The whole Universe in pervaded by One God (Paramatma). The Isavasya Upanishad says: “”THAT is infinite, THIS is infinite; From That, This comes. This added or removed from THAT, the Infinite remains as Infinite. Om, peace, peace, peace….
One God:
The Semitic and Hindu peoples are pervaded by the same One God. However, God has given us the power to discriminate between good and bad. “Good” is that which leads to welfare of the world, and “bad” is that which leads to harm to the world. The Semitic and Hindu religions are equally driven by the same impulse of goodness otherwise they would not have existed today. However, they have used their power of discrimination differently and reached different understandings of the teachings of their religions.
Different Paths:
In the recent times, the Semitic religions have often used political power and violence to conquer those who did not accept God as understood by them. On the other hand, the Hindu religion has focussed more on temples, cow protection and Sanskrit language and has lost, in my view, the live connection with Parmatma. Both the streams have deflected from the primary message of the whole world being pervaded by the same One God, though in different ways. The task is to reclaim the original message of the pervading of One God.
Common Teachings:
One way of doing this is to revisit the original common teachings of these religions. My study shows that the 5 Prophets of the Semitic and Hindu religions were the same persons. Therefore, their messages would also necessarily be the same. However, the two streams have travelled in different circumstances in the last three millennia and the teachings of the 5 Common Prophets have evolved differently and are now available to us in different versions. The purpose of the Common Prophet is to start a dialogue anchored on the teachings of the 5 Common Prophets. For example, we can create a dialogue between the teachings of Abraham and Rama and arrive at a common understanding of the Prophet’s teaching. That would eliminate the conflict between the Semitic and Hindu believers of the One God.
Common Geography:
Both the streams would have to revise their view of history. The Semitic religions would have to relocate the history of the Prophets from West Asia to the Indus Valley. The Hindu religion would have to relocate the history of the Prophets from the pan-Indian Subcontinent to the Indus Valley. In doing so, both the streams would be strengthened by providing a firm historical root to the life of the Prophets.
My fellow Hindus are rattled by relocation of Rama and Krishna from the living Ayodhya and Mathura to the Indus Valley. The question we face is this: Do we want to limit our vision to these temples, or do we want to expand our vision to encompass the entire world? On the one hand we have the temples of Ayodhya and Mathura, on the other hand we have the whole world to connect with. Instead of fearing getting gobbled up by the Semitic religions in the process of this dialogue, let us aim to develop a common understanding of the teachings of Rama and Krishna and, in the process, expand ourselves and connect with the Semitic religions.
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