The impersonal universal soul was called Brahman, and this form of Hinduism was called Brahmanism. During the Upanishadic period, the Hindu concept of salvation shifted from an emphasis on fulfillment and on life to an emphasis on release and escape from life. Hinduism was now so philosophical in theory and so corrupt and legalistic in practice that reform movements arose within it. Another reform was a movement back to the worship of a supreme personal God. Many of these representations are sinister and blood-thirsty.
Salvation is achieved by detachment from the finite self and attachment to reality as a whole.
AS there are MANY teachings as to HOW one reaches this state, we will not delve into them. Today, there are now over 3,000 subcastes that have been created. In philosophical Hinduism, God is generally an IT, not a person as in the Bible. This is polytheistic and idolatrous according to God's Word. Popular Hinduism abounds in immoral practices, superstitions, fear and occultism.