KAUAI, HAWAII, September 9, 2019 (Hinduism Today): A recent Google search on “What is Hinduism?” yielded some 223,000 answers. Many are from outsiders offering their best take; many are from antagonists taking their best shot. Too few are knowledgeable; fewer still are authentic. Rare is the answer that goes beyond parochial sectarian understandings; scarcely any encompasses the huge gamut implied in the question. The founder of Hinduism Today magazine, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), well understood the challenges that all religions face in today’s world, whether from outside or within. He wrote that every religion consists of the spiritual precepts, practices and customs of a people or society, transmitted from generation to generation, that maintain the connection with higher realms of consciousness, thus connecting man to God and keeping alive the highest ideals of culture and tradition.
Read A Simple Overview of a Complex Faith from the teachings of Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami in the Educational Insight article of Hinduism Today’s July issue at “source”.