In the first bit I distinguished between religions and the dharmas, and argued that Hinduism (and the related traditions of Buddhism and Jainism) is not a religion. Furthermore, religions have a concept of god (and strictly only one god) but dharmas have no related concept of god, neither one nor many. Thus Dharmas are godless, and therefore by the strict definition of the term, the dharmas are atheistic.
As I’m an atheist — a person who does not believe in god — I am godless and therefore irreligious. I assume that much was clear by now if you’ve been following my posts.
In this series (see Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), I am exploring why I’m a Hindu, and intellectually and morally justifying my choice of my dharmic identity. Continue reading “Why I’m a Hindu – Part 4”
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