Book Title: Samkit Faith Practice Liberation
Author(s): Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali

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________________ 2.3. The religion dialogue In the previous part, there was already an occasional comparison with other religions, but very little. The main focus was on the relation between faith and practice in the author's own life, and therefore also own religion. This part extends the contours of triangulation even further, and engages in a relatively structured interview/dialogue with informed representatives of five other religions, namely Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. The purpose is not to interrogate them, but to hear their voice and get pertinent information regarding a concept that seems to be of concern in their religion as well, namely of that of right faith. To do this, a standard set of seven questions was created, and submitted to them during the The questionnaire is as follows: Question 1: Does your religion believe in the soul? If so: a. What does the soul mean? b. Who created the soul? c. Where does the soul come from? Question 2: Where do people (souls) come from and where do they go when they die? Question 3: What is your definition of faith? Question 4: Who has faith? Question 5: Is it possible to say that one person has more faith than another person? Are there any visible signs of this? Question 6: Which of the following people is more religious and why? a. Person A carries out a lot of religious actions (prayer, visits to religious places, etc.) but does not follow the religion's principles in his daily life. b. Person B follows the religion's principles in his daily life but does not carry out many (or any) religious actions. Question 7: If a person has an equal amount of belief in all religions, does that person have faith? 374

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