Baylee Reeves

Eportfolio Assignment
World Religions Bandara
April 25, 2015
From my research on the Hindu religion and my many written
assignments about Hinduism and Dharma, I feel as through if you are
part of the Hindu religion and you believe it is called eternal Dharma,
then I feel as if it is only correct to call Hinduism eternal Dharma.
From studies of Dharma and my written assignment about
Dharma, I feel as though Dharma is general is the biggest concept in
Hinduism. Dharma is literally defined as something that could be seen
as religion, if you are looking at the different examples of Dharma.
Dharma is constantly defined as the cosmic order and also a guideline
for a way of life. It is also the duties, rights, laws, conduct, virtues,
and the right way of living, which is almost significantly the same as a
definition of religion, or what people see religion as (Fisher).
Eternal Dharma, also known as Sanatana Dharma, is the
definition of the Hindu religion. It is the way that Hinduism is
organized and how the rules and regulations of the religion work. The
people of Hinduism are very dedicated to their eternal Dharma, and I
believe that it is up to them to decide to if they want to call it a religion
or eternal Dharma.

In conclusion, I see it as if the Hindus believe in the exact

definition that religion is, for the definition of Eternal Dharma. Eternal
Dharma is a mix of guidelines, rules, and a way of life for the Hindus. It
gives them path of life to live by, just like a religion does for many
other people. All in all, Hinduism is a religion, but defined more
specifically by the word Eternal Dharma, and is just like any other
religion or way of life. I feel as though people can call it what they
want, but you have to respect if Hindus want it to be called an Eternal
Dharma instead of a religion.

Rodriguez, Hilary. Hinduism-The Ebook: an Online Int2roduction

Copyright 2006 by Journal of Buddhist Ethics Online Books, Ltd.
Flood, Gavin D. An Introduction to Hinduism. New York, NY: Cambridge UP,
1996. Print.
Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999.
Print.

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