Hinduism Quote by Devdutt Pattanaik

“Viewing ecology through the lens of individual life histories or the life cycles of species makes it easy to grasp the Hindu conception of…

— Richard J. Borden

Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.

— Ashwin Sanghi

“Mythology and religion are relevant and remarkable, as they each represent imaginative truths – projections of human beings innermost desires – intermixed with fragments…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind.

— Gerald Hausman

Nature, or the world, or reality, is what mythology is all about.

— Robert Bringhurst

Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.

— Devdutt Pattanaik

“If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated to destroy them.”

— Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

“When we can't understand the science behind something in this world, we make up mythological entities that we can relate to. We personify the…

— Chelsie Shakespeare

“The 330 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu culture act as placebo for the masses, just like other gods of other cultures do.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Like metals, myths too get recycled. Reworked and so richly embellished as to be almost unrecognisable, stories which may once have reflected genuine historical…

— John Keay

“This, in a nutshell, is Hinduism, and I have been a Hindu all my life. With its notions in mind I see my place…

— Yann Martel

“Classical mythology has been so influential upon Western culture that everyone who is alive to the art,culture,politics, and languages of today encounters it.”

— Helen Morales