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🧵 Thread: Hinduism – The Eternal Way of Life

Older than history.
Wider than geography.
Deeper than science.
Hinduism or Sanātana Dharma, is not just a religion - it's a cosmic way of being.

Here are 14 timeless truths about the world’s oldest spiritual path 👇

1️⃣ Sanātana Dharma
Hinduism was never “founded” - it was, is, and always will be.
The term Sanātana means eternal - a dharma that flows beyond time, space, and man-made boundaries.
It’s the natural law of the cosmos.

2️⃣ 4,000+ Years Old
Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world - older than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Its roots go back to the Vedic Age, when the Rig Veda was composed in divine poetic Sanskrit.

3️⃣ 1.25 Billion Followers
Over 15% of the global population identifies as Hindu.
From India to Bali, Mauritius to Nepal - the message of dharma still echoes.
And it’s growing in the West through Yoga, Vedanta & Ayurveda.

4️⃣ No Founding Event or Founder
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no single prophet or book.
Its wisdom was revealed by ancient sages (Rishis) through direct experience of the Divine - not dogma.

5️⃣ Brahman – The Supreme Reality
Behind all forms is the formless.
Brahman is the infinite consciousness - the ocean.
The 33 million deities?
They're just waves in that ocean.

6️⃣ The Holy Trinity – Trimūrti
🕉 Brahma – Creator
🕉 Vishnu – Preserver
🕉 Shiva – Destroyer (transformer)

These three aren’t “gods” but forces of the universe, the cycle of creation itself.

7️⃣ Shakti – The Divine Feminine
In Hinduism, the feminine is divine.
Goddesses like Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati are not “wives of gods” - they are cosmic forces themselves.
Male and female deities are worshipped equally.

8️⃣ Rig Veda – World’s First Spiritual Text. Written in Vedic Sanskrit over 3,000 years ago, The Rig Veda is not just a book - it’s a cosmic revelation.
It speaks of the universe, the self, the gods, and eternal truths.

9️⃣ Karma & Samsara
Your actions shape your reality.
Karma isn’t “fate” - it’s the law of cause and effect.
Samsara is the cycle of rebirth.
And life is your chance to rise beyond it.

🔟 Moksha – Ultimate Freedom
The goal of life?
Not heaven, not pleasure - but liberation.
Freedom from ego, illusion, and rebirth.
Becoming one with the infinite - Brahman.

1️⃣1️⃣
Buddha is an Avatar of Vishnu
Hinduism doesn’t reject Buddha - it reveres him.
He's considered the 9th avatar of Vishnu, sent to restore dharma.
Buddhism arose from Hindu roots.

1️⃣2️⃣ Sacred Symbols – Om & Swastika
Om – the primordial sound of creation
Swastika – symbol of auspiciousness & wellbeing (not to be confused with its misuse in the West)
These are not art - they’re vibrations.

1️⃣3️⃣ Creation of the Universe
The Rig Veda describes the cosmos emerging from a primordial singularity, echoing the Big Bang theory.
"Then even nothingness was not... only the One breathed, without breath, by its own impulse."

Mind = Blown.

1️⃣4️⃣ The Oldest Language – Vedic Sanskrit
The world’s first spiritual hymns were written in Sanskrit, the mother of Indo-European languages, and mathematically precise like no other.
It’s said the Devas speak it still.

Hinduism isn’t mythology. It’s metaphysics.

It’s a science of the soul.
It embraces logic, nature, astronomy, energy, and divinity.
It invites inner realization, not blind belief.

A timeless treasure waiting to be rediscovered.

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