The Unity of Religions
All the world's great religions are part of one religion of God.
All the different peoples of the world have been created by one God. We are as leaves and fruits of one tree. God has given humanity great gifts: intellect and wisdom, love and compassion, nobility and courage. The greatest gift of all is the capacity to know and love God. This is the purpose for which people have been created and the purpose underlying all creation.

God himself, however, is inknowable essense. We cannot know and love God directly, so God has sent special messangers to help us draw closer to Him. These "Manifestations of God" are not God Himself, but are like rays of the sun which carry the light and heat of the sun to earth.
Krishna, Abraham, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah are names of some of these special Manifestations of God to humanity. Each has renewed the one religion of God and inspired a new civilization.
Baha'u'ullah the founder of the Baha'i Faith, is the latest but not the last in an unending progression of divine educators. His Mission is to bring about the unity of humankind and world peace.

Every religion has two parts: spiritual teachings and social teachings. The spiritual Teachings of all religions agree with each other. For example, the Golden Rule is foud in different words in all the different sacred books.
The differences between religions are are found in the social teachings change in every age because the needs of people change as humanity evolves. The social teachings of Baha'u'llah show people in this age how to live in unity and harmony.

The teachings of the world's great religions nourish humanity's spriritual nature and provide the means for creating the promised Geat Peace.

The Golden Rule

 

   
Hinduism: "This is the sun of all true righteousness: deal with others as thaou wouldst thyself be dealt by, do nothing to thy neighbour which thou wouldst not have him do to theeafter."
The Mahabharata
 
Buddhism: "Hurt not others in way that you yourself would find hurtful"
Udana-Varqa, 5-18
 
Christianity: "As ye would that men should do so to you, do ye also to them likewise."
Holy Bible, Luke 6:31
 
Judaism: "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law, all the rest is commentary."
The Talmud, Shabbat, 31a
 
Islam: "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself."
Sunnah
 
Baha'i: "Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself."
Baha'u'llah. Tables of Baha'u'llah p.71
 
     

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