TO THE SUPREME BEING AND HIS BELIEVERS.

TO THE SUPREME BEING AND HIS BELIEVERS

HINDUISM

Vakratunda Mahakaaya surya koti samaprabha

Nirvagnam Kurume deva

Sarva karyeshu sarvada

ISLAM

A’uzu billahi min ash shaitani r rajimi

Bismi ‘Ilahi “r-rahmani ‘r- Rahim

(“I seek protection from God against the Devil,

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful”)

CHRISTIANITY

In the name of The Holy Spirit

WHAT I BELIEVE IN.

Whichever religion you belong to, they say that taking God’s name before beginning a new task brings good fortune and a safe venture. That’s why I recited certain prayers from their respective religions. According to the prayer in Hinduism, Lord Ganesha is requested to supervise and guard us as we begin new journeys and we seek His blessings. According to the prayer in Islam, we ask for Allah to protect us from the Evil and from misfortune. Whereas, in Christianity, we do everything in Jesus Christ’s name, we do it for him and we do it in his supervision.

In the above paragraph, if you observed, I used the term “we” for the belief followed in every religion. This is because I believe in one religion- HUMANITY. It definitely doesn’t mean I’m an atheist, it just means I believe that there is one Supreme Being. The three pieces of prayer I recited above might not be in the same language or might not all refer to God as Ganesha or Allah but the motive behind their recitation is the same- WELL-BEING and GOOD FORTUNE. If I can overlook barriers like language, names given to the God in the religion I follow and the rituals followed, then why can’t each one of you do the same?

I’m not asking anyone to go against their religion, I’m asking you to stop pointing fingers at a religion whose beliefs you’re not aware of, nor are you aware of what it preaches. My aunt for example, is a converted Muslim, but in no way has her respect for Hinduism changed, because Islam didn’t teach her to disrespect Hinduism or disbelieve it. Islam just gave her a different perspective about God and Life. It should be noted here that I’m not trying to preach any religion, I’m preaching Humanity.

I recently watched a Bollywood movie ‘Tamasha’. In the movie, a man says these lines- is it called the river ‘Yamuna’ or ‘Jamuna’? Is it ‘Yousuf’ or ‘Jusuf’? Is it ‘Jesus’ or ‘Yesu’? Is it ‘Moses’ or ‘Moosa’? Is it The ‘Hindu river’ or the ‘Indus river’? is our land called ‘hind’ or ‘India’? and think, is it ‘Brahma’ or ‘Abraham’, or is it ‘Ibrahim’? Do YOU have an answer? The same way, isn't it possible for God to have several names?

They say God made man. So if I ask a man who is a staunch believer of Christ whether he made me too even though I’m a Hindu, would he have an answer? If I ask a staunch believer of Hinduism if his religion is imprinted somewhere on his body or is it a part of his blood like his blood group, would he have an answer? and If a ask a Muslim to help a Hindu or a Christian, would he think twice just because they don’t call their God by the name Allah, would he have an answer?

But if a man is dying on the road, would you ask the man if he of the same religion as you are? Would you deny helping someone because they don’t say the same prayers? Would you not share space with a person from another religion?

Today, we are living in an age where the President of a country-majorly populated by Hindus, can be a Muslim and the Prime Minister- a Sikh, sworn in because a Catholic woman stepped aside. Then what are we afraid of? The Supreme Being punishing us of following a bit of humanity as well?

Every religion preaches Humanity, but Humanity doesn’t have a religion.

It, in itself is a religion!

[with no offence to any religion or to the followers of their respective religion]