Doing this again. Please try to ask interesting questions though. I'll start off with a lore dump ----Hindu dharma is animist-polytheist at its core. It can at times mimic henotheism or pantheism & panentheism, but it remains with a core of animist-polytheism. This is vitally important to understand, because this animist-polytheism is given a psychic dimension to it as well. Hinduism not only states that everything is ensouled, but that this ensouled nature of existence (Brahman) is a pristine, pure awareness. It's a consciousness that knows, unhindered and unborn. It is the true self of all existence. From this consciousness comes the other energetic manifestations (tattvas) that make up existence. The state of samsara is an ignorance to this reality, that everything is infact of one nature. You are brahman. Liberation in Hinduism is true understanding of this reality. This characterizes a kind of blissful, unhindered existence of joy. Jiva (individual soul) is a temporary defilement of the true soul (Atman) which acts as a witness to phenomenon.Jiva is defiled by the perception of time and separate self, which has clinging as it's nature. Time forms an imposition on consciousness, taking data that has already been perceived, and processing it into a coherent narrative. Jiva exists because the individual, mistaking his perception, believes that these experiences constitute separate phenomenon that is not him. Thus he enables the disunification of his own consciousness.
>>41702854So in Hinduism, the whole mess begins when one part of Brahman decides that it is separate, having its witnessing function (Atman) scattered by the sensation of time. Different Hindu schools will have slightly different answers as to how and why this happens. But the core reasoning is that this is done so that Atman may experience pleasures and pains willingly. We are given this narrative especially with the enlightened devas, who willfully take on birth and death in order to assist others as well as for their own sake of experience. It becomes a kind of play. The trick however is that we can forget what we are doing is play, getting stuck in the character and thinking we are not Brahman. Thus we get trapped in a cycle of experience, believing everything to be linked in a narrative of time and forming separate selves. It's similar to how one person can be so caught up playing a video game, that they begin to react as if they are actually the character in the game. This is why Hindu scriptures are written the way that they are, as well as why fairy stories and fables are important to traditional Hinduism. These stories are meant to be used within a ritual & yogic context, to remind the listener what is happening. They have gotten caught up in the play of samsara and forgotten their true nature.
>>41702854How can you practice Hinduism when India itself (and surrounding countries) is a shithole?
>>41702897A lot of the sages probably exited this realm of existence, therefore resulting in the rest being left to their own vices.Here if your interested in learning the more pratical side of Hinduism, have this, this is all you will probably needmagnet:?xt=urn:btih:a2fe286233c1e3877cea4f9631f959f8e466c8a0&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fconcen.org%3A6969&dn=Theoccult.click+Content+Leaked+%28Part13%29+Hinduism&xl=130893951557,Rise up
>>41702886This core understanding remains true across all Hindu religions. However, what differs is whether or not any given religion believes that moksha (liberation) is possible at this time. Why is this? What happened? From the Hindu perspective, religion is continuously found and lost again. One of the roles of the devas, is to spread the truth. Devas (especially when enlightened) are meant to act as living archetypes of rta (truth) and dharma (phenomenon/law/true reality/religion) they act as the fundamental true variant of the concept they represent. Devas may at times take birth not only to engage in divine play, but to remind other souls of the truth and to reignite true religion. As well as to defeat evil or expose lies. Generally this role is given to visnu (though not always). As it currently stands, from the Hindu P.O.V we are in the era of decline of truth. What happened with this in mind is that Hinduism split into two separate lines of practice. One lineage was formed of Rsi (seers) who were lay people that specialized in ritual. The other lineage were the Muni (jewels) who specialized in yogic practice. The Rsi tended toward nihilism and believed that the majority of people can not be enlightened anymore. The best that could be done was to do ritual observances, gaining good karma until they can either be enlightened or act as servants of/in heaven. The muni's believed that enlightenment was possible and observed deep meditation practice and asceticism to reach it. Their teachings survive in the Brahmanas of the vedas. At the early point of Hinduism, these used to be unified. The vedas were, after all, transmitted by people who functioned as both Rsi and Muni. By 700 BCE they were torn into two lines of practice. They also became corrupted. The early Rsi understood that ritual had to be done with mindfulness to work properly. The later Rsi believed that simply doing the ritual was enough.
>>41702963The Muni initially believed in their yoga and a balanced asceticism. The later Muni however became suicidal and upheld extreme ascetic observances. Many believe it is only through severe asceticism confined with yoga that they can become enlightened. These two separations in practice still exist today. With ritual specialists in tribes or cities killing various animals and other such activities, engaging in the puja and going right back to a fairly debauched life. And the meditators leaving to the wilderness to torture themselves. Often to death. As to how we got this way, it comes back to the fact we are in the degenerate era. There is various explanations as to how and when this began, though the most common links it up with the death of Krsna. >>41702897Alot of Indians ask the same question. Practice anyway. External circumstances are mistaken for being fundamentally real, which obscures the potential for the person to taste liberation here and now. Someone can attain enlightenment even in most of the worst of conditions. You can be turned into a paraplegic and as long as you have some ability to meditate and pray, you can get out. It takes understanding that what is happening is not "you". It's not your self. Your self is Atman. Not Raji in Bihar who works at a scam center.
>>41702854which sect are you
