FAQ

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Questions are not interruptions to faith — they’re part of the path.

🧭 Intro Section (Soft and Inviting)

We don’t have all the answers.
But we honour every question — especially the ones that whisper at night, or rise up quietly when the world is busy.

This page is for the seekers.
For those who wonder about cows and karma, scriptures and caste, gods and goddesses, past lives and personal choices.
Not to be convinced. But to be in conversation.

Let’s walk through a few of them — gently.

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📋 Top Questions

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❓ Is Sanatana Dharma a religion?

Not in the way most religions are defined today.
Sanatana, at its core, means “that which is eternal”, and it includes a wide variety of paths — some with rituals, some with none; some with gods, some with silence.

You don’t have to belong.
You just have to begin.

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❓ Is Hinduism the same as Sanatana Dharma?

They’re connected — but not identical.

Sanatana Dharma is a broader, older way of living and seeing.
Hinduism is the more modern, named system that grew from it — shaped by time, history, and geography.

Think of Sanatana as the river, and Hinduism as one path that walks along it.

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❓ Why are cows considered sacred?

Because they give without asking.

Cows have been honoured in Indian culture not just for spiritual reasons, but because they were life-givers — offering milk, fuel (cow dung), and food security in rural life.
This reverence evolved into a deeper symbol of nurturing, patience, and sacred balance.

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❓ Do Rama and Krishna really exist?

They exist in stories.
They exist in temples.
They exist in songs, in prayers, in memories, in mirrors.

History may look for evidence.
But presence doesn’t always need proof.

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❓ Is Sanatana Dharma polytheistic? Why so many gods?

There are many names, many forms — but often, one sky.

Different gods reflect different aspects of life and self:

• Ganesha for beginnings
• Durga for courage
• Shiva for letting go
• Vishnu for holding it all

It’s not about counting gods — it’s about connecting with what you need in that moment.

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❓ Why are there so many paths?

Because there are so many people.

Some sing. Some meditate.
Some ask questions. Some simply serve.
Some walk barefoot. Some sit still.

Sanatana makes space for all of them.

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❓ Is the caste system part of Sanatana Dharma?

The original concept of Varna (roles based on qualities and duties) was fluid and value-based — not birth-based.

What became caste later was a distortion, not a dharma.
True Sanatana doesn’t bind you by birth.
It invites you by how you live.

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❓ Do I have to believe in karma or rebirth to follow this?

Not at all.

You can be curious.
You can doubt.
You can find meaning without believing in everything.

Sanatana Decode is not about agreement — it’s about awareness.

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❓ Why are so many scriptures written in Sanskrit?

Because Sanskrit was once the river language of Indian thought — poetic, layered, and deeply phonetic.

But meanings don’t belong to a language.
We try to bring them in English, Hindi, Tamil, and more — so they can belong to you.

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❓ Where do Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism fit in?

They’re not outside of Sanatana — they’re part of its unfolding.

Each asked questions.
Each offered a path.
And each added something beautiful.

Here, we honour them not as separate chapters — but as echoes from the same sacred breath.

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❓ I don’t know anything about these topics. Is this for me?

Yes. Especially for you.

You don’t need to be spiritual.
You don’t need to understand Sanskrit.
You don’t need to know what you’re looking for.

You just need to show up.
And maybe something will meet you.

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📮 Still wondering something?

You can always ask. Kindly, freely. We listen.

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