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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.
Sepakat
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.
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.
We are not the people of a book, we're the people of the library 🙏🕉♾
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@@khojiinsaan123 hahaha all good brother 🤝😂
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बस हो गया भाई, हाहाहा, एक भगवद गीता समझने में ही दिमाग की दही हो जाती है, उपनिषद तो दूर की बात है
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, kambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar people also celebrate many Hindu- Buddhist festivals. It's cultural, symbolism & Historical thing. Love to all SE Asians.
You forgot Nepal
@@TheHrishikesh99nepal is under South Asia 😅
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.
@@DarkMatter-br6zb 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 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
@@mohdmoazzam120 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
@@mohdmoazzam120islam is literally a mix of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism (five prayers) with Arabic folk traditions.
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).]
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.
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.
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'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
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 ..
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.
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.
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.
Hindu is not a religion it's name given by Muslim invader.
What is hindu religion?
Mahayan sect of Buddhism later known as hindu religion.
@@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"
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.
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? @@nakshatrabhatt4071
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.
The level of in depth research that went into this video is praise worthy. I am sure it was no easy project. Thanks for all your work.
This is one of the most accurate, well researched video I have seen. Kudos to you!
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.
Was waiting for this video. Hinduism is an umbrella term that is actually a combination of thousands of religions and belief systems.
Not really, Hinduism is a singular religion with many different customs.
It's not even a religion or ideology.. Its collection of stupid beliefs and ideologies that vary from area to area within India only
@@trentlandon9033 that’s rude
No it isn't. Do you mean thousands of gods?
In sense it is kinda like Judaism has the religion of the Indian people like Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people (system of traditions and beliefs that people of yehuda (Jewish people ) believe in rather than something disconnected from the people)
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!
Brilliant Work! Thank you for making and sharing this.
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.
@@omaraudi7085Hindu gods are probably older than whatever faith you're going to preach here.
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.
thank you Matt for making this video, long awaited
Shout out to this channel!!!! I love everything you do.
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.
I realized as a gnostic I'm closer to Hinduism then gnostic Christianity.
why?
How?
when?
who?@@himanshukuanr7832
What?
Well didn't expect that much Nicely put together! 👌🏻❤️
This was great, looking forward to more. I have learned so much from your videos & love a good chart/infographic. Very neurospicy friendly! Thanks for what you do ❤
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.
@@mohdmoazzam120 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.
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🤦
Sincere efforts in research. Great Job 👍
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.
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.
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.
What a lovely documentry. Good work.
Also, I would've appreciated if you added other major scriptures in Hinduism like the many shastra, tantras, agamas etc
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).
Yeahhhh❤❤❤❤.. Where are you from btw ?
@@scottydu81 I think that's a fascinating idea worth exploring!
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.
Very well articulated and superbly presented ringside view of Hinduism. Research too is top class.
As a hindu, I don't know what am I.
I asked my grandmother she told me that her mother told her what our caste was and what denomination we are, but that time she was very young and don't remember. So I don't know my caste or what denomination I am, I am just hindu😂
Same 😂
Lmao 😂
Hindus are awesome 😎💯
Hinduism in itself is contradictory 😂
@@FaiyajAnsari-in8fv yes, just like islam
@@FaiyajAnsari-in8fv atleast it doesn't teach to kill eachother
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.
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.
@@mohdmoazzam120 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! 🙏🏼
@@user-xb5eo2bm1n he's a bot he is literally every where leave him chill
Very informative and well researched video on Hinduism ❤.
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
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.
so glad you're back Matt, hope you're feeling better
Thank you so much for this!
Wow! This is extremely well explained!!
lots of things are missing out , but whatvever you taught are brief and proper ...
well done
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!
What an insightful and informative video this was!. Being a hindu myself I didn't know a lot of aspects about my culture.
Much appreciate if you could explore bit into the Shramana movement in another clip 🙏 As always, so much greatful for these eye opening works❤!!
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 )
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.
Well done brother, very well researched.excellent.❤❤❤❤
Thanks for explaining every religion without any bias 🙏
Ohhhhhh I love your religions charts
Awesome video that's for sure
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
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.
Nice attempt. Quite comprehensive!
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?
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
Most of the Hindus worship Vishnu and Shiva together , not seperately
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🕉🙏
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)
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.
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.
Please we need a part 2 of this ASAP.
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.
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.
This was helpful! Also, שבוע טוב!
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 :(
Great topic!!
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.
One word: Secularism
Thank you for the great information that you put out in the world ✨
There are going to be many people who'll disagree with (and comment on) your initial framework of this video, but that's the beautiful part of the broader always evolving Dharma - Hinduism. Anyway, *brilliant* video.
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’
a nice and compact overview, i was waiting for this video since u first mentioned it and did my own research and found so much info, i would have loved mentions of matths, kings and kingdoms associated with certain denominations, neo denominations like radhe swomi etc, the structues of sainthood in hinduism oldest sects like pashupatas, but hey nevertheless this is an amazing video and get well soon matt, love frm india
other things i would like to mention are the existance of kul devi, estdevas, varnas, gotras and that they are more or less like denominations
Enough data covered under 25 minutes about hinduism. I really appreciate your efforts. It's enough as an introduction.
That was exceptionally well researched video, loved it!!
This is one of the best video on hinduism, which i have come across.
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 👍
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.
hello
neatly done video not going into details but giving an clear picture
Wonderful!!! Just Subscribed, such an easy way to learn things!!!!!!
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
Amazing job, Matt! Kudos from an ex-Hindu atheist from India!👏
not really , what about Ganapati , Saurism and Balinese Hinduism
@@user-mg2ip8cr8z he has already mentioned Ganpati in the video. Surya (Sauras worship him) is also mentioned there.
Just Balinese Hinduism is missing but it's like a regional variation.
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
Great piece of work putting the various aspects of Hinduism into perspective. Although a large proportion of Hindus or spiritual aspirants who study some aspect of vedic knowledge do not fall neatly into one area or another many do. That's one of the most beautiful things about Hinduism. Whoever you are in terms of your spiritual life, you will find what you need.
First time i have seen a video made by a non Hindu who correctly talked about sanatan philosophy.
I am hindu
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.
This video sums up almost everything pretty nicely
This has helped me understand many of my employees. While I thought I’d done my due diligence in understanding the culture, it turns out I’d erroneously believed that this would also gain me knowledge of their religious perspectives - I was wrong, and I value learning that I had a fundamental misunderstanding of reality (and concomitantly what the actual state of reality is) above almost anything else.
I do not have a sufficient grasp of the English language to believe that I’m able to convey just how valuable this was to me, and I suspect few people have mastery of any language to the extent necessary to convey the value you’ve added to my life. Please take this is an attempt at clarity in conveying how much good you’ve done me personally, such that I do not think I can ever meaningfully return that level of good deed in kind.
As an homage to the film Taken, I have a very specific set of skills and in the unlikely event you need to avail yourself of those skills please don’t hesitate to do so as that is the level of good deed I think you’ve given me today.
Hey Matt, I hope you get well soon. I love your work and can't wait for new charts. But you're much more than just the chartmaker. The best parts are when you're sharing parts of your own personal story. It's nice to see that you're now on the path of recovery! ❤️
I'm Buddhist, I married to hindu, I don't know about these things, Thx for information.
Although you miss a lot and I mean a lot of subtleties due to trying to translate untranslatables and missing cultural contexts, this is by far the nearest to accurate explanation. Great job 👍