Gospel to Hindu world- Episode 13

A General Comparative Chart of Christianity and Hinduism

Usually our Hindu friends, relatives or circle insist that all religions and gods are one and same. All are only different approaches that leads to the same destination. Is it? Are Christianity and Hinduism one and same fundamentally?

I have prepared a basic peer reviewed informative chart to help eager minds to discover how Christianity and Hinduism differ on the basis of study and observation. This comparative chart is just a basic picture and not a detailed assessment.

	Christianity	Hinduism
Secular category	Abrahamic Faith	Omkar Faith; Also, an Umbrella term
Origin	Historically from Jesus’ resurrection, ascension and apostles but theologically related with Judaism dating back to Abraham	Historically from the Vedas but many theories regarding nativity of Vedas
Theistic view	Monotheistic	Evolutionary views: Animistic, Polytheistic, Henotheistic, Monistic, Pantheistic, Panentheistic and Atheistic
Supreme Being	Triune God	Although concept of Supreme Being is not definite, Para Brahman is considered the Supreme Entity and Ishvara as Active Being in creation
Core Denominations	Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Restorationism.	Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism
Sacred text	Holy Bible	Numerous texts under Shruti and Smriti where Vedas are foundational and Supreme authority and Bhagavad Gita is the most recommended and revered
Core problem with humanity	Broken relationship with God and bondage of Sin	Soul caught in beginningless ignorance and forgot its true nature. Bad Karma and misery of reincarnation
Salvation	Reconciliation with God: By grace through faith in Christ alone	Release from death-birth cycle and ultimately become one with Brahman: Diversified views of Self-redemption
Incarnation	Jesus alone as God’s human manifestation	Numerous Avatars to accomplish certain missions where Rama and Krishna are Major recognized
Purpose of Life	Created in God’s image to be a part of His family	Liberate from karma cycle and be one with Brahman by recognizing one’s self-identity with Brahman
Major Festivals/Celebration	Christmas, Good Friday, Resurrection day	Dashain, Tihar/Diwali, Holi and other forms of local religious ceremonies
Major practices	Baptism and Lord’s Supper	Numerous rites and rituals from disciplinary aspects to mystical activities
Future state/destiny	Eternal New Heaven and New Earth	Individual soul re-unites with Universal soul and one’s existence is lost. Yet, others hold further heavenly destinations as well
View about each other	Human’s self-attempt and philosophy of exploration to understand humanity, world, their relationship and trying to reach Supreme Entity using diversified ways	One of many legitimate ways to Moksha but not unique way