native cultures they came into contact with & intermarried into. I'd like to make a video game based around the concepts, but I need to narrow the vision to something more realistically achievable than my current design document has. I already burnt out working on it last year. 😅 I also think there's some interesting indirect evidence of PIE people having a cultural impact on the fertile crescent to a greater extent than previously recognized. Sorry for the wall of text. You tapped into one of my special interests. 😆
Great video -- I usually dislike such a video due high level of inaccuracies -- many thanks to you for pretty good job - this can be a good primer for hinduism
This is really wonderful work you are doing educating people of the existing world and their situations et.. and quality & quantity is amazingly well accepted and remembered.. Thanks again... As my grandfather used to tell us, Hinduism as people call it is not a Religion but its a "Way of Life"
21:45 hey!, you forgot to mention the Balinese Hindus of Indonesia.. Hindus outside of Indian subcontinent are not only limited to Indian descent people, check about Bali in Indonesia
This was one of the best and well informed video on Hinduism that I have come across so far. Splendid job Matt! I wish people could appreciate the similarities between different religions and thought systems instead of using the differences as a pretext of dehumanising and degrading others, who just happen to have a different viewpoint on the nature of the ultimate reality of the universe
As an Indian Catholic, I have always known about most of what you told here, except those Neo Hindu movements. I have watched and heard stories from the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata since childhood. But, You have given more clarity about the more secular definition and version.
secular? that is the main culprit behind we loosing our civilizational sense and way of life. secular influence is dangerous and it has corrupted our minds. secularism is colonisation. religious conversion concept is evil and against our existence, it's soft genocide of our civilization in disguise of freedom, secular and what not. it needs to be banned across global not just in India. your roots are sanatan, vedic, hindu it's not a religion that you can convert.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
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Yoga is not a philosophy!
meditation/yoga begins with Shiva and his first 7 disciples the Saptharishis.
the vedas were first reveled to these Rishis.
Realized beings is not a myth or scam.
though there are many fake ones of the list you mentioned only the "fake sai baba" counts as controversial.
this is an experiential science transmitted by master to disciple.
Jainism/ Buddhism/ all have roots in this Sanatan dharma.
Brahmins were the first to protect the teachings of the Saptharishis.
the Rituals and puja aid advancement of the spiritual seekers i.e meditators.
Jainism and Buddhism too have many rituals and puja.
Sanatan Dharma has been misappropriated for close to a 1000 years.
directly with islamic invasions and later by Colonizers.
British monarchs were crowned by the church and had alligiance to Christian missionary zeal.
they went around the world calling subtle cultures barbaric as it went over their simple brains.
impact of colonization is felt to this day in Indian society where our ancient artifacts and literature have been taken away and burnt.
western academia today carries on with this misappropriation knowingly or in rgnorance.
it is impossible to understand Sanatan dharma by reading about it,
what is experiential, can not be denied.
if one truly seeks to understand Sanatan Dharma, one has to find a realized Master who can open you up this vast universal library.
HInduism is not a religon,
unfortunately 99% of indians today do not even know what a temple or diety is!
you seem to be a fair individual do not cloud your seeking about Sanatan Dharma with Academia!
You know about hinduism only 1% remaining 99% you don't know .still now know one knows about hinduism fully 100% even Hindu people itself don't know fully
You didn’t clarify the relationship between Brahma and daughter Saraswati.
@@inclinedtheta810, can you explain the relationship between 2 daughter amoebae?
It's unfortunate that hinduism in Bali island is not covered in this video, as it has a unique set of beliefs and rituals inspired by local folks rituals and buddhism. Furthermore they were "forced" to adapt to the concept of "religion" set by the majority Abrahamic believers in order to be "recognized as religion" after the Indonesian independence, that makes it even more interesting to be covered. What's even more interesting is, that they are not "south asian people hindus". I think it is worth covered in a separate video.
Yeah how the government officially recognizes a religion is stupid. They leave barely no room for folk religions, lest non-religious beliefs.
A person's 'religion' is printed on our ID cards and are required on some paperwork (e.g. creating a bank account, enrolling in an university, etc).
It is technically legal to be a non-religious/atheist but illegal to spread it. I wonder why.. cough political power built on religion cough
Marriage of people with differenr religions is also very difficult, since the government body that recognizes marriage may refuse to recognize the marriage or simply ask for bribes (or so I've heard...)
Religious freedom my ass.
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Hinduism in SEA is truly fascinating. And yea Balinese Hinduism does deserve a separate video.
I have heard that there is a Vietnamese Hinduism as well.
@@farukhsheikh5790 Vietnamese Hinduism is more or less Shaivism. Balinese Hinduism is quite unique.
In Thailand many visitors are surprised to see the presence of a number of Hindu gods being worshipped by Buddhists. Brahma is very popular, and my condo is one of many buildings that has a prominent shrine to Brahma. In fact there are 3 Brahma shrines immediately around me where I live. My neighbourhood also features a central, prominent, and heavily visited shrine to Ganesh, which also features images of Trimurti, and Shiva and Parvati. Ganesh is very present in Thailand with altars everywhere. Just last week one of the Hindu temples in Bangkok had its huge celebration of Ganesh and Kali at which people line the streets of a wide area with their own altars and displays of Ganesh and Kali and a huge procession takes place. Vishnu was a major deity in Southeast Asia before The Khmer Kingdom converted to Buddhism, but even today his avatar of Rama is a widely present national symbol and identity. The Kings of The Chakri Dynasty are even numbered as Rama I to X, to make it simpler for foreigners to refer to the different reigns, as devised by Rama VI at the beginning of The 20th century. Also interesting is that Indra is also quite present in Thailand.
In my state Assam, for 600 years we were ruled by the Ahoms, a dynasty of Shan origin. They claimed to have been descended from the Shan god Lengdon who is identified with Indra in Hinduism. The Ahoms are related to the Thais. Maybe the worship of Indra has something to do with Lengdon in Thailand.
@@el_iron_duke Yes, there is a dialect of Tai spoken there to this day. Interesting about the Indra legend. Perhaps that is the reason. I don't know about when The Khmer converted from Shiva worship to Buddhism if they incorporated Indra or not, because that might also be another avenue. He is associated with Garuda who is also a national emblem of Thailand, so the connection is quite deep.
@@el_iron_duke I thought the ahoms were shaivites.
In fact india gave it's culture.
@@Bsksun In part, but not directly. Thailand is more a part of The Indosphere than The Sinosphere, but those terms are generally oversimplified. Thai culture did certainly gain a lot from India, no doubt about that, and the language reflects that with scientific and political terms being in large part derived from Sanskrit, and The Royal Family engages in Brahmin ceremonies alongside Buddhist ones. But there are also distinct features that originate with The Tai people. It was interesting to me when visiting Myanmar to see more closeness between Burmese and Indian cultures. Even The Burmese Harp is an evolution from an ancient Indian harp which is no longer played.
As an Indonesian, watching this is really entertaining to learn more about our ancestors religion. There are soo many terms which are familiar to Indonesian society, such as Surya and Chandra are very popular names of Indonesian people
Whose ancestors? Indonesian ancestors religion was mainly animistic or dynamistic. Not hindu or buddha. They came after that.
@@theosteven3362 they were once hindu buddhist for a long period of time. Where are you from?
@@patriot4786 nope.hindu buddhism CAME LONG WAY AFTER tribal religion existed. Hindu and buddhism WERENT THE DEFAULT indonesian religions let alone out ancestors religion. Batak ancestors religion was PARMALIM, sundanese ancestors religion was SUNDA WIWITAN, javanese ancestors religion was KEJAWEN.etc. Hindu and buddhism came, then started to adapted to the.
@@theosteven3362 i know.. But you cant deny the fact that dharmic religions prevailed in Nusantara (present Indonesia Malaysia thailand and borneo) for hundreds of years from circa earliest to 4th century AD till 15th century AD... It is very prevalent from ancient historical foundings throughout the country from inscriptions, foundings of ganesha statues, shiva lingam findings etc
@@patriot4786 then define ancestors 😏. The problem is your notion "ancestors religion". Put aside that, even at that time, hindu buddhism wasnt general areal wise. Im bataknese, not even once it is historically recorded hinduism and buddhism ever took place there.
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, kambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar people also celebrate many Hindu- Buddhist festivals. It's cultural, symbolism & Historical thing. Love to all SE Asians.
21:57 another exception can be Hindus in Indonesia(mostly Bali Island) and Cham Hindus in Vietnam.
Some more points that could have been mentioned are:
1. Some of the lesser known denominations are Saura, Ganapatya, Srauta.
2. Vaishnavism, Shaivaism, Shaktism has many more branches. You could have describe them further.
3. Vaishnavism is mainly know to have 4 traditional Sects/Sampraya.
4. Advaita is the philosophy associated with Smarthism and the followers of Advaita can also be classified in 2 groups based on some minor differences.
5. There are 4 traditional Mathas/Monastries associated with Advaita/Smarthism which were established by Adi Shankaracharya.
6. There are philosophies opposing Advaita and they are associated with the 4 sects of Vaishnavism.
7. Hinduism has many Tantric Traditions associated with several sects.
8. Many of the neo movements have theirs roots in many traditional sects.
In Indonesia, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka is our unifying figure. His birthplace is in Kali Serayu river and introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar. Our center of civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java and the border between Sunda Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) and India is Malacca strait (malacca = mleccha/foreigners)...
Saka-Yavana = Sunda-Javanese (Daha-Kediri included)
Malaya-Kamboja-Champa = Malay
We are different from India/Jambudwipa. You can read about this in purwacarita. The legacy of our ancestor, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka. Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma... Just respect each other...
