Today I have chosen to work with Hinduism as my choice of religions to study/discuss. I have always been interested in Hinduism because of it's beginnings, or not beginnings, I suppose it could be said. There is no one single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed upon set of teachings.
It is truly a religion of the people. Based on different stages in your life, different castes and different elements of where you are in your life, the teachings change and you follow certain paths (dharma) dependent on that.
Hinduism is the religion of the majority of India and Nepal, plus with non local members practicing, there are approximately 900 million Hindus. Closely related to Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism in many ways, and being considered a way of life more than a religion, the four mentioned religions have very similar belief systems for karma and reincarnation. Karma can follow you through many life forms/incarnations and is meant to deal out what is earned as a earthly being. If you do wrong, Karma can follow you through your reincarnations continuing to make life hard for you, if redeemed by doing good though, Karma can then follow you continuing on with good health, wealth and general well being.
Hindus believe in one God, whom is then represented by thousand (hundreds of thousands) of deities whom emanate from this one God, doing the different types of work needed.
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