Every true seeker of spiritual knowledge understands and admits that there is only one God, and, every scripture and religion speaks about Him.
Like Srila Prabhupada had repeatedly said,
God is neither Indian nor American nor otherwise, neither Christian nor Hindu nor Muslim. God is God.
Still, there are few people, who either with limited or perverted knowledge or due to their selfish agendas tend to create differences. These classes of people tend to mislead innocent people resulting in hate based on religious grounds. Many young people are choosing to become atheists because they feel religiosity causes violence and social division.
If we seek the shelter of an authentic guru from an authentic Sampradaya, we get to understand the truth without any distortion. Thus we get to understand every religion talks about the same God and there are no contradictions.
The purpose of this article is an attempt to draw parallels between two powerful scriptures of the world, Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Holy Bible. Some of the very important Statements of Sri Krishna (in Srimad Bhagavad Gita), listed below, are also been repeated by His dear Son - Lord Jesus (in Holy Bible), thus proving Jesus was referring to Krishna in Bible.
There can be many more similarities but focusing on the prime messages to keep the length of the article short.
1. Krishna / God Is In Everyone’s Heart As The Supersoul.
Bhagavad Gita
I am the Supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities.
[Bhagavad-Gita 10.20]
I am in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul.
[Bhagavad-Gita 7.21]
I, dwelling in their hearts.
[Bhagavad-Gita 10.11]
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart.
[Bhagavad-Gita 18.61]
Holy Bible
One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.
[Ephesians 4:6]
And they tempted God in their heart.
[Psalm 78.18]
2. Krishna / God – the Source of Knowledge
Bhagavad Gita
I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas..
[Bhagavad-Gita 15.15]
Holy Bible
The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
[John 14.10]
3. Krishna / God – Our Father
Bhagavad Gita
It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunte, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.”
[Bhagavad-Gita 14.4]
I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also the Rg, the Sama and the Yajur Vedas.”
[Bhagavad-Gita 9.17]
Holy Bible
I am the son of God
[Jesus]
4. Krishna / God Has Form And Not Formless.
Bhagavad Gita
Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.
[Bhagavad-Gita 9.11]
Holy Bible
God said ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.’
[Genesis 1:26]
5. Krishna / God Can Only Be Known Through A Spiritual Master
Bhagavad Gita
Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth.
[Bhagavad-Gita 4.34]
Holy Bible
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”
[John 14:6]
6. We Should Love Krishna / God With Unfailing Devotion
Bhagavad Gita
O son of Kunti, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me.”
[Bhagavad Gita 9.27 - 28]
Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me
[Bhagavad Gita 9.34]
Holy Bible
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might
[Deu 6:5]
7. Who Inherits The Kingdom Of Krishna / God And Who Doesn't?
Bhagavad Gita
Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance-these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Prtha.
[Bhagavad-Gita 16.4]
Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons become envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in their own bodies and in the bodies of others, and blaspheme against the real religion.
[Bhagavad Gita 16.18]
One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me-such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me.
[Bhagavad Gita 12.13-14]
Holy Bible
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
[Galatians 5:21]
Nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor covetous,nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit kingdom of God.
[Corinthians 6:10]
8. Supreme Abode Of Krishna / God Needs No Sun And Moon
Bhagavad Gita
That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world
[Bhagavad-Gita 15.6]
Holy Bible
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and ever.
[Revelation 22:5]
9. Krishna /God Is The Beginning And The End
Bhagavad Gita
Of all creations I am the beginning and the end and also the middle
[Bhagavad-Gita 10.32]
Of letters I am the letter A, and among compound words I am the dual compound.
[Bhagavad-Gita 10.33]
Holy Bible
I am alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last
[Revelation 22:13]
Thus it is proof for the entire humanity that every religion speaks about one Supreme Personality of Godhead. He has many names according to His qualities. We may call Him God, we may call Him Allah (The Greatest One) or we may call Him Krishna (The All Attractive One). The below quote summarizes the entire article with a graphic example.
A dog will recognize his master in whatever way he dresses. The master may dress in robes, suit and tie, or stand naked, but the dog will always recognize his master. If we cannot recognize God, our beloved master, when he comes in a different dress from another religion, then we are less than that dog.
[- HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj]
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