Btw, Muslim and Hindu in Indonesia are very similar. They are both:
1. Use Saka calendar (Saka-Mataram/Javanese calendar for Sunda-Javanese muslim and Saka-Bali calendar in Bali island)
2. Puasa/upawasa/shaum
3. Nyadran/sradha/ziarah kubur
4. Sanghyang Sri Laksmi/padi festival with tumpeng rice cone representing Mount Semeru/Mahameru
5. Both of them are doing upacara ruwatan (murwakala)
6. Respect Aji Saka/Ajiwaka as our unifying figure
7. The difference between them only the genealogy of dewata. Most of muslim use Babad Tanah Jawi, Paramayoga, and Purwacarita as the source... It's said that the source of those books came from Aji Saka/Ajiwaka... Generally accepted that Batara Guru/Sanghyang Manikmaya/Nilakanta is the origin of dewata...
@@ariapinandita9240when did he say you're same with india?
@@trulytrulyawesome1051 Some of previous comments edited and deleted...
@@ariapinandita9240I don't think when people refer to Indonesian and Vietnamese Hindus as Same But they are Hindus at the end of the day.
Not Indian offcourse we understand that but those call their religion as Hindu obviously share that with other Hindus across the globe not just in India.
Matt, Cham people in Vietnam and Balinese in Indonesia are both Hindu. And there is an informal Hinduism practiced in Thailand where you will see lots of statues of Hindu gods being venerated (interestingly Brahma (Phra Phrom) is quite popular there unlike India). The King of Thailand and Cambodia are also crowned by a Brahmin.
Chams are a majority Muslim population. Only a small minority follow Hinduism. A quick Wikipedia search is enough to give you the correct information.
In Mauritius, Hinduism is also the main spiritual belief, it is a bit different because of the African influence tho.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
@@debodatta7398yup India is several countries put together
Thai's mix Hinduism with an indigenous animism. Most homes have two spirit houses, one dedicated to animism and the other one of the Hindu gods. The purpose of the spirit houses are to attract spirits away from the home to the spirit houses.
One issue you must mention. There is so much overlap among the denominations(Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism) that declaring a clear cut percentage can be difficult to straight up incorrect. These are rough categorizations at best with vague boundaries. Most of the people worship ALL gods equally but some things may take prominence depending on region or the denomination. Women, no matter whichever denomination almost always also worship the Goddess and therefore can be considered in a way to follow Shaktism. Adi Shankaracharya is almost universally revered, so smartism is also partially 'respected'' by most.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
yes this is correct , even if I ask many devout temple going hindus today , they won't be able to distinguish let alone know that such distinctions exist
This is what I was thinking and have mentioned it in some of my comments as well. None of these denominations are absolute and none of them have clearly defined boundaries. Based on my family deity I'm probably Shaiva but we worship all gods at home and here in Maharashtra most people primarily worship Ganapati Bappa as well as the goddess in various forms. And of course most if not all Hindus see the Bhagavad Gita as the core essence of Hinduism.
Exactly , I don't know where he pulled those numbers straight
Well, all religions change in practice and in structure. These are structures and are pretty accurate. Majority of Hindus are Vaishnavas and 98% of saints are Vaishnavs. Adi Shankara is only respected but not followed, infact his Dashanami Sampradaya is actually among the smallest.
I'm a Nuristani from eastern Afghanistan.
I've been researching Afghan and Hindu Kush religions and I see a lot of similarities between them and early vedic Hinduism.
Fire worship followed ?
Weren’t you guys forced to convert to Islam from Hinduism?
@@unknownmaster5078 The Nuristanis didn't "Hinduism" their religion was a proto indo european type of Animism,so they had similarities.
And yea half of them were forced.
Nuristani are kalashi people. They are forcibly converted to Islam
@@sgofficial9220 No they are not, infact the word "Kalasha" in itself is a Nuristani word.
It is unfortunate that in most videos explaining Islam and Hinduism, Indonesia is left out despite it is the country with both the biggest population of Muslim (many of them practice Islam that is wildly different than that is practiced in the Middle East) and the biggest non-Indian native Hindu communities outside India (the Balinese and Javanese Hindus)
most western-based videos do that. i mean, it’s served only for anglosphere or native english speakers who don’t have detailed grasp on countries that rarely got featured in their box office and tv
Indonesia is an anomaly in both islamic and hinduism case... westerns somehow expect indonesia to be buddhist like thailand, laos or combodia.. 😅
As an Indian I agree with you.
Mauritius too. The influence of African folklore is really visible in Mauritian Hinduism.
@@alexdelaloire8739 That might be true but most Mauritian Hindus are of Indian descent. Indonesian Hindus are native to Indonesia.
As a Hindu, this is an excellent video! I feel like it can be hard for people from organized religions to understand how Hinduism isn’t structured, organized, and more of a way of life. I really liked how you distinguished the concept of denomination from Abrahamic faiths as well. Thank you for such an informative video!
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Srila Prabhupada was the teacher of the Hindu Vedic Vaishnava theology which, being Vedic, it is a structured and disciplined system that 'classifies', rather than discriminates people based on the ability of the practitioners to practise 'Morality' in one's life where the highest moral living should be maintained by Brahmanas, followed by the other 3 groups and exempting the people from the system if they are found lacking the interest to practise any morality at all and this group are lead by mlechas who are described as being generally dwellers of the West. This was conceived to streamline the combined efforts of the groups towards spiritual progress. The so called allegations on Srila Prabhupada are not agreed upon by the adherents of his teachings, both of Western and Asian origins as these 'blames' are considered baseless and a result of the gross misunderstanding of the Vedic system by the Western minds who give quite lesser importance to morality. Hope this helps.
Most westerners and Middle East people only understand religion through the lens of either Christianity and Islam (and sometimes Judaism).
Pretty much everything about India, but especially the dharnas, is misunderstood in the West, except by those who study it in university in some way.
We need to improve on that.
This is a very misinformed video, and doesn't explain what Hinduism really is.
He is only doing this video to make a chart of the pantheon. So for him the actual subject doesn't matter much. So he is going with whatever is secular belif. And he has mentioned it at them beginning of the explanation.
I am a fellow Vaishnava. My and my family's main deity is Lord Venkateshwara who is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. This video was really amazing and it helped my non-Hindu friends understand my religion much better. Keep up the good work.
Hare Krishna Danvat Pranam 🙇♀️🙏💕
So Hindus have denominations??
@@virgilhoratio9819 define denominations?
I am not Hindu, but I did once visit the Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh, it was stunningly beautiful!
@@virgilhoratio9819we dont have denominations, we have Sampradayas, English vocabulary cannot describe it, just like Yoga, Dharma, Brahma, Ishwar etc. People belonging to different Sampradayas follow some set of rules in daily life, but are not different from other Hindus.
I find Hinduism to be truly fascinating.
It's like a complex system of philosophies that describe the very nature of reality. While sometimes scientifically insensible statements are made by hindus, I think because people don't completely understand what hinduism is all about, even hindus too, which I believe the same goes with other religions too. But the one who completely understand the concepts and philosophy, he/she truly understands the nature of reality and working of universe which they refer to as (param satya). It's easy to misunderstand things in such a diverse religion, while the actual idea and stories it gives is truly amazing and most accurate too when seen from a modern scientific view.
As a Hindu, I agree with u 101%.
Muslims makes the most unscietiffic claims about islam. But ya i agree hindus do it too.
You are the first Muslim I have seen who did not mocked or disrespected our religion when came across the Hindu word.
@mave-bp5su It is actually Sanatan Religion followed by people who lived in Sindhu Today's Sindh in Pakistan. Persians didn't have "S" in their scripts hence they called us "Hindu"
There is nothing complex in Hinduism
It is as simple as other religion
As a practicing hindu i would like to mention kartikeya or murugan a son of shiva who is worshipped most popularly in southern india. Also the balinese agama hindu dharma
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival.
Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one.
They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
In some areas kartikeya is the older brother, in some he is the younger
Yes, Murugan is mentioned in vedas too as Skanda
@@EvergreenConsultancy please don't spread your abrahamic bigotry here. Accepting many paths leading to one destination is way better than my way or highway mentality. Also Hinduism has survived thousands of years irrespective of oppression by many Fanatics
@@EvergreenConsultancyislam is literally a mix of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism (five prayers) with Arabic folk traditions.
I really appreciate how much effort you put into being respectful while simultaneously giving a complete package of information
He's respectful most of the time. I think he could have presented a less biased view of history, however. He's still persisting with idiotic Western interpretations of Indians' own history.
And invasion or migration, it doesn't matter. They both mean one people went into another place. It doesn't necessitate any violence. It is most likely the people who arrived did so for trade, or they arrived south from their location, because some other group arrived in their land and pushed the out of the migrating people left because there were too many cooks in the kitchen. It, they were moving south as explorers. It's a known fact that human are curious creatures and have always been explorers.
Thanks for this. I've been wanting a stepping stone for learning about Hinduism :D
Stay away from suggestions on the Internet brother. Lotta right wing agenda floating around, you can spot them by their orange flag emojis. I’m a Hindu and I don’t believe in any god. I’m an atheist and a Hindu at the same time. It’s very broad concept sometimes too much for a born monotheist to comprehend the concepts. It will take time and exposure to the myths and your own personal understanding. The water down altered content on the Internet are not at all credible.
Indian mythos are like acid trips filled with morals and lessons. the problem arises when you start taking them literally
As a hindu, i can tell you that most of this is academic horseshit. Specific Hindu philosophical denominations are practiced by a minority and are mostly just cults.
