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In the simplistic terms it can just be said that a Hindu is one who believes in the Vedas ("Vaidik Dharma.") But this simplification is akin to calling all science a belief in experiments. Not all Hindus believe in Vedas; for example, Lingayat people believe in non-vedic Agamas. It can be safely said that Hinduism is a way of life which has lead to many civilized forms of religion.
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Varghese presents a dialogue between a Hindu theist (Guru) and a Jewish atheist (Geek) on the origin of things: the universe and its laws, life, consciousness and mind, vision, reproduction and language. Key to the framework of modern science, these questions are tricky and inevitably controversial. "Wonder" has been strongly commended by a most extraordinary variety of thinkers: the Nobel Prize-winners who made two of the greatest discoveries of the twentieth century, the best-known atheist in the English-speaking world, leaders in the dialogue between science and religion and prominent Jewish, theistic Hindu and Christian thinkers. This is quite remarkable in light of "Wonder"'s central claim: of all the great discoveries of modern science, the greatest is God.
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Different scholars gave different definitions but still who is a Hindu is disputed. One definition states that a Hindu is one who accepts the authority of the Vedas. When the British arrived, it was hard for them to see who clearly a Hindu was. Many other religions were practicing the same traditions, such as animal sacrifices to Kali. These other groups included Muslims and Sufis, Jains, Buddhists and even a few Parsis.
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As per the Hindu religion, the Supreme Being contains both masculine and feminine traits. The female part is as important as the male part. One has to consider the feminine aspect of the divine, in order to know the ultimate truth. It is believed that all goddesses of the Hindu pantheon are special forms of the divine mother- Shakti. To recognize the feminine aspect, it is necessary to restore wholeness, completeness and universality.
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Some thinkers have attempted to distinguish between the concept of Hinduism as a religion, and a Hindu as a member of a nationalist or socio-political class. Veer Savarkar in his influential pamphlet Hindutva: Who is a Hindu? considered geographical unity, common culture and common race to be the defining qualities of Hindus; ... a Hindu was a person who saw India "as his Fatherland as well as his Holy land, that is, the cradle land of his religion".[10] This conceptualization of Hinduism, has led to establishment of Hindutva as the dominant force in Hindu nationalism over the last century.[11]
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