My faith is rooted in the teachings of Jesus Christ, but my heart beats for the depth, colour, and wisdom of Hindu culture. Many find this paradoxical, but to me, it is the most natural expression of being a seeker of truth. For truth, unlike religion, cannot be confined by scripture, ritual, or label. It is a living experience – a journey of awakening that defies boundaries and definitions. A seeker of truth is never engulfed in religion; he is liberated by spirituality.
I have never seen Jesus as a figure locked in church walls, nor have I seen Hinduism as a religion restricted to temples. I see both as vast oceans of divine wisdom – one that teaches compassion, forgiveness, and inner transformation; the other that celebrates the multiplicity of creation and the interconnectedness of all life. The teachings of Jesus taught me love; Hindu culture taught me acceptance. Together, they form the foundation of my spiritual identity.
Jesus was not preaching a religion when he spoke on the Mount of Beatitudes. He was teaching a way of life. When he said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,” he wasn’t referring to dogma, but to purity of intent, of thought, of being. His words weren’t meant to create Christians – they were meant to create conscious human beings.
Sadly, over centuries, the Church institutionalised faith into ritual, forgetting that Christ never founded a religion — men did. He founded a revolution of the soul. He stood against hypocrisy, questioned authority, and tore apart the self-righteousness of those who wore religion as armour but lacked compassion in their hearts.
The true follower of Jesus does not preach religion; he or she lives love. He or She forgives when hurt, uplifts when others fall, and speaks truth even when silence would be more comfortable. Jesus was not crucified because he was wrong – he was crucified because he made others uncomfortable with his truth.
Hindu culture, on the other hand, is not just a religion – it is a civilisation of seekers. It never told me what to believe; it encouraged me to ask questions. It never said there is one path; it said there are many, and each is sacred if it leads you inward.
When I walk into a Hindu temple, I don’t just see idols. I see symbolic representations of divine attributes – strength in Hanuman, wisdom in Ganesha, destruction and renewal in Shiva, abundance in Lakshmi. The Hindu way does not limit God; it expands our understanding of Him and Her. It tells us that divinity manifests in every form of life, in every sound, every breath, every ray of light.
The Bhagavad Gita’s essence and the Sermon on the Mount are, in truth, reflections of the same consciousness. When Krishna says, “Abandon all dharmas and surrender unto Me,” and when Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life,” both speak not of ego, but of the same supreme awareness that transcends human identity.
Religion divides, spirituality unites. Religion says, “My God is the true God.” Spirituality says, “God is truth, and truth is everywhere.” Religion demands conformity; spirituality celebrates individuality. Religion builds temples, churches, and mosques; spirituality builds inner sanctuaries of peace.
When I say I am a follower of Jesus, I am not referring to institutional Christianity. I am referring to the consciousness of Christ – the awareness that everything I do, I must do in love. When I say I love Hindu culture, I do not mean the rituals, festivals, or symbols alone. I mean the celebration of life itself – the recognition that every being is divine, that the entire universe is a dance of energy and spirit.
The seeker is never bound by identity. He learns from every scripture, prays in every temple, and bows before every truth. He knows that spirituality is not about belonging to a religion – it is about belonging to God, to existence, to life itself.
I am equally at peace listening to the Gayatri Mantra at sunrise and reflecting on Jesus’s words, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The resonance of both is the same – compassion.
India has always been a land where spiritual synthesis thrived. Jesus’s message of love found deep harmony with the Upanishadic truth that “The Self is all.” When Swami Vivekananda spoke at the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago, he didn’t proclaim Hindu superiority; he proclaimed universal acceptance – that all paths lead to the same truth.
This is why my love for Hindu culture and my faith in Jesus are not conflicting – they are complementary. Hindu thought taught me that divinity is infinite; Jesus taught me to express that divinity through compassion and sacrifice.
The Christ consciousness and Sanatan Dharma are not opposites. They are parallel rivers flowing toward the same ocean of truth.
Being a seeker means being misunderstood. The world prefers labels because they make people comfortable. If you say you are Christian, you are expected to believe certain things. If you say you are Hindu, you are expected to perform certain rituals. But if you say you are a seeker – one who learns from both Jesus and Krishna – people don’t know what to make of you.
But truth demands courage. It demands that we walk alone sometimes, without approval or applause.
No religion owns truth. Truth owns us. It molds us, humbles us, and elevates us. Religion, when reduced to dogma, blinds us to the beauty of other faiths. But spirituality, when awakened, allows us to see the divine in everyone – in a Christian praying, a Hindu meditating, a Muslim bowing, or a Buddhist chanting.
That is why I do not see contradiction in loving both the teachings of Jesus and the culture of Hinduism. The contradiction lies only in the narrow minds of those who cannot see that God speaks in many languages.
I am not Christian by denomination nor Hindu by definition. I am a seeker. My faith is in the compassion of Christ. My love is in the wisdom of Hindu civilisation. My prayer is for truth, and my practice is love.
I see God not in the cross or the trident alone, but in the light that connects them.
The day we stop arguing about whose God is greater and start realising that all paths lead to the same divine consciousness, we will truly begin to live in harmony. Until then, the seeker must keep walking – learning, unlearning, and returning always to the only truth worth living for: Love is the essence of God, and God is the essence of all love.
That is my faith. That is my love. That is my truth.