What is more common and to me, more interesting are the regional variations.
Eg, Hinduism practiced in Nepal has many elements of Buddhist, Kirat and Magar cultures ingrained in it. Similarly Hinduism practiced in Bengal, Punjab, and Tamilnadu are all very very different from each other depending on the different cultures that have assimilated.
Those scriptures are written to give philosophical ideas and moral values
But people turned it to religion
Don't follow that religion or worship those gods, just read those and improve life
@@rishavsharma2349 What would be the best way to learn more besides travelling to Asia?
@@KarmasAB123 just read some core hindu mythologies like Mahabharat and Ramayan. Mahabharat is the most brilliant story ever told. (Gita is a small part of Mahabharat.) It is an epic story about the virtues, moralities and duties of individuals to their family, society and their country.
These epics revolve around interesting debates which are open to your interpretation. Eg, How much do you tolerate before a war can be justified? When there is a war between right and wrong, do you support your family and friends or the righteous side?
Should a king be chosen based on the order of his birth or by his virtues?
Note that these texts are euphemisms and not literal dogmas, unlike abrahamic religions. You are free to interpret them as they suit you.
Most of the Hindus worship Vishnu and Shiva together , not seperately
As a Buddhist from Sri Lanka trying to understand and appreciate the bigger picture, this was very useful, both to understand the various aspects of Hinduism as well as where Buddhism fits in it's evolutionary history.
To be technically frank, Buddhism was not a religion. The Buddha, Sidhartha Gautama was a Hindu prince of the Gautama House. He never talked about Gods or Demons. His quest was to find the root cause of suffering. In none of his sermons, does he advice how to pray or worship. He was pure scientist who searched for the truth through logic and reasoning, so rejected the meaningless rituals of the only religion prevalent at that time, i.e. Sanatan Dharma. The Buddha never accepted the caste system and believed in the equality of women and men. Unlike other founders of religions like Islam or Christianity, he never claimed be to a prophet or messenger. His philosophy of reason and logic, slowly morphed into beliefs to be accepted without questioning which he clearly forbade saying that even his teachings should not be accepted blindly but "test them in the crucible of your reason, and accept them if you find it true"
Don't believe how it is narrated. Believe what is truth. Now a days anyone comes with a different theory claiming this n that.
@@devannayar6456
I do NOT see how "so called" finding truth while meditating under a tree is classified as "logic and reasoning". (Besides that Buddha actually never said anything extraordinary to begin with. What Buddha realized meditating under a Bodhi tree is realized by any ordinary thinking dude in his mid 40s. By the way, I would suggest you to visit "Atheist Republic" channel where Armin critically analyzes fundamentals of Buddhism and really shows how dumb those so called basics really are. Visiting a channel that criticizes religion (including Buddhism) might give you an outsider's perspective that may help to over turn your internal biases.)
(By the way also read about meditation induced psychosis and delusions)
@@Tathagata-eo5tz First of all, Buddha did not start or discuss religion. His quest was solely to find the reason behind suffering. He debunked all religious dogmas and rituals but never spoke on existence or non existence of gods. And sitting under a tree and meditating is equivalent to what Eienstein called "Thought experiments" as the human brain is the best laboratory there is. If any ordinary man had realized what the Buddha did, he would have been the Buddha, which merely means the Enlightened One and not any deity.
@@devannayar6456
I would rather call those experiences as "meditation induced hallucinations" instead of calling them as "thought experiments". Besides that as I have said before those so called insights (four noble truths and 8 way path) are too dumb (and flawed in one way or another) to be realized even by someone in a thoughtful day rather than spending six years experiencing hallucinations under a tree.
[Additional info: I lived 22 yrs in a Tibetan Buddhist dominated area (North Sikkim) and they (and their Lamas (priests)) do believe in gods, rituals and all that stuff. I would guess that Buddhism is "somehow" only understood by new converts or westerners and not by those who have been Buddhist for literally thousand of years and not even by priests who have been educated in religious Buddhist schools (Sheda schools).]
Hope you recover soon, Matt. Just know that people appreciate you as a person rather than just a videomaker when they hear about you. I'm happy that you're making progress in your recovery, and I can't wait to see what you've got lined up for the future.😁
What Josh said!
What happened to Matt?
@@DrGero15 he is sick
@@DrGero15he had Crohn's disease, had it for ages but just got diagnosed the other week, he posted about it on the community tab
oh no :( what happened? @@nakshatrabhatt
I think ,you have to make second part of Hindu denominations video. Because of how broad Hinduism is. I remind you that some people in Southeast Asia also practice Hinduism as their religion,like in Bali. Hinduism in Bali has their own distinct pattern even they tend to Shaivism.
Yes indeed Southeast Asian forms of Hinduism should be covered. Not only Indonesia but Cham people of Vietnam are also majority Hindu. And plus a lot of people in Thailand pray to Hindu gods as well although they are Buddhist and their royal rituals are carried out by Brahmins so in a way I'd actually call them Buddhist Hindus. Namaste from India! 🙏🏼🇮🇳
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Hinduism actually has a lot of different belief systems that are connected one way or the other.
Every form of hinduism is covered in this video. Even if a new group invent a new form of religion under its umbrella, then also it will get covered.
Always appreciate your vids.
I never saw so many corrections in comments before.
I hope many of these folks realize that the one angle or book you read, doesn’t define the whole of the belief. I’ve experienced many different descriptions and spellings from different areas and believers, as well as interpretations.
It’s because western reductionism is common, and we’ll recognized by Indians
finaaaallyyyy a video about hinduism
Are you waiting for this video?
This video has many flaws.
And 70% don't follow Vaishnavism, but in fact 95% Hindus follow Smarthism which includes Vishnu (Krishna and Rama), Shiva, Mother Parvati (Durga and Kali) all together.
@@vishalrao4073 Come to the path of Christianity or Islam. Don't believe the false myth and only India based religion.
@@PrionTurjo educated western people and girls hugely accepting Hinduism and Jainism now, they are leaving those abrahamic religions which advocate violence and says bad about non-believers of particular cult, and says about burning in hell for those who don't believe their ideology.
@@PrionTurjo which is oldest religion in world?
Ohh it's Hinduism, not your man-made abrahamic religions.
Which is biggest religious structure in world?
Ohh it's again a temple, not ur church or mosque.
It's Angkor wat Hindu temple in Cambodia, dedicated to Lord Vishnu built thousand of years ago.
Who first informed to the world that our solar system has 9 planets? Again Hindus discovered thousand of years ago that solar system has 9 planets, but your western schools teaches wrong that Galileo discovered it only few hundreds years ago.
I'm a learned and devout Hindu who has quite a lot of knowledge about what our religion actually is. As such, I genuinely praise the efforts you've taken to properly gather the information presented here. Although there were a few flaws, they were nothing compared to how uninformed the rest of the world is about Hinduism. You as a Westerner put it all in order in a way not even most Hindus today can!
Well done brother!
Namaste from UK :)
Few flaws, he literally dated Veda as 1500 yrs old.. and what diff in Vedic religion and Hinduism.... bs video..
@@HinduPhoenix He gave two opinions. One was religious, the other was secular. Also I think you missed the word BCE
could you help with the flaws you heard
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Your timing is impeccable! I just started getting into the Bhagavad Gita and teaching myself Sanskrit.
Hint: It's all science.
Ok fine..But read carefully.. Everything you heard about purana are wrong including this video information..These are all science..For example Shruthi doesn't mean Vedas..It is sound or mellows and vibration present in nature.shuruti used in musics in India..Lord Brahma creates things using shruti..And it doesn't has conscious..it is related to material world..But smiruthi is conscious dimension where lord Krishna is present.Our conscious and our first heart beat rhythm born from there.These are all belongs to lord Krishna..So read purana in that way ..
All the best. I barely passed Sanskrit when i was in school 😅
It is pretty easy when you learn the rules. Very much like maths.
@@ConfusedbetweenfoodandfitnessBut there are SO many rules in Sanskrit 😅
Not ‘Pavarti’ 🫤
Really good explanation, as a Hindu I often see people discuss a single perspective on Hinduism, and most of the time they view it with the lens of Christianity. It's great to see a comprehensive explanation that includes both views that are from the religious people and academicians. Great work.
Was waiting for this video. Hinduism is an umbrella term that is actually a combination of thousands of religions and belief systems.
I realized as a gnostic I'm closer to Hinduism then gnostic Christianity.
why?
How?
when?
who?@@himanshukuanr7832
What?
As a Hindus guy, I love the video. My first teacher of Hinduism was our House maid , who introduced me to the various Gods and told me stories when I was a kid.
Your family didn't? O.o
@@napoleonfeanor No they didn't , but they did take me to holy sites. I was taken care of by the maid for the most part, where occasionally she would educate me on these topics.
@@samirkarki192 Why did you have a maid? Were your parents too lazy to do house work?
There is only one God brother. All these Hindu gods are not real and created and drawn by people in books throughout the years.
@@omaraudi2024Hindu gods are probably older than whatever faith you're going to preach here.
Brilliant Work! Thank you for making and sharing this.
I'm a Sikh married to a Hindu. I know about my Gurus but not a lot about Hindu Gods. This video helps.
Sikh Guru Arjan Dev Ji wrote commentary on Hindu Goddess Chandi (Kali). Sikh Guru Nanak Dev Ji sang songs on Rama. In-fact Guru Gobindh Singh Ji was named after our God "Govindha" (Krishna), Go + Vinda means "One who loves Cows'". Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji, In the Gloriois Sikh Empore, Cow Slaughter was punished with death.
