Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, after Christianity and Islam, and the "oldest living religion."
"According to Hinduism God is One, but also Many... Hinduism believes that man is divine in nature. The basic purpose of a human being is to realize this divine nature in him."
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/beliefs.asp
"Hinduism grants absolute and complete freedom of belief and worship Hinduism conceives the whole world as a single family that deifies the one truth, and therefore it accepts all forms of beliefs and dismisses labels of distinct religions which would imply a division of identity. Hence, Hinduism is devoid of the concepts of apostasy, heresy and blasphemy."
"The goal of life, according to the Advaita school, is to realize that one's ātman is identical to Brahman, the supreme soul"
- Wikipedia
All Pervasive Divinity
"He is the God of forms infinite in whose glory all things are--smaller than the smallest atom, and yet the Creator of all, ever living in the mystery of His creation. In the vision of this God of love there is everlasting peace. He is the Lord of all who, hidden in the heart of things, watches over the world of time."
- Krishna Yajur Veda, Shvetashvatara Upanishad 4.14-15
Dharma, restraint by moral rules, per Hinduism is what seperates man from animal--basically, the knowledge of good and evil, which was attained by Adam and Eve by eating the forbidden fruit. But animals, too, are divine, despite not having dharma, because of all pervasive divinity. I think it's because of dharma that man doubts his own divinity, because he cannot always exercise restraint.
"According to Hinduism God is One, but also Many... Hinduism believes that man is divine in nature. The basic purpose of a human being is to realize this divine nature in him."
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/beliefs.asp
"Hinduism grants absolute and complete freedom of belief and worship Hinduism conceives the whole world as a single family that deifies the one truth, and therefore it accepts all forms of beliefs and dismisses labels of distinct religions which would imply a division of identity. Hence, Hinduism is devoid of the concepts of apostasy, heresy and blasphemy."
"The goal of life, according to the Advaita school, is to realize that one's ātman is identical to Brahman, the supreme soul"
- Wikipedia
All Pervasive Divinity
"He is the God of forms infinite in whose glory all things are--smaller than the smallest atom, and yet the Creator of all, ever living in the mystery of His creation. In the vision of this God of love there is everlasting peace. He is the Lord of all who, hidden in the heart of things, watches over the world of time."
- Krishna Yajur Veda, Shvetashvatara Upanishad 4.14-15
Dharma, restraint by moral rules, per Hinduism is what seperates man from animal--basically, the knowledge of good and evil, which was attained by Adam and Eve by eating the forbidden fruit. But animals, too, are divine, despite not having dharma, because of all pervasive divinity. I think it's because of dharma that man doubts his own divinity, because he cannot always exercise restraint.
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