Every villain is a hero in his own mind

• Some Historians place Hindiusm to have begun 5000 years ago and is considered one of the oldest religions in the world. 
• 'Hindu' comes from various cultural names for the Indus river (Sindhu - Sanskrit, Hindus - Persian, Indus - Latin). It is also the root from which 'India' comes from. 
• Vedas - A collection of hymns, rituals and philosophies 
• The central idea in Hinduism is the idea of Brahman. Brahman is the true reality, it is shapeless, genderless, bodyless and cannot be described, only experienced. According to Hindu belief, we are all part of Brahman.
• What we consider to be individuality, our ego, the illusion of reality around us is referred to as Maya. 
• Even deeper than Maya is called Atman. This is your core self. When you die, it doesn't disappear but instead will subjugate itself to another reality. So what was once your 'core', your 'soul', will go on to exist in another reality - this is sometimes called trans-migration of the soul, reincarnation or samsara. 
• Karma is the belief that your next life strongly depends on your actions in this life. 
• Dharma is the role you should play given the life and reality you are in. 
• One of the central ideas of Hinduism is that we must get out of this cycle of birth and death, out of this quasi-reality and awaken. We then rejoin Brahman. This is referred to as Moksha.
• Research: Isha Upanishad, Chondogya Upanishad

Deities:

• The Hindu trinity is made up of Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, often considered to be the three most important gods.
• In modern Hinduism there are more followers and more temples dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu than there are Brahma. 
• Hindu gods often have multiple aspects, but Shiva is often referred to as the destroyer or the transformer. Vishnu is consider the preserver, Brahma is considered the creator.
• In some narratives Brahma is the creator while in others he is created by either Shiva or Vishnu. 
• Brahma should not be confused with Brahman as mentioned above 
• Gods are not viewed to have a strict gender and in one tradition of Hinduism called Shaktism, the divine entities and energies are all considered to be female/goddesses. 
• Each tradition of Hinduism has different emphasis on different deities, different rituals and traditions. 
• Hinduism is an amazing example of syncretism - combining many deities and beliefs under the fundamental belief of brahman

My thoughts:
Brahman seems very similar to the idea of Tenchikanenokami in Konkokyo and the five-deity aspect of Inari-Okami in Fushimi Jinja Shinto. The philosophy of having one huge energy divided into many facets aligns strongly with my beliefs and I believe that this may be something to attribute to the idea of universal consciousness. It is really interesting how much of Hinduism I already follow, without actually be Hindu. It is also very interesting how much of Shinto and Konkokyo seems to be inspired by Hinduism, most likely due to early trading between Japan and India. Inari-Okami almost certainly was adapted from Hinduism as they can be found in Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism and Shinto.