We Hindus see Sikhism as just an extension of Hinduism and Sikh Gurus as our Holy Saints. We do not see Sikhism as other Religion. Till 1850s, Sikhs were identified as Kshatriya Hindus in Population Census Documents. But British created "Separate" Sikh Identity, After Anglo - Sikh Wars, To divide India. They feared Sikhs and Hindus would unite, Which would pose threat to them in the Future.
I guess you are NRI....hindu-sikhs wedding are very common and Sikhs know Hinduism as much as hindu do in India....
Btw greetings
You can't understand sanatan dharma by watching these videos😅
@@yogesh41048Hey I'm Bangladeshi. Is it common among all types of Sikhs and Hindus? Or is it only common in castes like jatt, aurora etc etc. I heard most don't care about religion in Punjab as long as the caste is the same.
@@hindurashtra63it's a bit weird bro, like us Hindus are willing to say we are the same. Some Sikhs say that too. But some of them now say they are different people. Idk how that makes sense because Sikhs were the elder sons of Punjabi Hindu families, if that's the case, is it really conversion? Back then people surely didn't see it in a "conversion" way. This is very confusing situation, although in Punjab you won't feel the difference between being a Hindu or Sikh as far as I've heard
As a Hindu I appreciate your efforts and your video definitely exceeded my expectations. I should also make it clear though that these denominations are not absolute and there are many Hindus, my family included, who don't even know what denomination they are. I'd say I'm a cultural Hindu who believes in the general teachings of the religion and sees all gods as one and the same.
Edit: Also Bali deserved a mention.
Namaste to Indonesian and other non-South Asian Hindus from an Indian Hindu!
Love and peace to all people of the world of all religions!
Edit 2: After reading the comments and thinking a bit I did realize that this video actually missed out a lot of points. I still appreciate the effort but I'd hope for a more detailed video soon.
Then you're a Smartha. Actually most of the Hindus are Smartha as they believe all the main gods as one and kinda believe in Advaita.
@@HinduPhoenix Actually based on our family deity I'm guessing we are Shaiva but yeah by philosophy I guess most of us follow Smarta and Advaita Vedanta anyways.
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival.
Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one.
They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
@@EvergreenConsultancy I don't get your point. Hinduism is very much surviving and thriving even in its diverse form. Also cult is not an appropriate word for the various Hindu denominations. I'd suggest you google what a cult means. And honestly it doesn't matter if people don't consider Hinduism a religion. Even we don't. Religion is a foreign concept to us. We believe in dharma. Peace! 🙏🏼
@@MarkAntony-l7s he's a bot he is literally every where leave him chill
As a Vaishnava, I appreciate that you presented a completely unbiased explanation in this video.
Of course there were some minor pronunciation mistakes, that are inevitable when a Westerner tries to pronounce Sanskrit words, but overall this was a brilliant video!
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I've read recently that the minute differences in the way we've been pronouncing our speech has influenced the facial structures of our different ethnicities. I wonder, if there is any merit to that idea, if that would make it difficult for certain ethnicities to produce certain sounds from other ethnicities.
@@scottydu81 Its not, since people growing up in other ethnicities adopt their sounds.
Indians just have a lot of aspirated & retroflex-consonants, thats common only with the Australian aboriginals.
Its is linked to the 1st human migrations into India (finally to Australia).
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@@scottydu81 I think that's a fascinating idea worth exploring!
We are not the people of a book, we're the people of the library 🙏🕉♾
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Kya haal ha jammu aalooo 😊😊
@@khojiinsaan123 hahaha all good brother 🤝😂
@@shubhamjamwal5284 Bhai ma lhid jammu sa hu 🤣🫡
बस हो गया भाई, हाहाहा, एक भगवद गीता समझने में ही दिमाग की दही हो जाती है, उपनिषद तो दूर की बात है
As a Hindu myself, I found this video to be deeply interesting and very through. ❤ Keep up the good work. 👍🏻
He did multiple blenders in this video. He said 70% Hindu's are Vaishnav when in reality 90% Hindus follow the last denomination where Vishnu Shiva Shakti and Surya are worshipped equally
Another thing he did is he only took reference from rig Veda where completely ignored the other three Vedas
This is very reason, Every Educated and logical Person don't Consider HINDUISM as any religion, Rather it's the different Cult's came together for their survival.
Not even 1% of "Hindus" has ever read all their Scriptures because there isn't one.
They can only survive if they accept the truth that they sub divisions are independent religion, else they will perish.
@@EvergreenConsultancy that's because there's so much literature that it's basically impossible to read and understand everything in one life time, but at the same time even a couple books are enough to understand the crux of Hinduism, i.e., pluralism - many ways to the one destination. It's about respecting the path of others being just as valid as yours, because the destination is the same.
really? he just scratched the surface.
You did a great job explaining the different branches and stuff. There is definitely a lot more complexity that transliterating from Sanskrit to English removes but overall you got a lot of quality information in!
I have no comment on this video I just want to let you know your videos and video quality is excellent. The animator did a really good job.
That's because you haven't even watched it
As a Hindu...I can tell you this is almost right. The information is almost correct. A great job from the video maker. He did his research.
Amazing video to watch. Subscribed.
Which parts were inaccurate from your understanding?
@@virtualmilkers1747Maybe the time period concept of each yugas could be wrong cuz we hindus still debate about the actual time period of each yuga
Some believe the time period is 2400, 3600, 4800, etc while some debate that the time period is in another unit
By which kaliyug is actually 4320000 and so on for others
@@virtualmilkers1747 it is most simplest presentation we could say, missing a lot of information, but still to get an overall birdeye view it's good only ...,,,,one thing he's missing should add is SHANKAR (shivji ) and PARVATI ji has two sons one as mentioned GANESHA n other one KARTIKEYA (mostly worshipped in southern states of INDIA) .. and also HANUMAAN ji considered as reincarnation of SHIV JI .
@@Sky-zr5oq Thank you.
@@Sky-zr5oq And the pronunciations really broke my heart :(
so glad you're back Matt, hope you're feeling better
In (area now called) Indonesia, Hinduism used to be majority religion alongside with Buddhism. Though, right now, only small pocket of Hindiusm majority like Balinese or Tenggerere people are that still exist, albeit develop different kind of Hinduism compared to India. That history alone is interesting to learn, especially including how folk religion across Java, Bali, and Nusa Tenggara influences Hindu and Buddhist, and later Islam.
Edit: Christian Yoga is my real name. I'm Javanese and Javanese ethnic in Indonesia often mixed their religious name with Hindu/Buddhist name.
Where are you from?
In Indonesia especially Java island, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka is our unifying figure. His birthplace is in Kali Serayu river/Bumi Majeti and introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar. Our center of civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java and the border between Sunda Islands (Indonesia, Malaysia, etc) and India is Malacca strait (malacca = mleccha/foreigners)...
Saka-Yavana = Sunda-Javanese (Daha-Kediri included)
Malaya-Kamboja-Champa = Malay
We are different from India/Jambudwipa. You can read about this in purwacarita. The legacy of our ancestor, Aji Saka/Ajiwaka. Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma. Just respect each other. That's why agama Sunda Wiwitan, Kasumedangan, Kejawen, Kapitayan (Aji Saka's teaching) are not categorized as agama Hindu...
Addition:
1. Aksara = script in Bahasa Indonesia
2. Agama = religion in Bahasa Indonesia
It could be similar to the Meitei of Manipur, except it happened more recently.
Around 1750s Hinduism spread to their region, but they kept some of their original folk religion, mixed with Hinduism.
What the heck is cHrIsTiAn YoGa
@@alani3992 People of Java had followed Hinduism in 5 CE. There was Durga statue being found in that era and there was report from Chinese monk. Nowadays, only a few people still follow Hinduism and yet Javanese parents are still telling the story of Mahabharata and Ramayana and gave their children names after the character in either epic. Names such as Rama, Kresna (Khrisna), Bima, Wisnu, Saraswati, Gatot (from Gatotkaca) are still commonly found in Java.
Get well soon Matt. I follow you for a long time. Your channel helped me a lot to learn a learn about Western history & religions.
As a Hindu Atheist, I really appreciate that you mentioned that there are many people like us. It is simply a way of living for most of us & obviously the vast philosophical knowledge that Hinduism offers.
No one :
🤡Lol salam : dindoo atheist 🤣🤣
@@melg6834 what happened? Is it difficult to digest that you can be an atheist and still be a Hindu? I am one myself. I follow the Philosophical aspects of many scriptures and read them to understand myself.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
@@melg6834there are many schools in Hinduism which rejects gods
I am happy that you said hindu atheist not simply atheist. Because atheism is allowed in hinduism without any restrictions (only morally )
This was so good! As an American, I became a devotee of Shiva last year after he called me, and am now a Shaivite after growing up and being raised Christian for my whole life. I have also been self-studying Sanskrit since then. I didn’t realize that only 25% of Hindus are solely devoted to Shiva as him being Maheshavara. That makes me feel kind of feel special lol. I am also drawn to Shaktism-Kali specifically, and that # is 5%? Wow that is so interesting! I prefer being called a Shaivite than Hindu! And I don’t know why Kartikeya is always left off, it makes me feel sad for him. Ganesha wasn’t their only son. Om Namah Shivaya! ❤
Majority Hindus are cultural Hindus
But yeah Shiva is popular Major God among Hindus
Om Namah shivaya
As an Indian Hindu, your comment is so cring, after the first sentence.. 😑🤖. Go to a sleep doctor ... 🙄
This percentage thing in video is so wrong and baseless, because Hindus are not basically divided into denominations. Every followers of Vaishnavism are equally followers of Shaivism and Shaktism. Even majority of Hindus don't know about denominations as everyone worships Vishnu(Krishna and Ram), Shiva, Parvati(Durga and Kali) together.
