WHAT IS VEDIC CULTURE or HINDUISM ?

WHAT IS VEDIC CULTURE or HINDUISM ?
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When it comes to Vedic culture, more popularly known as Hinduism, many people find it difficult or impossible to define it in a concise or adequate manner. It differs quite a bit from the conventional and western monotheistic religions with which many people are familiar. 
Hinduism is pluralistic. In other words,
It does not claim any one prophet or savior.
It includes all aspects of God.
It does not subscribe to any one philosophy or dogma;
It includes various schools of thought and ways of understanding spiritual Truth.
It includes a variety of religious rites or sacraments.
It does not exclude any particular scripture that can help a person understand more about God and spiritual Truth.
It does not say that you have only one life in which to become spiritually perfect or you will go to eternal damnation.
Thus, Vedic philosophy is more of a way of living and an outlook on life than a religion.
Because of this, Hinduism and the path of Vedic culture includes a variety of customs,ideas, and philosophies. It accommodates a wide range of approaches for allowing people to advance and understand our spiritual identity and transcendental Truth. It allows everyone to question the scriptures to increase one’s understanding, and recognizes no single person or prophet as having an exclusive claim over the Absolute Truth. Everyone can follow a system of realization to approach God since this is everyone’s right and destiny. This flexibility is one of the reasons why Vedic culture has continued over so many thousands of years.
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This is also why many variations of philosophical thought or schools of religion can be viewed as branches or tributaries of the same great river of sanatana-dharma , which is the universal spiritual knowledge and practice that is the essential teachings of the Vedic literature.