07 Feb 2005
Think that you are a universal human being and not a Hindu, a Christian or a Muslim. You belong to all the religions, which are the same syllabus in different languages. The same Lord appeared in different forms. Every religion has a gem. Use all the gems in your spiritual life. Are you not using the petrol of the Muslims, scientific technology of the Christians and analytical brain of the Hindus in your materialistic life? Similarly you can use the merits of each religion. Suppose paddy [rice] is grown in one part, pulses are grown in another part and vegetables are grown in some other part of the country. The department of civil supplies transports rice, pulses and vegetables throughout the country so that every person in the country has rice, pulses and vegetable curry in his meal plate. Such a meal alone can give full satisfaction to everybody. Muslims are famous in regularity, discipline and firmness in the faith of the Lord. Even if it is not a holiday, even if it is working time and even during a journey, they will pray to the Lord. On the other hand, Hindus worship the Lord in their leisure time and Christians worship the Lord on a holiday. Similarly the love of Christians is a gem. They love even their enemies and give funds to the spiritual centers of other religions also. In Hindus tolerance is the gem. They worship different forms of the same Lord.
Therefore have firm faith and discipline like a Muslim. Show love even to your enemies like a Christian. Worship the different forms of the same Lord of all the religions in the same manner like a Hindu. All these merits are like rivers merging in the ocean of spirituality. Be a sea-fish. Don’t be a stagnant river-fish. All the religions in the advanced stage mix and become the one spiritual ocean.