GOD: 2015

So you take any type of religion, these three things are there: that we must try to know God, and what does He desires, and to fulfill it. Therefore in the Bhagavatam it is said,

sa vai pumsam paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhoksaje
ahaituky apratihata
yayatma suprasidati

It is said here that that is first-class religious system. It does not say Hinduism, Muslimism or Christianism. General definition: “That is first-class religion…” Sa vai pumsam paro dharmo. Why it is said, para? Para means the supreme, not ordinary thing, supreme. “The supreme religious system is that which teaches the follower how to love God.” That is supreme. It does not matter you learn to love God through Christianism or Hinduism or Muslimism...

Greek Version	Roman Version	Etruscan Version	Norse Version
Adonis		Atunis
Aphrodite	Venus		Freya
Apollo	Apollo	Aplu	Balder
Ares	Mars	Maris	Tyr
Artemis	Diana (mythology)	Artume
Athena	Minerva	Menrva
Chloris	Flora
Dionysus	Bacchus
Eos	Aurora	Thesan
Harmonia
Hephaestus	Vulcan		Thor
Hera	Juno	Uni
Hermes	Mercury	Turms
Nike	Victoria
Poseidon	Neptune	Nethuns
Selene	Luna
Zeus	Jupiter	Tinia	Odin

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened - everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me?" he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal", they replied. It's easy to get discouraged sometimes when things appear to be going badly. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground, it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.