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At The Core, It's All The Same

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Human beings are pretty messed-up bunch of people, wouldn't you say? If something is simple, we are hell-bent on making it complicated. If something was flawless, we go out of our way to try to make it 'more beautiful'. Just keep things simple, for goodness' sake.

For example, religion.

If you explored each religion, at the core of it all, we are all looking at the same thing. Heaven is almost equivalent to Nibbana or eternal happiness which is more or less equivalent to Islam's Syurga. We all believe in one thing....and yet, we decide to put up a divide and say that you are a Buddhist, you will not go to Heaven. You are a Christian, you will not be allowed to enter Syurga.

The beauty of Zen Buddhism is that we believe that you will be where you want to be if you believed it strong enough, with unrestrained faith. We are all going to the same place. Islams will go to Syurga, Christians will go to Heaven. And we all believe in a valid religion.

Do not distort teachings of your religion because there is so much truth in trying to be honest, good, kind, simplistic, genuine, sympathetic and charitable. Love is a powerful thing. Always love before you hate.

On the point of 'hate', I think hating is one of the most harmful things one can do to oneself. When you hate something or someone, you hurt no one but yourself. You could hate your neighbor's dog with all your heart, but at the end of the day, the dog will continue to live its life unaffected by your hate.

Hate changes your world, not the dog's. So, hate less, love more.
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