When Religions Create Divisions and How to Avoid it

When Religions Create
 Divisions
And How to Avoid It
By Stephen Knapp
Religion is supposed to bring us closer to God, which should certainly uplift us and show us that we are all spiritual beings. In that way we are united. This understanding could give us a central focus for general intentions of goodwill and cooperation. However, this is [...]

Vedic Culture is the Parent of Humanity

Vedic Culture is the Parent
 of Humanity
By Stephen Knapp
The title of this page may seem like a bold statement, but there is some very interesting evidence to consider. As we established in the chapter on the creation of the material world, when the Supreme Being created the universe He also provided the Vedic knowledge and terminology [...]

Spirituality Beyond Religion: The Concept and the Conference

Spirituality Beyond Religion
The Concept and the Conference
By Stephen Knapp
 
            Spirituality Beyond Religion: What does that mean? It means to enter a realm of spirituality that connects you with God, with your fellow living beings, with the environment, with the earth and the universe. A level of spirituality that is beyond a mere dogma that counts its [...]

Religious Unity: Why There Could be a One World Religion

Religious Unity:
Why There Could Be a One
 World Religion
By Stephen Knapp
Is religious unity a dream that can never be fulfilled? Can it never be a reality? I feel that it can be.
If we are mature enough to see the purpose of each religion or spiritual path, we will recognize that there is very little difference between [...]

Jesus Taught Bhakti-Yoga

JESUS TAUGHT BHAKTI-YOGA
By Stephen Knapp
 
Another aspect of understanding the Vedic teachings in Christianity is to simply look at what is written regarding the teachings of Jesus. By studying the teachings that are ascribed to Jesus, we can easily recognize that the essence of what Jesus taught was an elementary level of the Vedic process of [...]

Jesus Predicted in the Vedic Literature?

Jesus Predicted in the Vedic Literature?
By Stephen Knapp
 
            Every once in a while someone writes in to ask me what I know about Jesus being mentioned in the Vedic literature, specifically the Bhavishya Purana. So I’ve decided to make the information that I know available to everyone.
            Dr. Vedavyas, a research scholar with a doctorate [...]

Christianity’s Similarities with Hinduism

Christianity’s Similarities
 with Hinduism
 
You may find it surprising that much of Christianity originated from India. Indeed, over the centuries, numerous historians and sages have pointed out that not only has Hinduism had a predominant influence on Christianity, but that many of the Christian rites could be directly borrowed from Hindu (Vedic) India.
French historian Alain Danielou had [...]

Christianity and the Vedic Teachings Within It

Christianity and the
 
Vedic Teachings Within It
 
By Stephen Knapp
 
                                    
            When we consider the story of how baby Jesus appeared in the heart of his mother Mary by immaculate conception, as well as the bright star appearing in the night sky, we can discern a direct parallel to Lord Krishna’s birth three thousand years earlier in Vrindavana, India, [...]

Buddhism and its Vedic Connections

BUDDHISM
 
AND ITS VEDIC CONNECTIONS
By Stephen Knapp
          Many people may know about Buddhism, but few seem to understand its connections with Vedic culture and how many aspects of it have origins in the Vedic philosophy. To begin with, it was several hundred years before the time of Lord Buddha that his birth was predicted in the  Srimad-Bhagavatam: [...]