Quotes About Hinduism

When we approach the Upanishads for an understanding of the Cosmic Mystery, we are coming to the very heart of the Hindu experience of God. This is what we want to try to understand, not with our minds, but with our hearts: to enter into the heart and continually remind ourselves that the Upanishads are intended to lead us to the heart. The Greek fathers of the Church used to say, "Lead the thoughts from the head into the heart and keep them there." This is to open to the Cosmic Mystery.

I was born a Hindu, I shall die a Hindu.

That which we call the Hindu religion is really the Eternal religion because it embraces all others.

I am proud to be the first Hindu American to have been elected to Congress and now the first Hindu American to run for president.

I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India.

The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal.

I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.

I'm a Hindu and a Nepali by birth.

I am a proud Hindu, but that doesn't I mean I disrespect others' religion.

We Hindus have a long-recognised tradition of being religious liberals by nature.

One of the greatest attributes most Hindus have is acceptance.

Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.

Hindu fundamentalism is a contradiction in terms, since Hinduism is a religion without fundamentals; there is no such thing as a Hindu heresy. How dare a bunch of goondas shrink the soaring majesty of the Vedas and the Upanishads to the petty bigotry of their brand of identity politics?

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

I am a Hindu because it is Hinduism which makes the world worth living. I am a Hindu hence I Love not only human beings, but all living beings.

The idea that life is suffering is a relatively universal truism of religious thinking. This is the first of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism as well as a key Hindu concept.

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism.

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.

I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.

I have always been fascinated by Krishna, the Indian deity.

English attitudes saw Islam as a shallow kind of sophistication; Hinduism a profound form of primitivism.

Bahaism gives you a pluralistic view, and a lot of aspects of Hinduism give you a moral framework with no accountability other than the karmic system. There's no linear movement or point of accountability toward God.

In medieval India, the Hindu Vaishnava system of bhakti-yoga (devotional yoga) developed highly sophisticated categories of relation (rasa) to God, including santa (awe and reverence), vatsalya (parental attitude toward God), dasya (servant of God), sakhya (being friends and playmates with God), and madburya (passionate, romantic love).

Why is it that a large majority of Hindus do not inter-dine and do not inter-marry? Why is it that your cause is not popular? There can be only one answer to this question, and it is that inter-dining and inter-marriage are repugnant to the beliefs and dogmas which the Hindus regard as sacred.