@@percyweasley9301Lmaoo how is it cringe to worship shiva? Haterrrr leave this girl alone😭
How can one miss Sindhu Region, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Bali, Etc. These are places which i personally visited to verify the presence of Hinduism in old times.
In recent years many westerners has made videos on Hindu Dharma but I found your video the best. The way you explained that Hindu dharma is not a religion but a dharma was very good and many people has to know about it. And also the misconception that all Hindus workship multiple Gods but it is not true and you explained that there are many monotheist and atheist as well. And being atheist they can call them Hindus. Keep up the good work and thanks for letting people know about our Dharma.
Please include the Charvaka which were a distinct and extant until medieval times. You can consider adding Ājīvika and Ajñana but Charvaka was more influential.
Aji Saka/Ajiwaka, our unifying figure from Kali Serayu river/Bumi Majeti region, is not a Hindu. He introduced agama tirta, aksara Hanacaraka, and Saka calendar to the inhabitants of Java island in Indonesia. We are different. The center of our civilization is in Mount Semeru/Mahameru in East Java... Jiwa-Jawi-Jawa-Sukma-Atma...
@@ariapinandita9240 what?
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
@@debodatta7398 plus the lingayat movement too, and also shaktism is inherently Anti-discrimainatory
@@ariapinandita9240we in India say that mythical place mount meru
What an insightful and informative video this was!. Being a hindu myself I didn't know a lot of aspects about my culture.
Living in India and following Islam, i wasn't aware of so many things about Hinduism. This video surely helped me to dive deeper into Hinduism as a religion😊...
This isn't a complete truth, he didn't mention Vedanta more thoroughly, because it's the most influential one.
I would do more research from non white people before believing in their narrative again. As an indo-caribbean we're too familiar with that part
I'm a Bangladeshi Muslim 😊 and I know everything he said. Even more....
@@kakashiroshi440 He literally did mention Vedanta, it was one of the Astika schools mentioned around 15:35
@@LoudWaffle read his comment again🤦
Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, Smartism aren't just Bhakti yoga, each of them also have connections to Vedanta and the other forms of Yoga. There are entire chapters in the Bhagavad Gita about these, and the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita itself understood as various forms of Vedanta.
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I am pretty sure he said that who people were devotional towards were just the closest thing to what Westerners might consider denominations. Most Westerners have trouble understanding that Hinduism isn't only about who you are devotional towards.
I grew up Hindu in the US and it’s really fascinating how, bc we’re diaspora, a lot of these merged together. When I was young, there was only really one temple we could go to, so they had basically every god there, and (I think) most people prayed to all of them. Even with religion class or whatever, there was never really a distinction between different types of Hinduism (like, oh these people teach this, and that group teaches that).
There were definitely some distinctions between different homes tho. Like, my specific culture’s main (for lack of a better word) god was Ganesh, so we had more depictions of Ganesh than other gods, we did more for his festivals, etc., whereas we had some family friends who focused more on Durga so they did more for those. But both of us still did other festivals/holidays that we had in common.
I don’t know how it is in India (I’m thinking it isn’t much different), but ig there isn’t as many chances to separate ourselves from each other.
Edit: I recently had a conversation with my parents about how calling Hinduism a “religion” seemed kinda reductive, and their pushback against that was really interesting. I still do think it’s reductive, but I def understand better why it bothered them.
I grew up practicing one of the Abrahamic religions but I’ve been practicing Jainism for the past few years as a way of treating my anxiety disorder.
I mean even in India there are temples with all the gods. And all the denominations go to these temples, there are also temples dedicated to certain deities alone. These are more like philosophies and less like Christian denominations.
@@japjeetmehton9921 Yeah. I mean more (afaik) that it's harder to find a temple dedicated to one deity in the US than it is in India.
@@ObnoxiousAgnostic wow. Interesting, so are you following the sort of lesser vows? I am sure it have affected you disorder in a positive way.
It’s the same in India too, the denomination distinction are overblown. Even in 9,10 11 century temples mix all these Gods. It’s a very western obsession to classify everything into neat buckets and label them as distinct. In reality there is a lot of overlap.
This is really well explained. Good to see this. You missed two native Hindu cultures outside South Asia - Balinese Hinduism of Indonesia and almost extinct Champa Hinduism of Vietnam.
Huge thanks! I was spending so many weeks trying to untangle relations between all those schools/deities/concepts, you did a great job! Please make a video about other proponents of Neo-Hinduism, as I also noticed that they usually do not fit "classical" structure. Also I would love a video about other 5 Astika schools and how Vedanta then intertwined with Yoga in many guru lineages. Love your channel!
as a hindu who has been having trouble communicating this kind of information (even to other hindus and Indians!) I have to say that your video is very well done and will be useful to many in the future.
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Whoa! I'm surprised to learn that only 5% of Indians follow the Smart (Sanskrit word) traditions (thinking about it, it does make sense). People from my community and the Bramhins from my region mostly follow the Smart / Shanmata (Sanskrit word) traditions of worshiping the 6 gods. Our home temples are testament of that. We celebrate year round festivals and holy days for them. I believe that majority of us are huge followers of Lord Ganesh.
Thanks for the video! Great work as always.
Birth-based Brahmins or Karma-based Brahmins?
I’m am surprised too. I’ve seen many Hindus growing up worshiping all the main deities equally.
It's "Smarta". Not Smart. Hindi just ruins pronunciations
Its not hindi... its sanskrit..
@@user-bz3vu7sz4l Not swar vyanjan. They are Swara & Vyanjana. Hindi eats away last a sound. I VERY MUCH KNOW ABOUT THE PRONOUNCIATION AND I CAN FLUENTLY CONVERSE IN SAMSKRTAM (WHICH YOU CALL SANSKRIT BUT IS IT IS SAMSKRTAM)
One of the best channel I've found when it comes to the vulgarisation of the religions (I love the Tree of life too). Thank you for all the good work !
Thank you for all of your videos, Matt, they're always super informative and enjoyable and you're a rare individual who seems to appreciate everything you talk about in such a polite way. I really hope you beat the crap out of Crohn's, you're a great person who deserves great things
He has chrons disease?
This video was more informative about Hinduism than the part of my religious studies class that mentioned it ever was back in school, so thanks!
This video has many flaws.
Don't believe in it blindly.
And for example, 70% Hindus don't follow Vaishnavism, but in fact 96% or 97% Hindus follows that 4th denominations (Smarthism) which includes worshiping Vishnu(Krishna and Ram), Shiva, Mother Parvati (Durga and Kali) and Ganesha all together.
Even I believe that 99% Hindus would have never listened this word Smartism. I listened it first time in my life, even when I am hardcore Hindu.
And Hindus don't see themselves into denominations as well.
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you:
1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally.
2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev.
3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life.
4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members.
5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity.
5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA"
7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
I really enjoy this series of videos. I am not a religious person, but I understand the importance it has in many peoples lives and find videos like this fascinating and educational in how different believes come about. The more we understand about each other, the better this world can be
Thanks for explaining every religion without any bias 🙏
This might be the milestone video on Hinduism on youtube which shows some sort of structure and order in Hinduism. As a hindu myself i find it pretty confusing to categorise and sort hindu religion. There is no consensus among hindus. Each person will tell you different story. Thanks for your work. And get well soon.
I’d absolutely love if you did one of these on Buddhist schools and all the different teachers and schools of Mahayana and Vajrayana, Hinayana, and Zen.
The four are Mahayana Hinayana Theravada and Vajrayana the Zen is the sect from Mahayana Buddhism
@@rajashah1353Hinayāna (I am not referring to Theravāda) is for all intents and purposes extinct so doesn’t really count
I thought Hinayana was how Theravada was called byMahayana and nowadays, the name of Hinayana is never used anymore.
CMIIW. I'm not a Buddhist.
@@kunderemp correct, but Hinayāna can also refer to similar pre-Mahayāna traditions which are separate from Theravāda. it is still potentially derogatory either way as it suggests whatever it is referring to is lower (than Mahayāna)
@@kunderemp Yes Theravada are not Hinayana because Hinayana don't consider Buddha as God but in Theravada sometimes consider gods
I work at a tutoring center run by two Indian women and teach mostly children from Indian families, so I knew there were different ways that people practice what is called Hinduism. But I didn't really know much about the different branches, so it was interesting to learn more. Maybe I will ask my students more about it as well.
Most of them won't be able to explain. Hindu sects exist, Hindus don't know about them. Most Hindus adhere to all sects. Very few are strictly denominational.
Shout out to this channel!!!! I love everything you do.
I hope you get well soon and thank you for summarizing the Hindu religion for us laymen to understand. I'm a Hindu myself but I did not have such a deep understanding of the religion. Much appreciated 👍
A lovely entry into Hinduism, I hope a dive into other non-Abrahamic religions will open people up to new or different thinking. Actually, even the people of India don't really know the history.
Great video, I'm surprised you got in as much as you did in that short of a time. The various philosophies and beliefs that fall under the Hindu umbrella would be a lifes work just trying to sort out them all.
Not necessarily. These are works of different people with different philosophies but based on some underlining truth like “Karma”. They are all agree on similar things.
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you:
1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally.
2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev.
3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life.
4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members.
5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity.
