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By Narayan Prasad Mishra

Most people believe in God. People think God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He is beyond birth and death. He is immortal and eternal. He was here. He is here and he will be here always. He is the ruler of this universe. He is all in all. His power is limitless. He could be anything and he can take any form – human, animal, tree, plant, etc. He is the source of supreme power. He is the creator of the world, a universe like the manufacture of a motorcar or a piece of machinery. He knows everything. Nothing can be hidden from him. His eyes are like the sun or the moon. He sees all around the world at a glance. He is everywhere, anywhere else. He is on earth, in the ocean, in the sky. God is like the air which is everywhere in the atmosphere.

No one has seen him. We cannot see him. We cannot touch him. We cannot talk to him. He is unseen. Still, we believe in his existence. This is because, we see his creation-earth, ocean, sky, etc, though we do not see him. We imagine his existence and power by seeing his creation of this world, universe including so many creatures, trees, plants, fruits, vegetable, flowers, mountains, oceans, and many more We pray to him. We, always aspire to his blessings and love.

The sages, saints, and gurus of all religions and faith of all countries have been singing, praying, and meditating God by many different names all over the world since the time immemorial. He is praised and adored in all religious scriptures and texts of all faith. The Bible of Christians, the Kuran of Muslims, or the Vedas, Upanishad, or Gita of Hindus, are all the songs and praises of the Almighty God. There are unlimited scriptures like this of Buddhists, Jews, and many many other faiths in the world. There are thousands and thousands of many many centuries old and new churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and monasteries, in the world for the pray and worship of the Almighty God.

The world is so big. There are many countries in this world. However, all human beings, wherever they live, are the same but their language, culture, tradition, beliefs are different. There are many different faiths and different religions in the world. Even God’s name is different for different people. Despite believing in God, they have different names for God and Goddesses as there are many many different languages in the world.

Some people believe in Christianity. For them, Jesus Christ is God or prophet or only one son of God. Bible is their holy book. They do not believe in other gods. On the other hand, Allah is God for Muslims. They believe in Kuran. It is their holy book. They do not believe in the Bible or other scripture. There is another faith in the world called Buddhism, based on truth, love, and compassion. They are called Buddhists. Same way, there is another faith called Hinduism. They believe in supreme power. For them, the source of that power is Mahadeva, Shiva. For them, God, the supreme power is like the sun or the moon which is everywhere, each corner of the globe. The sun called in the English language is called by many different names in different countries according to their languages. But for Hindus, the sun is always the sun whether it is called sun in English or called Surya in Hindi, or called le Soleil in French. God is one like the sun is one though God has many names. God is god whether it is called Jesus, Allah, or Shiva, the source of supreme power.

The Hindus, despite their believing in Shiva or many other gods and goddesses, do not deny any other god of other faiths — Christian’s god, or the Muslim’s god. That is why they do not see any reason to be unhappy with any religion. They, fully, accept and respect all religions and beliefs that existed in the world. They think any place of worship is the holy place of God, it may be a church, mosque, or temple.

Hindus believe in the incarnations of God. They think God manifests in human form on earth from time to time to establish righteousness, to destroy evils, and to teach people to be honest, truthful, and benevolent. He serves as a role model and a source of inspiration to his devotees. For them, they were Lord Ram, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and there were many more different names in different countries.

As no one has ever seen God, no one has ever seen heaven. We do not meet anyone who had been to heaven or hell. Despite, people believe there are heaven and hell. Hindus also believe in the existence of hell and heaven. Interesting and logical beliefs of the Hindus are – you go to heaven or hell through your karma, not just by your faith. You go to heaven if you do good karma (Nobel or good work) and you go to hell if you do bad karma (bad work). They believe no one can go to heaven just by believing in a particular faith, not doing good karma. They think karma is the way of good living on this planet and karma is the path of going to heaven. Certainly, good deeds bring peace and happiness while bad deeds bring negative consequences for ourselves. So, let us pray to do good karma. May God bless us all.

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