I know Buddhism very much, but Hinduism a little. Just be curious about the history of development of these two religious in India. Is there love and hates between the two religious?
Ok hindiusm and buddhism. hmm, first of all hinduism is a funny term, anyone who calls themselves hindu is really making life easier for non hindus because it is a true polytheistic religion.
Example: A hindu who worships shiva in south india may know very little about the coustoms of a ram worshiping bhramin from the ganga plains.
There are hindus who worship different avatars of the same god and The buddh is considered as one of the manifestations of lord vishnu, as is Mahavir, ram krishna. Vishnu is the most worshiped deity in the newer pantheon. there are arya samajis who dont do any worship of statues but worship the old pantheon of vedic gods, cheif among them, indra(kind of like zeus).
There are many theories as to why there was a major hindu revival in Hinduism and the chief reason was that Hinduism, unlike Theravada Buddhism (the oldest sect and the one predominantly south of the Himalayas) provides a personal relationship with god. Add the geopolitical occurrings of a long ago( Gupta dynasty) etc etc and Buddhism hasent really gone back to what it was when ashoka was sending missionaries to Thailand, Greece and china.
Theravada teachings are more of a philosiphy of life and are really beautiful and as such have been absorbed by hinduism as it tends to do. Hinduism is not restricted to certain texts etc because you can choose what god to pray to(if you want to pray that is, there have been agnostic hindus as well: The idea that man may not be the dream of bhrama, or the gods, but the gods, the dream of men.)
Hinduism tends to absorb alot of what it faces with changing times. Pre buddhism hinduism is different from post buddhism hinduim. This is why one of the greatest contributions to hinduism have been from sikkhism and islam, i.e the egalitarianism of sikkhism and islam and buddhism have played a great role in undoing what the caste system became. The delicate balance of letting go and holding on as a key to attain nirvana or moksha, a buddhist idea has been a part of and integrated into hinduism.
The caste system started as a system to retain skills within a society but became a tool for oppression. There is few basic ground rules to being a hindu:
tolerance of another, You may not impose your belif on another hindu(or another person really)
Accepting that there are multiple paths to god and each may choose his own
Live a just life etc etc ( the rest is the same in almost every religion)
Short verson :
SH*T BE WEIRD YO!!!