Other Religions
Too soon, it was time to ask my penultimate question: "What is the Hindu view of other faiths?"
"We believe in all faiths," he said. "As I said earlier, we believe all these faiths are various ways and paths going toward God. We believe in all the ways that stand for honesty, integrity, nobility, devotion, and unity. But sometimes, what happens? Some people say, ‘Only those who come to this church will go to God — nobody else.’ The thing is, I should follow the correct way, the straight way, which leads me toward God. I ask you a question: How many straight lines can you draw between two points?" he asked.
"One and only one," I laughed.
"Only one and one only," he said. "So, we cannot say that all these different paths are straight and go toward God. There may be many ways and paths going toward God but not all of them are straight. And because of that, we have to find out the one straight way.
Straight Way
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