Hinduism - What Are the Core Tenets?

[Mlecch]

If you are not going stay on topic and answer questions instead of answering around them and ultimately stating the questions are incorrect, then what the point in continuing?

Completely baseless accusations.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Completely baseless accusations.

Only to anyone who doesn't have visibility to Page 3 of this thread.

Anyway, have a great day.

 

[Mlecch]

It is doubly sad that all this is written by the forum staff.

 

[Valjean]

Hinduism isn't a unified religion like the Abrahmic religions. It's all the beliefs and practices of the various cultures the British found on the far side of the Indus river, all lumped together. It's a crazy-quilt.
Granted, there are some regional concepts widespread amongst these, but there is no "official" doctrine or canon.

 

[Mlecch]

Hindu denominations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

According to a 2010 estimate by Johnson and Grim, the Vaishnavism tradition is the largest group with about 641 million or 67.6% of Hindus, followed by Shaivism with 252 million or 26.6%, Shaktism with 30 million or 3.2% and other traditions including Neo-Hinduism and Reform Hinduism with 25 million or 2.6%.[25] In contrast, according to Jones and Ryan, Shaivism is the largest tradition of Hinduism.[26]

Thus, the mainstream of Hinduism is only two religious — Vaishnava and Shaivite.

 

[Valjean]

Me, I identify as a Vedantist, though partial to the Shiva concept.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Hinduism isn't a unified religion like the Abrahmic religions. It's all the beliefs and practices of the various cultures the British found on the far side of the Indus river, all lumped together. It's a crazy-quilt.
Granted, there are some regional concepts widespread amongst these, but there is no "official" doctrine or canon.

Understood that there are varying beliefs and practices and that Hinduism is quite diverse. To your knowledge, are there any common threads that all that identify as Hindu share? There is a list or two earlier in the thread. Do you agree or disagree with these?

 

[Valjean]

Understood that there are varying beliefs and practices and that Hinduism is quite diverse. To your knowledge, are there any common threads that all that identify as Hindu share? There is a list or two earlier in the thread. Do you agree or disagree with these?

Usually Vedas, dharma, Brahman or reïncarnation are cited as common threads, but different variants emphasize these to different extents. Some seem to pay no attention at all to one or more.
Perhaps a Hindu is anyone who doesn't object to being called a Hindu.

 

[Mlecch]

Me, I identify as a Vedantist, though partial to the Shiva concept.

The present-day Shaivites do not follow Vedanta. Only five schools of Shaivism have survived and none of them follow Vedanta.
And if you mean Smartism, then it is only 10% of Hinduism.

 

[Valjean]

The present-day Shaivites do not follow Vedanta. Only five schools of Shaivism have survived and none of them follow Vedanta.
And if you mean Smartism, then it is only 10% of Hinduism.

Understood. That's why I threw in "concept," ie: Shiva as the destroyer of Maya; the revealer of Reality.