Understanding the Complexity of Indian Religions

Indian religions are complicated. There are thousands of deities, numerous scriptures, and indigenous tribal customs, all boiled down into what the English mistakenly called Hinduism in the 1800s.-How do Dharma and the yogas simplify an understanding of this complexity?-Which of these systems would you incorporate into your life today? -Why?-Why would a guru be necessary to help you understand these two systems?
In our lives, we all have opportunity to understand what love and compassion is. As human beings, we are social creatures. We need each other in order to grow and to become a better version of ourselves. We have opportunity to give and to receive. In our families, we have our roles that we have to fulfil. We support each other through our efforts and through our prayers. In the Hindu belief, they want to appease the favor of the gods by praying to them. This sets their intention to what they want to achieve in their reality. They want to gain abundance and and power wherein they can do the things that they want ...