2-14-16: Essentials Are The Same









































































































musicgif.gif

15 February

Posted: 14 Feb 2016 02:17 AM PST

Essentials Are the Same 
The essentials or fundamentals of all religions are the same. Only non-essentials differ. 'The Noble Eightfold Path' corresponds to 'The Sermon on the Mount' of Lord Jesus, and to the practice of sadachara (right conduct) of the Hindus. Every religion shows the correct path to God-realisation.
Every religion emphatically declares: "One can attain eternal bliss, immortality (God realisation). To do this one must speak the truth, observe purity or self restraint, love others, and practise concentration and meditation."
An intolerant man cannot attain God-realisation. As his intellect becomes clouded on account of intolerance, he cannot grasp the truth. All prophets are the messengers of God. They are great yogis who have divine intuitive perception of God. Their words are infallible and sacred.
Had it not been for these prophets and their writings, there would be no hope for the salvation and betterment of man. Each prophet helped mankind by the dissemination of knowledge and the founding of the religion which would be most suited to the people amongst whom they flourished. Glory to these prophets and their writings. May their blessings be upon you all!
Beloved Friends! Behold the unity or oneness of all religions. He who knows the truth, who has grasped the essence of all religions, will never again enter into heated debates.
Realise your identity and intimate relationship with all beings - with ants and dogs, with elephants and tigers, with Muslims and Jews, with Hindus and Christians. There is only a degree of difference in manifestation or expression. All forms belong to God or Saguna Brahman.
May you all live happily, with one heart! May you all understand the essential unity of all religions! May the blessings of all the founders of all the religions be upon you! May you all attain God-realisation in this very life!
Om Peace! Om Peace! Om Peace!


...The Hebrews based their religion on goodness; the Greeks on beauty; the Buddha on light: all religions sought truth. Jesus revealed a God of love, and love is all-embracing of truth, beauty, light, and goodness....
*
...He exalted love--truth, beauty, light, and goodness--as the divine ideal and the eternal reality....

 
I have to be a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Jain, a Parsee, a Sikh,
a Muslim, and a Jew, as well as a Christian, if I am to
know the Truth and to find the point of reconciliation in
all religion ... Father Bede Griffiths O.S.B.
*
We can build a community out of seekers of truth,
but not out of possessors of truth ...
William Sloane Coffin

*

Be All-Inclusive Synthetic - Expand To Understand
mypath3372.jpg