Can The World Survive Without Religion (Yes or No) A Hindu P (General)

by satyansh , Saturday, December 04, 2010, 07:13 (4913 days ago) @ xeno6696

"I've recently read portions of "Bhagavad Gita as it Is." If this author is representing hinduism, he's abdicating our right to free will. "Anyone who thinks he is not controlled is insane," the author says in the introduction. Everything is predetermined...-That is NOT like Buddhism at all. Though keep in mind I practiced Buddhism from the vietmanese/Japanese perspective that throws out everything but meditative practice, highly minimal.-I share your view that philosophically, eastern religions are certainly more balanced, yet I hate it when people say that ALL people seek religion, god, whatever. I do not. I live by my own philosophy, and do not care for cosmic appeals outside of fascination for culture. I revere only man's intellect and free will as objects worthy of enshrinement, however odd this might sound. I recognize that whatever truth might exist, I am limited to a material body in a material world, with a similarly rooted perspective that isn't easy to dislodge.-With all due respect, Shakyamuni founded his religion on the principle that mysticism and materialism were two extremes, and that neither was wholly correct. Thus Buddhism was born. It is in this light of perspectivism that Nietzcshe founded his own school."-Now if you are going only by the Geeta than I think your perspective of Hindu Philosophy is pretty narrow and you are restricting yourself. The Hindu philosophy is starting from the vedas then we have the upanishads the puranas and then last comes the geeta/ramayana/mahabharata. the geeta explains a very a small part of the vast hindu philosophy. i would recommend you to read the vedas in detail and than explain to me how different buddhism/hinduism/jainism really are. Like i said exactly in my previous post.-"Hinduism is more open ended and buddhism and jainism are more specific as they only concentrated on 1 particular way. so if a persons views are buddhist they are as hindu and if a persons views are hindu they are as buddhist or jain."-What buddhism and jainism are following and i know it in some detail, (although i am no expert and i am always open to new opinions) as I am lucky enough to be born in the land of these philosophies and I was just interested in them because of the immense respect I have for Buddha and Mahavira as great human beings. I never say they are 100% similar obviously they cannot be but the core principles of all the eastern philosophies are pretty much the same because they are coming from the same socio-cultural background. infact buddhism and jainism have had immense influences on future hindu philosophies too. -Now to your point of you not needing religion. For me being a hindu isnt a religious thing but it is a cultural and social identity. i belong to the ancestry of people who lived along the indus river and because the visitors who came to visit could not pronounce the word sindhu which was the region where they used to live of Sindh they started calling us hindu.-Now the set of rules of the conduct of the people who lived there was basically called Hinduism the original name is Sanatana Dharma which means Eternal Law. Now is it really a religion I dont know. Maybe they were not intended to be made religions but over the advent of time they have become religions.