To define a Hindu
By NK Ramachandran
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I say all people on our planet earth are Hindus, irrespective of their desire to be called Hindus. How can that be? Here is the answer.
Hinduism is the name by which India’s timeless religion became widely known during the last two to three centuries, but its real name has always been Sanaatana Dharma or the Eternal Law. It does not date from particular point of time, nor did it begin from a particular founded like Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Being eternal, it is also universal. It knows no territorial jurisdiction. All human beings already born and yet to be born belong to it. None can escape this Law, whether or not they concede its binding force. The eternal truth that fire burns does not depend for its validity upon our allegiance to it. If we accept this truth, so much the better for us; if we do not, so much the worse for us. In either case, the law is there, immutable, universal and eternal. Such is our Sanaatana Dharma or Hinduism as it is now known throughout the world.
