Sadhguru: Contrary to popular belief, Hinduism as a name and religion cannot be traced back to ancient times, says Sadhguru. In its purest essence, Sindhu is where the word “Hindu” originates from, the Yoga Guru says. Anyone born in Sindhu is called Hindu, which is a geographical and cultural identity. Although the term “Indian” is just around 70 years old, we have always held great pride in it, Sadhguru believes.
Hindu culture focused on reaching the greatest potential
In essence, the entire culture was focused on reaching one’s greatest potential, the Spiritual Guru says. The Hindu way of life cannot be attributed to any one single deity or school of thought; it has an enriching culture. You can identify as a Hindu whether you worship a cow or a tree, a man or a woman god, or neither. In fact, you can still be called Hindu if you don’t believe in any religion.
“Being a Hindu does not mean having a particular belief system. Basically, the whole culture was oriented towards realizing one’s full potential. Whatever you did in this culture was Hindu. There is no particular god or ideology that you can call the Hindu way of life. You can be a Hindu irrespective of whether you worship a man-god or a woman-god, whether you worship a cow or a tree. If you don’t worship anything you can still be a Hindu,” the Sadhguru said.
No conflict in religion in past
Sadhguru says no one in this world is immune to conflicts, but it hasn’t been the case always. In the past, people were more focused on religion but people did not look at religion as an organied process,says Sadhguru.
“The conflicts in the world have always been projected as good versus bad, but really, the conflict is always one man’s belief versus another man’s belief. In the past, religion was far more important to people than it is now, but still, there were no theocratic states in this culture; the ruler had his religion and the subjects had the freedom to follow theirs. There was no conflict because people did not look at religion as an organized process,” the Spiritual Guru concluded.
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