5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA"
7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
Love this channel ❤ the quality of video and effort put into each with the passion for curiosity and knowledge is deeply appreciated ❤❤
Interesting thing I noticed around 13:25 : The God represented as some fiery figure, Agni, sound very similar to polish Ogień, which means fire. I love those random simmilarities notocible within indo-european family
Agni fire god
almost all culture have god for 5 elements,in india it is 1.Agni-fire god 2.Vaayu-Wind god 3.Varuna-rain god 4.bhoomi-earth god 5.5indra-sky god....polish have Dazbog ect
Guess what the Russian word for fire is: Ogon’
@@sudhanvakashyap297Turks have Sky God but it doest represent elements rather than means god is in the sky.
thank you Matt for making this video, long awaited
Great video but you missed an essential part of Shaivism tree. It’s *Murugan* or Karthikeya, he’s the brother of Ganesha.
Well didn't expect that much Nicely put together! 👌🏻❤️
It makes me very happy that you mention Aryan invasion theory is wrong.
One thing I would like to mention that vasudev was the father of krishna and he was not merged with krishna.
It was krishna who use to call himself as Vasudeva krishna which means vasudeva's son krishan (something like thor use to introduced himself as thor odinson)
So here you are little bit wrong.
They both were different person but they were not merged.
Although I appreciate your hardwork❤
You're unaware that it was the Vasudeva of the four Vrishni heroes of Mathura who was identified with Krishna. Do some more reading before you correct people.
Very nice video, but I want to point out a small correction: The Brahmanism was not practiced only in the kingdom of Kuru but in most of the Mahajanapadas (a group of small kingdoms in northern India and in Pakistan), so the Shramana movement developed in the context of Vedic religion and latter Brahmanism. Though it was in the east, specially in the region of Bihar (Greater Magadha) were the movement took root more deeply.
I wished you could tap in a bit more on Vedanta and how one can be an Atheist Hindu, but overall, I'm impressed! It's a pretty good overview of the complex religion that is Hinduism!
As a seeker of Advaita Vedanta I believe the source of this universe is pure awareness/consciousness and we are mere drops in a larger body of water. This "source" is what connects us for we are all the same. We are not body, nor mind - we are atman, the purest versions of ourselves which is Brahman the universe. We just have to see beyond the 5 senses (maya) and seek/ask questions about the conceptual truths of the universe. It's only then we break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve moksha. If you are familiar with quantum mechanics, that's how I perceive this very concept. This idea has underpinned the very nature of how I follow life, along with dharma, karma, ahimsa etc. Many people perceive Brahman (consciousness) to be God, but I perceive it as a shapeless, formless force of energy.
The Bhakti pathway is great for those who find philosophy is not their jam. They just pray and worship and that love and devotion they get transcends the five sense and they get enlightenment. This is not exclusionary, all people from different faiths get enlightenment. In fact many Hindus believe Jesus attained enlightenment too.
Hindu mythology is telling Hindu vedanta/philosophy through a moral story-telling way that makes the layman would understands the basics of Hinduism values/ideas like dharma, karma, reincarnation etc. Different gods are just physical allegories of attributes of Brahman, and are tools to serve the bhakti pathway of enlightenment.
Hinduism is not about the culture nor about the rituals or prayers (despite common thoughts to even Hindus themselves!). That just encapsulates very little of the core of Hinduism - the philosophy/vedanta that epitomises the very religion itself.
But apart from advaita there are other form of vedanta also there Like dwaita vedanta, visisth advaita, sudh advaita, bheda abhed, achintya bhedabhed..and many
Advaita absolutely blissful and useful for present generations to avoid unnecessary rituals and dogmatic believes
@@Agnostic7773 not really bro...shankaracharyas who were the exponent of advaita vedanta are highly ritualistic and are great sadhaka of sri vidhya...they know that highest form of pramana are pratyaksh anubhuti(direct or first hand experience of devine) otherwise it's just empty talk repeating like a parrot..which neo vedantis are doing.
1:15 As a Bengali (part of the Indian Subcontinent) Muslim who has talked with Hindus and also knows the basic words. To clarify and add to the video. Dharma basically means some kind of order, it's like the nature of something that's supposed to happen. Water will always evaporate when you boil it. That's the "dharma" of water. So Hindus believe (as far as I've learned) that they follow a certain divine order or nature that happens or is supposed to happen. They call it "sanatan dharma" and those who reject it are called "nastik dharma".
Hope this insight was useful 😊
Dear Bangladeshi friend, unfortunately your understanding is wrong , when you will learn more than basic words listen to Lord Osho in Hindi (not English). Or just read RamKrishna mission works in "your native" Bangla language.
@श्रीकांतपाटील-झ6य my apologies I was merely sharing my understanding, could you please elaborate more on the concept as you seem to have an idea of it?
@@UziMan-Science-Math So for us Hindus Dharma basically means duty. Not the day to day duty..its more related to the duty you have as a human. For example a monks duty is to meditate and get rid of all earthly possessions and desires, a warriors duty is to fight, a teachers duty is to teach. Basically as long as you are following your duties with whole heart you are following your Dharma. Hope it helps
@@simonthodas8409 thanks for that insight, I highly appreciate it :)
@@UziMan-Science-Math no worries mate, ima fellow bengali too
A version of the Horse Twins more familiar for Western viewers is the constellation Gemini and its main stars Castor and Pollux. These characters, Castor and Pollux, were brothers to Helen of Troy.
and good characters in "Face/Off!"😅
You right Vedic astrology use these stars for future prediction
I would like to add that within the six schools of Aastik philosophies, there are further sub-branches worth exploring. Modern Hinduism predominantly aligns with the last school known as "Uttar Mimansa" or "Vedanta." It's also noteworthy to mention the existence of the Nastik school, "Charvaka," which holds a unique place as the only materialistic philosophy within Hinduism.
Coming from a non-hindu content creator, I must say that you have provided a pretty detailed and accurate overview of Hinduism and your effort and thorough research are commendable.
Great job! 🙏🌟
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
@@debodatta7398 Brother, he was talking about "denominations" or you might say 'streams' of Hinduism. This video is not about Hinduism's evolution or countless movements that shaped it in its current form.
You should look out for a different video on this topic. It is practically impossible to talk everything about Hinduism or any religion to be honest; in a single video.
@UsefulCharts As an Indian Hindu, the people in my Tamil Southern Culture which is in Tamil Nadu mostly believes in the Shaivism Denomination and is also a spiritual part of India apart from places like Uttarakhand and Varanasi since it also holds many places like the Adiyogi statue in the Isha Centre in Coimbatore because people believed that he was the first Guru (also known as a Yogi)
Thank you! You are so knowledgeable that you addressed the word denominations with regards to Hinduism at the very beginning! You gained a new subscriber!
In Hinduism, Dimensions would most likely be the right word instead of Denominations!
Hey man..awesome video as always..very informative and accurate enough...just wanted to say get well soon..🙏🕉...hope u get back to ur normal life very soon..sending prayers🕉🙏
Thank you for your excellent and nuanced explanation. I am not an expert or scholar but my understanding is that the Rig Veda is not only Hinduisms oldest scripture but the world’s oldest scripture. Egyptian hyroglyphics may be older but they were never compiled into a scripture. Also, Rig Veda got cosmology right, saying earth revolves around the sun. It took Jews, Christian’s and Muslims as long as 2000 yrs more get this right. Also, it contains the first written description of a solar eclipse!
What's interesting is many Hindu saints have given a lot of important theories to modern science. Acharya Kanad (also known as Kashyapa) was born in 600 bc and theorized about atoms and subatomic particles, here's a copy and paste of part of the story
"Impressed by his thoughts and explanation of importance of even a single particle, people began calling him ‘Kannada’, as ‘Kan’ in Sanskrit means ‘the smallest particle’.
Kanada was walking with food in his hand, breaking it into small pieces when he realized that he was unable to divide the food into any further parts. From this moment, he conceptualized the idea of a particle that could not be divided any further. He termed that indivisible matter parmanu or anu (atom)."
@ thank you for this. Interesting and glad to know about it. I know there were early atomists in Greece and Rome too. Not sure who came first. I think the Greek Epicurus was one of them.
The really interesting thing about the Hindu pantheon is that it is highly dynamic and continues to grow even today. The latest deity to be included was the goddess *Santoshi Mata,* who emerged in the 1960s and was popularized in the 1975 Bollywood movie _Jai Santoshi Maa._
A few centuries earlier, *Lord Ayyappan,* the third son of Lord Shiva, joined the pantheon-long after the traditional _Puranas_ had been compiled. Accordingly, a new _Purana,_ the Sribhutanatha Purana, was created specifically for him, and first published in 1929. BTW, Ayyappan's mother is Mohini, a female avatar of the male god Vishnu.
Add to that the apotheosis of popular leaders, politicians, and movie stars-and you need a _Who's Who_ to keep track of all the recently-added deities.
Stop BSing , you're making it sound like a joke
@@rishavkumar1250 Not at all. Everything I said is accurate and verifiable. Feel free to provide specific corrections in case you spot factual errors.
Indeed, there exist temples where the following (human) celebrities are the presiding deities and are ritualistically worshiped as such:
Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Jayalalitha, Kushboo Sundar (now demolished), Karunanidhi, M G Ramachandran, M S Dhoni, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayawati, N T Rama Rao, Nagarjuna, Nagma, Namitha Kapoor, Narendra Modi, Nidhhi Agerwal, Pawan Kalyan, Pooja Umashankar, Raj Kapoor, Rajinikanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shah Rukh Khan, Sonia Gandhi, Sonu Sood, Sridevi
It's not my problem if you think that's a joke.
