hinduism

[Guest guest]

 

Hinduism is a family of four main denominations - Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smartism

Could someone explain, what do these have in common,

and what are the main differences.

[Guest guest]

Do these (Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smartism) all have a same look to at least these concepts:

 

Prominent themes include Dharma (ethics/duties), Samsāra (The continuing cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth), Karma (action and subsequent reaction), and Moksha (liberation from samsara).

or is there a difference even in this concepts?

[Guruvani]

You are asking a question that can't be answered without a rather involved dissertation.

 

If you do a simple Google search on these 4 different sects you can find considerable information. The Wikipedia will have some reasonably good descriptions.

 

However, the term "Hindu" became an unpopular term during the political independence movement, especially amongst Bengali political leaders and some religious leaders as well.

 

The term is widely used, but some of the most prominent religious and political leaders of the Bengali intelligentisia have rejected the use of the term since the days of Mahatma Gandhi and the move towards Indian independence from the British.

[Guest guest]

that's a big question even in vaishnavism the are many schools of philosophy.

[Guest guest]

 

You are asking a question that can't be answered without a rather involved dissertation.

 

If you do a simple Google search on these 4 different sects you can find considerable information. The Wikipedia will have some reasonably good descriptions.

 

However, the term "Hindu" became an unpopular term during the political independence movement, especially amongst Bengali political leaders and some religious leaders as well.

 

How do you know Guruvani? Hindu word was the most popular in India during the political independence movement!!