NAME OF OUR RELIGION
By Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji
If an English-educated youth belonging to our religion is asked what his religion is, he would reply that he professes the ‘Hindu’ religion. Go to a village and ask a peasant what his religion is. He will not be able to give a name to his religion. The name 'Hinduism' which is used now to denote our religion was unknown to our ancestors and is also unknown to the common man among us.
If an English-educated youth belonging to our religion is asked what his religion is, he would reply that he professes the ‘Hindu’ religion. Go to a village and ask a peasant what his religion is. He will not be able to give a name to his religion. The name 'Hinduism' which is used now to denote our religion was unknown to our ancestors and is also unknown to the common man among us.
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