@@nHansoutside Veda in Hinduism. Is not consider part of Hinduism😅 sorry bye
@@nHans good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
That's the beauty of Dharma. Even if new deities emerge, they will eventually and peacefully merge back to any of the primary attributes of the Universe (I mean any primary deity).
I thank you as a dyslexic Indian. Your content is well researched and awesome
This is one of the most accurate, well researched video I have seen. Kudos to you!
As a Christian I have so much love and admiration for Hinduism ❤
Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you:
1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally.
2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as any male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev.
3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life.
4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members.
5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity.
5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA"
7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
13:04 Vedas does have Brhma vishnu & shiva.
Brahma is clearly mentioned.
Vishnu is mentioned as 'Naryana'
shiva is mentioned as "Rudra"
and in vedas Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Agni are not diffence deities, actually they're names of the very same one God which are used in different contexts.
Applaoud the attempt made to present this in a relatable way. Good work Bro.. 👍👏
Anyone interested in knowing about this, I will get you started.
1. The word Hindu or Hinduism is absent from all scripts
2. Religion is a foreign concept for us, nothing even close exists but no complaints
3. Sanatan is where to begin, it is a simple yet deep concept of cause and effect
4. Dharma is used incorrectly today but it's just "that which can be used or followed or adopted" for the progress and benefit for all (living, objects, universe and multiverse)
5. Adharma - That which harms and is anti Dharma
6. Karma - What is done and the definition also includes everything not just living beings
7. Yoga - Efficacy of karma
8. Maya - Perception of existence
Now, you can use this framework.
Examples:
"A task that starts will have an end"
"You're born, you'll die"
"Creation will eventually be destroyed "
"Destruction will lead to creation"
This is the Sanatan framework. 90% Indian scriptures don't even discuss spiritual or faith concepts. Most of it deals with science and technology, maths and Astronomy, Physics and metaphysics.
And each one is free to choose or make their own path, questions are encouraged and all Deities (Hindu / Sanatan) are under the laws of the Indian constitution. Yes they get the same rights as citizens via representation. Ram, Krishna, Shiva maybe called Gods etc.. but the fact is they are/were alive and that's history not myth.
Recently in the last 3 decades a Cricketer "Sachin Tendulkar" became the best batsman ever in the game. We call him God of Cricket.. so we will call everyone God who does extremely well in any way.
I've been reading through the Mahabharata (Bibek Debroy's translation) and taking extensive notes. It's a slow but very rewarding process, and from what I can tell you nailed it in this video! (as you have in all of your religion charts) I especially appreciate the level of academic care you put into stuff like mentioning how the use of the word "denominations" is just an approximation, and so on.
I've also picked up on a piece of evidence of that 'Hindu Synthesis' period while reading the Mahabharata (which makes sense as that time period perfectly overlaps with the period when the Mahabharata was being collected into one big story) - in Adi-Vamshavatarana Parva, p.151, it is said that someone who recites the epic story to Brahmanas "is cleansed of his sins and becoming victorious over heaven attains union with the eternal brahman," referring to a very Buddhist-like idea of becoming freed from desire for heaven ("victory over heaven") and having their atman extinguished. It stood out to me as that's not usually an ideal referenced or held up in praise at other parts of the text.
Nirwana term from buddhism is part of hinduism only. Its just in hinduism that's termed as moksha. As buddhism is a branch of sanatan dharma (hinduism) it follows many same teachings n scriptures as hindus🙌 irs just that budhhist doesn't worship any god but they recite/chant the name of multiple gods from sanatan dharma like omkar, hare n multiple others. I can't tell all🙌
Brahman.
Brah means expansion
Man means mind or consciousness
Here , the Brahman which is the reality Itself is considered to be expanding.
We consider that ultimate goal is Moksha ie. LIBERATION from the cycle ie. The Karmic bonds.
Good karma gets you heaven and human life but it's not the end....
Our Main goal is becoming one with that consciousness and liberating from this identity.
It doesn't mean we consider human life as bad thing infact it is the result of good karmas but not enough to attain the goal...
So as humans u get more chances ..
Also ,our greatest blessings from God is not life but oblivion , ie. The erasing any memory of past life ..
Man, I want to read the whole series so badly. I am reading The Valmiki Ramayana translation first though because of the order.
A small side note: some Hindus believe that all religions including the Abrahamic religions can be categorised under the 4 yogas. In fact the 4 yogas merely explain different spiritual paths one can take to realise the truth. The word guru also has a broad connotation, Any being who’s spiritual teachings outlived their live and impacted whole civilisations could be called a guru. Jesus is revered by many Hindu spiritual leaders because of this broad understanding of who a spiritual being is. Ps: my information comes from series of lectures at isckon and Ramakrishna math, please correct if I happen to make a mistake :)
Thank you for sharing an elaborate video on Hinduism. This is by far one of the most clear and articulate explaination of Hinduism.
❤Jesus power ❤ energy field. Starting now.
I'm Buddhist, I married to hindu, I don't know about these things, Thx for information.
This is one of the best video on hinduism, which i have come across.
This might be the best description I've ever seen of Hinduism by a non-Hindu. Usually I'm groaning. This was great. I'm a devotee of Krishna.
ohhh this one is fun I would love to know more about Hinduism, and I do know very little
Same
@@lemokemo5752Few things of HINDUISM I want to share with you:
1) Hinduism/Sanatan Dharma is only biggest religion in world who worships female Goddesses equally as well. Other religions only says that their God is male, not female....but only Hinduism believes in this that universe is made up from both masculine energy as well as feminine energy, so we worships Goddesses equally.
2) Hinduism is only religion who gives rights to transgenders as well. Hinduism embraces transgenders similarly as any male or female. Transgender specially worships Lord Shiva as their isht-dev.
3) Hinduism allows atheism as well. Hinduism holy books gives full rights to atheism as to find own ways for their moksha/purpose of life.
4) Hinduism says or teaches about "Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam" which means "whole world is one family" so treat everyone of world as a family members.
5) In Bhagwat Gita, KRISHNA says "Karm kiye ja, fal ki chinta na kar" which means "do your duty/karma without worrying about the fruit of your duty/karma". It's one of the very powerful message to humanity.
5) KRISHNA says "wherever there is no respect of women, that home/region/kingdom/civilisation gonna be destroyed by Karma through the will of KRISHNA"
7) Hinduism never says that if you won't worship me or believe me, then you will be burn in hell or any kind of threats. But Hinduism always says to surrender your sorrows, pain and joy in feet of KRISHNA or SHIVA (or if you worship goddess Maa Parvati or Maa Kali). Krishna will take care of believers as well as non-believers equally because he is omnipresent and he don't do partiality for believers and non-believers because it doesn't matter for supreme Lord of this universe.
Since you were receptive to feedback when making your Christianity chart, I'll be adding commentary here. I'll use the Western term Hindu below, but the emic term is Sanātana Dharma.
・2:48 There are also Panentheists, which I would argue is far more common than pantheism. Also, though this is a different categorical topic, Hindus include monists, qualified monists, dualists, and what you might call "quasi-monists" or "monist-dualists."
・3:21 Not sure you're concerned with pronunciation, but "trimurti" is pronounced like "tree" not "try." A close enough approximation of vowels would be to treat them like in Romance languages & Japanese. One major exception is "a" is pronounced more like a schwa and ā is pronounced like the typical "ah" in the previous mentioned languages. The other major pronunciation is to differentiate retroflex consonants from non-retroflex. For example, the "sh" (and "n") in Viṣṇu is retroflex, while it isn't in Śiva. There are other pronunciation nuances, but these two major points will get you most of the way there. Sorry if this sounds pedantic. Corrent pronunciation of sacred concepts (especially names) is important in most religions.
・3:48 Westerner's often think it is strange that there are few devotees to Brahmā. From our perspective it is strange that you find this strange. 😅 You see, the Universe already exists, so this deva's role has already been performed. Also, it is useful to think of deva as "roles" rather than "persons" as is the Western conception. Thus (many) Shaivites consider that Śiva was Brahmā, but that role is already finished, so Śiva is no longer Brahmā. I think (many) Vaishnavites think similarly. Further, one of the main concepts of several forms of Hinduism is to seek to return to the Divine Unity of Brahman. The creation of the Universe is (the apparent, but not actual) disunity from Brahman. So, for many to be devoted to Brahmā would be contrary to unification.
・4:11 The "blue" complexion is more modern and unfortunately based on specific beauty standards. He and his avatar Kṛṣṇa are in the oldest texts described as a colour that is most closely translated as "blue-black"; like the colour of the ocean at night. Some say humans with particularly dark skin seem to have a bit of blue tinge. Anyway, many depictions of Viṣṇu or specific avatars of him-and their relatives-are completely black, with white & red also used (whites of the eyes, red lips). Śiva, on the other hand, is described as brilliant white, like camphor, with a blue throat. The "calendar art" you have used in the video was popularized from the North where people do have lighter skin. Though, the depictions are not entire due to culture-bound aesthetics-it's much easier to make art using lighter colours because details and features can be made & seen more easily. The pure black images seem very flat, which is probably why bright colours are used for contrast.
・5:18 You previously pronounced her name as "Parvati," but here you twice called her "pavarti." Perhaps you were thinking of havarti cheese. 😆 We can ignore the overly-Western pronunciations, but this one is just completely incorrect and pretty funny sounding.
