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“A friendly study of all the world’s
religious scriptures is the sacred
duty of every person.”
~ Mahatma Ghandi
“Every life is a profession of faith in
something, and exercises an
inevitable and silent influence.”
~ Henri-Frederic Amiel
“My life is my message.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
“That which we call the Hindu
religion is really the eternal religion,
because it is the universal religion
which embraces all others.”
~ Aurobindo Ghose, Hindu Leader
“All religions are created equal – but
Hinduism is more equal than
others.”
~ Unknown, commenting on the
former quote
TEACHER: “Ultimate Reality (or
Brahman) is above reason and
therefore reason and logic cannot
be used to investigate it.”
STUDENT: “That sounds
reasonable.”
TEACHER: “Thank you.”
“Worship to thee, springing to life,
and worship to thee when born!
Worship, O Cow, to thy tail-hair, and
to thy hooves, and to thy form! The
Cow is Heaven, the Cow is Earth, the
Cow is Vishnu, Lord of Life.”
~ Atharva Veda, Hindu Scriptures
“Hinduism is more a culture than a
creed.”
~ Radhakrishnan, former president
of India
TEACHER: “Ultimate Reality is so
far above our understanding that
we should not even try.”
STUDENT: “Then why are you
teaching me?”
TEACHER: “To try to help you
understand.”
“If men thought of God as much as
they think of the world, who would
not attain nirvana?”
~ Maitri Upanishad, Hindu Scriptures
“Him we neither know nor are able to
teach. He truly knows Brahman who
knows him as beyond knowledge; he
who thinks that he knows, knows
not.”
~ Upanishads, Hindu Scriptures
TEACHER: “You must realize that
Ultimate Reality is beyond all
description, beyond all words.”
STUDENT: “Thank you for talking
to me about this.”
TEACHER: “You’re welcome.”
“Brahman alone is – nothing else is.
He who sees the universe as made
up of different things rather that the
one reality goes evermore from
death to death.”
~Upanishads, Hindu Scriptures
TEACHER: “You don’t understand
that you are Brahman, you are
God, in which there is pure
knowledge and perfect
understanding.
STUDENT: “If I am God, in which
there is pure knowledge and
perfect understanding, why can’t I
understand all of this yet?”
TEACHER: “Um…”
“God is in everything; he is
everything. Every man and woman
is the palpable, blissful, living God.”
~ Vivekananda, Hindu speaker at the
World Congress of Faiths, 1893
TEACHER: “You see, in God there
are no differences, so there is no
conflict, only agreement, only
harmony – and you and I are God.”
STUDENT: “I disagree.”
TEACHER: “Oh, go away.”
“It is not by refraining from action
that man attains freedom from
action. It is not by mere
renunciation that he attains supreme
perfection. Action is greater than
inaction. You must perform your
duty in life.”
~ Bhagavad Gita, Hindu Scriptures
“Jesus Christ is not a stranger to us.
He really belongs to the Eastern
world which is ours. Only India of
the East can really understand the
Ahimsa Dharma (way of nonviolence) of Jesus Christ.”
~ Swami Vivekananda
“The crucifixion of Christ should not
be seen as a punishment of a mere
revolutionary for treason. It is the
fulfilment of prophecies of the Old
Testaments (the Hebrew Bible and
the Hindu Vedas).”
~ Aravindaksha Menon,
Hindu Priest who converted to Christ
based upon his close study of the
Hindu Scriptures
“At the heart of this phenomenal
world, within all its changing forms,
dwells the unchanging Lord. So, go
beyond the changing, and, enjoying
the inner, cease to take for yourself
what to others are riches.”
~ Isha Upanishad, Hindu Scriptures
“The kingdom of God is within you.”
~ Luke 17:21 (NIV)
Complimentary Beliefs
“A” is true.
“B” is true.
Contradictory Beliefs
“A” is true.
“Not A” is true.
"In whatever way men may approach
me even so do I receive them, for
even the paths men take from every
side are mine.“
~ Vishnu, The Bhagavad Gita
"Salvation is found in no one
else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to men by
which we must be saved.“
~ The Apostle Peter, (Acts 4:12)
Brama
Vishnu
Shiva
Brama
Vishnu
Shiva
Brama
Vishnu
Avatars
Shiva
The 4 Castes
1) Priests & Scholars
2) Warriors & Rulers
3) Merchants & Artists
4) Menial Workers, Untouchables,
Outcasts
“It is not by refraining from action
that man attains freedom from
action. It is not by mere
renunciation that he attains supreme
perfection. Action is greater than
inaction. You must perform your
duty in life.”
~ Bhagavad Gita, Hindu Scriptures
“He whose mind dwells beyond
attachment, untainted by ego, no act
shall bind him with any bond.
Though he slay these thousands, he
is no slayer.”
~ Krishna, Bhagavad Gita
“Test everything. Hold on to the
good. Avoid every kind of evil.”
~ 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 (NIV)
“Watch your life and doctrine
closely.”
~ 1 Timothy 4:16 (NIV)
“Only by bhakti can men see me and
know me and come to me.”
~ Krishna, Bhagavad Gita
“Bhakti is a surging emotion, which
chokes the speech, makes the tears
flow and the hair thrill with
pleasurable excitement and often
leads to hysterical laughing and
weeping by turns, to sudden fainting
fits and to long trances of
unconsciousness.”
~ Unknown Hindu Writer
“For by grace you have been
saved through faith, and this is
not your own doing; it is the gift
of God – not the result of works,
so that no one may boast.”
~ Ephesians 2:8-9
“We die only once, and then we
are judged.”
~ Hebrews 9:27 (CEV)
“The only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing.”
~ Edmund Burke
“He himself bore our sins in his
body on the cross, so that, free
from sins, we might live for
righteousness; by his wounds
you have been healed.”
~ 1 Peter 2:24 (NRSV)
“In this world, unknowingly you
commit offences.”
~ Praghupada,
founder of Hare Krishna movement
“For all have sinned; all fall
short of God’s glorious
standard.”
~ Romans 3:23 (NLT)
“There is no longer Jew or
Greek; there is no longer slave
or free; there is no longer male
and female; for all of you are
one in Christ Jesus.”
~ Galatians 3:28 (NRSV)
“For there is only one God and
one Mediator who can reconcile
God and people. He is the man
Christ Jesus.”
~ 1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)
Life out of Truth – 3 Examples…
Rabi R. Maharaj
Vishal Mangalwadi
Sri. Aravindaksha Menon
“Come to me, all who are weary
and heavy-laden, and I will give
you rest. Take My yoke upon
you and learn from Me, for I am
gentle and humble in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls.
For My yoke is easy and My
burden is light.”
~ Matthew 11:28-30 (NASB)