Vedanta talks only about the Self. It is beyond religions and occupies the vast higher space of spirituality. It discusses the Universal Consciousness and how to attain it. I particularly refer to Advaita Vedanta. This great Science of Spirituality is fascinating. One can get a very good understanding of the subject through a lot of reading and reflection .... and the latter is an absolute must to the serious spiritual seeker.
One can read the works of Adi Shankaracharya, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj and many other great souls like Swami Chinmayananda ... to just name a few great realized masters.
Remember that all religions are essentially the same. It is when some overzealous converts who fail in their over enthusiasm to recognize the obvious unity underlying all religions cause misunderstandings and problems to arise.
In this context it would be appropriate to add conversions of any kind related to one's faith arises when this essential understanding is missing. Also efforts made in this direction only shows the underlying level of ignorance in understanding their own religions. What we need to do now is to transcend to the higher realm of Spirituality from the narrow suffocating confines of religion.
Fanaticism and dogmatism are no longer viable in any sphere of thinking.... whether science, humanities or religion. Nothing is clearcut into black and and white. Between these two extremes lies a huge grey area. This grey area need not be disturbing as this provides the opportunity for limitless creativity.
Continued.....
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Keep up the good work.
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