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    Hinduism does not have a single founder or holy text but acknowledges many paths to religious understanding. It originated in India and has approximately 900 million followers worldwide, making it the third largest religion. Key concepts in Hinduism like dharma, referring to moral order and spiritual knowledge, have also influenced other Indian religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism as well as Western philosophy and culture.

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    Hinduism does not have a single founder or holy text but acknowledges many paths to religious understanding. It originated in India and has approximately 900 million followers worldwide, making it the third largest religion. Key concepts in Hinduism like dharma, referring to moral order and spiritual knowledge, have also influenced other Indian religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism as well as Western philosophy and culture.

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    Hinduism does not have a single founder or holy text but acknowledges many paths to religious understanding. It originated in India and has approximately 900 million followers worldwide, making it the third largest religion. Key concepts in Hinduism like dharma, referring to moral order and spiritual knowledge, have also influenced other Indian religions like Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism as well as Western philosophy and culture.

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    HINDUISM

    CONTINUATION
    (Part II)
    In many religions truth is
    delivered or revealed from a
    devine source and enters the
    world through a single agent: for
    example, Abraham in Judaism,
    Jesus in Christianity, and
    Muhammad in Islam.
    These truths are recorded in
    scriptures that serve as a
    source of knowledge of
    devine wisdom: the Hebrew
    Bible, the New Testament,
    and the Qur'an.
    In the Hindu tradition, by
    contrast, there is no single
    revelation or orthoxy (establish
    doctrine) by which people may
    achieve knowledge of the divine
    or lead a life backed by religious
    law.
    The Hindu tradition acknowledges
    that there are many paths by which
    people may seek and experience
    religious understanding and
    direction. It also claims that every
    individual has the potential to
    achieve enlightenment.
    The Hindu community
    today is found primarily in
    India and neighboring
    Nepal, and in Bali in the
    Indonesian archipelago.
    Substantial Hindu communities
    are present in Sri Lanka and
    Bangladesh, Mauritius, Fiji, the
    West Indies, East Africa, and
    South Africa. Scattered Hindu
    communities are found most
    parts of the Western world.
    Hindus today numbered nearly
    900 million, including about 20
    million who live outside India,
    making them the third largest
    religious community in the world,
    after Christians and Muslims.
    Since ancient times, Hindu thought
    has transcended geographical
    boundaries and influenced religious
    and philosophical ideas throughout
    the world. Persian, ancient Greek,
    and ancient Roman thought may
    well have been influenced by
    Hinduism.
    Three other religions that
    originated in India are closely
    related to Hinduism:
    Buddhism, Jainism, and
    Sikhism.
    In the 19th century German Philosopher
    Arthur Schopenhauer read both Hindu
    and Buddhist scriptures and based much
    of his thinking on them. In the United
    States, 19th-century writers such Ralph
    Waldo Emerson and Henry David drew
    on Hinduism and its scriptures in
    developing their philosophy of
    transcendentalism.
    More recently, civil-rights
    leader Martin Luther King, Jr.,
    studied the teachings of Hindu
    leader Mohandas Gandhi on
    nonviolent protest.
    In the sphere of popular culture,
    rock musician George Horrison
    embraced Hinduism during the
    1960s, and some members of the
    United States counterculture
    explored Hinduism and Buddhism,
    as did the Beat poets (Beat
    Generation).
    Millions of Western today
    practice meditation or yoga to
    achieve relief from stress or
    physical fitness, indicating
    Western receptiveness to Hindu
    practices.
    Dharma is an all-important
    concept for Hindus. In
    addition to tradition and
    moral order, it also signifies
    the path of knowledge and
    correct action.
    Because of Hinduism's emphasis
    on living in accordance with
    dharma, anyone who is striving for
    spiritual knowledge and seeking
    the right course of ethical action is,
    in the broadest sense, a follower
    of sanātana dharma.
    Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism
    share with Hinduism the concept
    of dharma along with other key
    concepts, and the four religions
    may be said to belong to the
    dharmatic tradition.
    At one level Hinduism can refer to
    the beliefs or practices of followers
    of any of the dharmatic traditions.
    The word Hinduism retains this
    sense in some usages in the Indian
    Constitution of 1950.
    In the field of religious
    studies, however, Hinduism is
    used in a narrower sense to
    distinguish it from the other
    religions of Indian origin.
    END OF PART
    II :)

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