The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism

Ugliness is halfway to beauty.

Ekam sat vipra bahudha vadanti: the Truth is One but sages call It by different names.

as a Hindu I belong to a faith that expresses the ancient genius of my own people. I am proud of the history of my faith in my own land: of the travels of Adi Shankara, who journeyed from the southernmost tip of the country to Kashmir in the north, Gujarat in the west and Odisha in the east, debating spiritual scholars everywhere, preaching his beliefs, establishing his mutths.

To accept people as one finds them, to allow them to be and become what they choose, and to encourage them to do whatever they like (so long as it does not harm others) is my natural instinct.

He argued that it is an insult to preach religion to a man with an empty stomach, and for many in India, he said, God will only appear as a loaf of bread.

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That is the Hinduism most Hindus know: a faith that accords respect and even reverence to the sanctified beliefs of others.

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How does the wind not cease to blow? How does the mind take no repose? Why do the waters, seeking to reach the truth, Never at any time cease to flow? —Atharva Veda, X.7.37

Error is a stage on the road to truth.

for many in India, he said, God will only appear as a loaf of bread.