Essays by Faith
All Faiths
HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
Three years ago, on an invitation, my wife and I went to Vancouver, B.C Canada to participate in a 3 day long consecration ceremony of a new Jain temple there. While there, one day one of our friends took us to an officially named “Highway to Heaven”. This is...
Need for Interfaith Dialog
WHY AN INTERFAITH DIALOG All lives including that of humans have coexistence, co-destiny and are interdependent. Without the support of so many people, the journey of my life and that of all of us will not be Even a hermit needs the support from All items of...
Science is finally Validating Religion!: Shared Contemplative Practices
Today scientific discoveries are corroborating religion and highlighting one of the most profound commonalities faith traditions have had for centuries. This is ironic, in a world where people are prone to replace religion with science. New discoveries in neuroscience...
Many Chapters, One Eternal Book! An Individual’s Perspective of the Baha’i Faith on the Essential Oneness of Major Religions of the World
Many Chapters, One Eternal Book! An Individual’s Perspective of the Baha’i Faith on the Essential Oneness of Major Religions of the World by Dr. Fereshteh T. Bethel | Jul 14, 2018 | Baha'i FaithCurrent and Historical Contexts: A global dialogue among people and...
Convivenz – Living in Community as a Mission Strategy
The encounter with other religions is one of the great challenges for Christianity today. Religious pluralism has always been recognized by the church as a fact. But the significance of that fact, the questions that religious pluralism raise for Christian theology...
Jesus Teaches Unity
Jesus was constantly frustrated by the dualistic, us-vs-them thinking within his deeply multi-cultural eastern Roman Empire world. His parables, teachings, and actions showcased unrelenting themes of unity, with strong attempts to broaden the world-view of most anyone...
JAINISM
Jainism, an ancient and probably the 6th largest religion of the world is an integral part of India. The Jain tradition, which enthroned the philosophy of ecological harmony and non-violence as its lodestar, flourished for centuries side-by-side with other...
Search for the meaningful unity among the manifold religious and spiritual systems in the world
This article has three ultimate objectives: The foremost objective is to underline the fact that the manifold religious, spiritual and humanistic philosophical systems could become meaningfully united when one concentrates on their universal, essential, fundamental,...
SIKHISM
All religions are good in that they teach their followers to be honest, decent, and help your fellow human beings. It is the people who interpret and inject their own feelings and biases, which make things worse. And now if you add politics and politicians to the...
Commonalities in Religions
There are many religions in the world today. Among the religions there are similarities and differences. Religions differ in their world views, beliefs in the Ultimate Reality, nature and role of human being in the world, and the concept of salvation. Religions,...
Transcending Ordinary Human Consciousness
Yoga is best known for the often-impressive physical postures that are so widely displayed in images, advertising and t-shirts around the world. What is not as well known about yoga, especially for those who do not practice it, are its philosophical, psychological and...