{"id":6444,"date":"2015-04-19T15:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T20:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2017-01-01T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:04:58","slug":"10-things-you-should-know-about-hinduism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/2015\/04\/10-things-you-should-know-about-hinduism.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Should Know about Hinduism"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/worldreligions\/files\/2015\/04\/hind-trinity.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><br>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2015\/04\/banners_hinduism-1.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6445\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2015\/04\/banners_hinduism-1.png\" alt=\"banners_hinduism (1)\" width=\"685\" height=\"256\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teaching Hinduism? Here\u2019s a review of the ten most common misconceptions about Hinduism from Sheetal Shah, the Senior Director of the Hindu American Foundation, in an essay for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithstreet.com\/onfaith\/2015\/04\/17\/10-things-i-wish-everyone-knew-about-hinduism\/36564\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Washington Post\u2019s On Faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the ten common things about Hinduism everyone should know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHindus recognize and worship the feminine divine\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHinduism is actually a family of six major schools of thoughts, one of which is Yoga.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHindus believe the Divine resides in all beings.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCaste-based discrimination is not intrinsic to Hinduism.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you know, for example:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hindus acknowledge the potential existence of multiple, legitimate religious and spiritual paths, and the idea that the path best suited for one person may not be the same for another\u2026As a result of this pluralistic outlook, Hinduism has never sanctioned proselytization and asserts that it is harmful to society\u2019s well being to insist one\u2019s own path to God is the only true way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or, that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hinduism is the only major religion that worships God in female form. Hindus revere God\u2019s energy, or Shakti, through its personification in a Goddess.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, finally, did you know that Hindus worship one god in various forms?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Most Hindus believe in one, all-pervasive Divine Reality that is formless (Brahman) or manifests and is worshiped in different forms (Ishvara or God\/Goddess).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This \u00a0is a terrific essay that might be a good hand-out for students \u00a0when you review the unit on Hinduism.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching Hinduism? Here\u2019s a review of the ten most common misconceptions about Hinduism from Sheetal Shah, the Senior Director of the Hindu American Foundation, in an essay for the Washington Post\u2019s On Faith. 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