common principles:

Veda Vyasa, Jesus Christ and Mohammed were all divinely empowered and inspired. yet with divine
discretion they revealed only as much as their audience could digest. The essence of all the major religious scriptures is the same.

An analysis of the various religious scriptures reveals the following common essential principles:

1. There is only one God and He is the supreme object of our love.
2. Obedience to God is the ultimate religious principle.
3. Service to God is the nature of all living entities.
4. The Kingdom of God is the ultimate shelter for everyone.
5. To approach God, sinful activities must be given up.
6. Chanting the Holy Names of God is the easiest way of reviving God consciousness.
7. One should renounce flickering material pleasure to experience everlasting spiritual happiness.
8. One needs the guidance and the mercy of a bona fide spiritual master to achieve God.
9. All religions teach that love of God is the ultimate perfection.

  ⧭The Bible states: Love Thy God with all Thy soul and all Thy heart.

  ⧭The very word 'Islam' means 'complete surrender'.

  ⧭The Bhagavad-gita (18.66) states : sarva dharman parityajya mam ekam sharanam vraja-   "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me."