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Lip service to religious unity
“All the religions teach us that
There is only One God and no other besides him. In the Holy Qur'aan, (2:163), Allaah, the God says: " And your God is one
God; there is no God except Him, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
" And in Christianity, the very first commandment as per
Deuteronomy 6:4 of the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, is: "
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord." And in the New
Testament of the Bible, Jesus (peace be upon him), repeats it in
Mark 12:29, by way of an answer to a question: "The first of
all the commandments is: Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is One
Lord."
Hindu scriptures are quoted to say: " Ekam Braham Dwithiya
Naasthay." (There is one God, no second.) then adding
emphatically: "Nay-ha Naa; Naasthay Kinchan." (No; None;
Not even a little.) Another sanskrit quote from a Hindu scripture:
" Ekam Yevam a-dwithiyam." (He is one; without a
second.) Veda is quoted to say: "Ekam Sat; Vipra bahuda
vadanti." (That which exists is One, sages call it by
different names.) A South-Indian (Tamil language) adage says:
"Onray kulam; oruvanay daywan." (Only one race; Only one
God.)
All the major religions, therefore, include the important fact:
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, NONE BESIDES HIM. Yet, transgressors have,
down the ages, tried to conceal or dilute this supreme fact in
many ways, to serve their own purposes."
Come to Islam: Our Lord is One,
http://www.isprin.com/c01.htm
"At the present moment all religions contain a mixture of
truth, which is divine, and error which is human. The fundamentals
or essentials of all religions are the same. There is difference
only in the non-essentials. The apparent differences in religions
are due to a misconception or misconstruction of the
long-forgotten truth of the Vedas on which they are ultimately
founded. All systems of religion are equally divine and true. The
conflicting points are all due to misconception and
misconstruction of truths on account of prejudice, bigotry, lack
of purity of heart and subtlety and purity of intellect, and
perverted condition of the intellect of people.
The great majority of religions had their origin in prehistoric
times. Hence there are no genuine documents or trustworthy
traditions concerning them.
All prophets are messengers of God. They are great Yogins and
realized souls, who have had divine, intuitive perception of God.
Their words are infallible and sacred. The Koran or the
Zend-Avesta or the Bible is as much a sacred book as the
Bhagavad-Gita. All contain the essence of divine wisdom.
Ahuramazda, Isvara, Allah, Jehovah are different names for one
God.
Truth is neither Hindu nor Muslim, nor Buddhist nor Christian!
Truth is one, homogeneous, eternal substance. The follower of the
religion of Truth walks on the path of light, peace, wisdom, power
and bliss.”
The Unity that underlies al Religions,
http://www.dlshq.org/
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