Basics of Hinduism:

The two most strongly held doctrines are Carma and Reincarnation.

Some Hindus are theists and others are atheists because you can prove anything at all from the Hindu scriptures.  They say that every person is free to choose his own.  Hindus believe in one impersonal force god who is manifested in many gods and goddesses.  They believe that anything faithfully followed will lead to the ultimate.  All this seems to be self-contradictory, and one Hindu leader has said that Hinduism has opened its arms so wide that when it closes them again it will end up strangling itself.

They believe that humans are able to escape their bondage to ignorance and illusion through their own human efforts.  They believe that humans don’t need Jesus as their Savior.

Hindus feel that, through many cycles of reincarnation, they will gain enlightenment.  Their methods of salvation consist of yoga, meditation, devotion to a god of a goddess, pilgrimages to holy cities, and trying to live according to their purpose or role.

Note:  There are three basic divisions of Hinduism.  Monists stress the oneness of the universe and all-is-god.  Vishnuites worship the Vishnu and all the manifestations of Vishnu.  ISKCONites believe that Krishna is the supreme god and is also known as Vishnu.  In addition, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh taught a form of Hindu that is quite different from any of the others.