Interfaith World Religions Summary West and East

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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The True God
Western
There is only one true God and One true religion
• God is loving as well as wrathful
Those who accept God will enjoy God's grace in eternal
Heaven
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Eastern
All others will suffer eternally in Hell
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One true and absolute Self or God
Many images of one Supreme God
• God is pure bliss and consciousness
• There are many paths to God by way of understanding, temperament, and maturity
All souls are destined to receive Liberation
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