・6:37 Atharvavedaḥ (or Atharva Veda), not "Athar." Sorry, all these corrections feels like I'm picking on you, but they really stand out. I've seen how high-quality your work has been and these kinds of things make the video feel like something you'd see in a freshman year uni course where they teach all the global religions together even though they don't really know much about most of them.
・6:45 There's no "uh" in the middle of Saṃhitā.
・6:17-8:00 For a basic primer, overall this section was well done. I feel sometimes people misunderstand the divisions of texts, so the visuals were useful. (No notes there, just some deserved praise.)
・8:00-12:45 This section is also very good. I will add that literalist Hindus act as though the migration hypothesis is the invasion hypothesis renamed. I've had this discussion many times with other Hindus and they almost always get very emotional over this. They are never able to refute the migration hypothesis, but instead strawman it and start arguing against the invasion hypothesis and the ethnocentrism of Western academia. So, do not be surprised if you get hateful comments on this video. At first this surprised me because to get caught up in passions _(rajas)_ about a reality that is ultimately not real (i.e., not Brahman) seemed very much non-Hindu. I have since realised that many are fueled more by the material conditions Desis face which has throughout history pitted Hindus against non-Hindus in various ways. So, spending time reading upaniṣads to have a deeper theological & metaphysical understanding isn't something most people have/make time for. In other words, anything that they believe threatens pan-Hindu social unity, must be defeated at any cost. So, venture forth carefully.
・16:54 While this is a decent summary there's some important things to note. The four paths are not completely distinct. There are considered to be four types of people and so these are more like four places to start down "the path" from, depending on what type of person you are. Once you have traveled far enough down one of these you will notice that the paths begin merging. Also, I would say these starting places are four different things one could choose to concentrate their attention on. In that regard, karma mārga isn't simply "working hard," but focusing your effort on your works instead of focusing on what you might expect to gain from this. If you are making a pot and are thinking about how much money it will bring you, you aren't going to make as good of a pot as if you just pay attention to the crafting process. In this sense, work becomes a kind of meditation. Thus, this is suited to people who work with their hands. With regards to bhakti mārga, one should start with devotion to a deva, but this should eventually lead to expressions of love & gratitude to all people as well. This is well suited to people with high emotional intelligence. Jñāna (great pronunciation, by the way) mārga isn't just knowledge, but specifically metaphysical knowledge. It is akin to theology and well suited to people with the time & intellectual penchant for study. I would also say that, in my experience, those who start with jñāna end up pursuing meditation very early. That is, these two "paths" merge much earlier than either of the others do. As someone who started in jñāna, I can report that the very texts you study explain the benefits of all the "paths" and thus you quickly realize to apply the lessons of karma & bhakti mārgas to all aspects of life (not simply to devas). However, the difficulty for scholarly inclined people comes in actually applying these lessons instead of spending time pursuing more knowledge.
・20:17 There's no "h" in liṅgam. Also, you are pronouncing Śiva like the Jewish period of mourning (with an "i" as in "it" instead of with the "ee" sound). Also, while many will deny the phallic association of the lingam, some of us do accept this. Importantly, the base of these usually also contains a yoni representing Śakti as Śiva & Śakti are as inseparable as subject & object, or "the thing which is known" from "the knower of the thing." This goes back to the concepts of puruṣa & prakṛti. Though these two are sometimes represented as deva-devi, i.e. anthropomorphized deity-like entities, this is not necessary because not everyone is a bahkta. Though there are people who practice ritual to aniconized forms, there are also (as you mentioned) atheistic Hindus. So, neither the iconic nor aniconic form is the "true" form. They both represent the same ineffable thing which can only be alluded to with language and symbols, but can never be fully described. However, for one part of this symbolism, the association with the procreative parts of the body is useful. You see in order for Brahman to have a universe to play (līlā) in, first it must pretend to be non-unified: subjective observer & objective nature to be observed. But, as I said, these are inseparable. So, the lingam & yoni aren't just connected, but it is though we, in the Universe, are observing this union from within the womb. IOW, when we see the lingam-yoni, we the offspring of creation, see this act of Divine union from inside it. The inner & outer are one. So, it's not a "fertility object" in the traditional sense of the term in archaeology/anthropology.
・21:07 in the Shaktism section (or previously when talking of the deva's wives) it is very important to mention these are not just anthropomorphisations. The "wife" of any deva is called his śakti, his power. In other words, the (apparent) division of deva/devi is the (apparent) division of being/doing, matter/energy. Thus, Shaktites venerate Śakti because it is due to her that anything occurs at all. Without their śaktis the Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer would just be the -er, -er, & -er. Moreover, many practice tantra (which is much more than what Westerners think) to help them guide their inner energies more healthfully or to attempt to gain some ability.
Overall, it's a decent primer, but it does the same thing all "Intro to Hinduism" videos does: talk about Hinduism as if it is like Western religions.
While it is true that many Hindus (particularly Vaishnavites & Smartists to my knowledge, though there are people in every sect) who only focus on devotion to a deva, this alone cannot lead to mokṣa and thus is a bit like the Christian concept of those who attend weekly services, but don't actually understand or live the theology/philosophy in their everyday lives.
It should also be mentioned that, though some Hindus use the term god/God for devas, others only use this term for Brahman. In truth, the Abrahamic concept of God/Allah/YHVH Elohim falls between devas & Brahman. There are also devatas which compare widely to Western concepts like gods (in the henotheistic sense), angels, fae folk, etc. So, while it's common for Westerners to refer to devas & devis as "gods" this puts the wrong conception in their minds.
Though, in the end, there is no such thing as accurately describing anything, because it's all just māyā in service of the līlā of Brahman.
@@RubelliteFae, You are extremely knowledgeable. You have really reached a very high level of consciousness.
I will add, the Rig Veda uses the term *Dyaus Pitar* as well *Pitar Dyaus* as the Sky Father. Essentially, it is the *Father who Gives.*
Dyaus means giver (pronounced nearly like the Russian word дающий which means giver). Similarly, pitar means pater or patriarch or father. So, Dyaus Pitar is the Father who is the Giver. *Dyaus Pitar* is *Zeus Pater* for the Greeks and *Jupiter* for the Romans. It is a Proto-Indo-European god.
@@pmaitrasm Thanks for your kind words. But, it isn't my consciousness which is high. (I believe in essence we all share the same consciousness, but focusing on differently filtered experiences causes us to identify individually.) I think, perhaps, my chief desire (as avidyā as it may be) is for understanding, so I spend too much time learning and not enough time doing. It seems like it should be easier than it is.
Yes! The PIE Sky Father concept has spread to so many cultures. It's really amazing and fascinating. I'm very interested in how PIE beliefs influenced the native cultures they came into contact with & intermarried into.
I'd like to make a video game based around the concepts, but I need to narrow the vision to something more realistically achievable than my current design document has. I already burnt out working on it last year. 😅
I also think there's some interesting indirect evidence of PIE people having a cultural impact on the fertile crescent to a greater extent than previously recognized.
Sorry for the wall of text. You tapped into one of my special interests. 😆
@@RubelliteFaeI am Amazed at the clarity of your conception! Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏽
@@uttaradey6842 🙏👐 Thank you for taking the time to read such a long post 💖
Great video -- I usually dislike such a video due high level of inaccuracies -- many thanks to you for pretty good job - this can be a good primer for hinduism
This is really wonderful work you are doing educating people of the existing world and their situations et.. and quality & quantity is amazingly well accepted and remembered.. Thanks again... As my grandfather used to tell us, Hinduism as people call it is not a Religion but its a "Way of Life"
21:45 hey!, you forgot to mention the Balinese Hindus of Indonesia.. Hindus outside of Indian subcontinent are not only limited to Indian descent people, check about Bali in Indonesia
This was one of the best and well informed video on Hinduism that I have come across so far. Splendid job Matt! I wish people could appreciate the similarities between different religions and thought systems instead of using the differences as a pretext of dehumanising and degrading others, who just happen to have a different viewpoint on the nature of the ultimate reality of the universe
Thank you for your efforts, detailed explanation and enlightenment 🙏
Well done !
🕉 is Greatest and the oldest religion which gave so much to this beautiful world I'm proud to be part of it.
As an Indian Catholic, I have always known about most of what you told here, except those Neo Hindu movements. I have watched and heard stories from the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata since childhood. But, You have given more clarity about the more secular definition and version.
secular? that is the main culprit behind we loosing our civilizational sense and way of life. secular influence is dangerous and it has corrupted our minds. secularism is colonisation. religious conversion concept is evil and against our existence, it's soft genocide of our civilization in disguise of freedom, secular and what not. it needs to be banned across global not just in India. your roots are sanatan, vedic, hindu it's not a religion that you can convert.
good start i'd say its an okay video but any video about Hinduism and it's history that doesn't mention the Bhakti Movement is either not well researched on what makes modern Hinduism different from the syncretic vedicsm/Brahmanism or simply misinformed. The Bhakti Movement is the single most important movement and essentially reformation of Hinduism ever and directly lead to the rebirth of Hinduism in the North after centuries of brutal invasions and the birth of Sikhism. Even the most important daily rituals at temples the "Pooja" was created and spread due to the Bhakti Movement. Before the Bhakti movement ordinary hindus needed brahmins and temples to worship since (many lower caste hindus were banned from entering many temples due to their station in caste in especially in North India and ofc women were often not even allowed in Temples without male supervision in North India. The Bhakti movement removed this barrier and democratized Hinduism for the everyone in Society. It was an entire social reformation that forged into Modern Hinduism as we know it. The Bhakti movement ofc was created and spread by Tamil poet saints in the rich and prosperous Tamil Kingdoms in the 6th century and onward to the rest of India since then.
Great topic!!