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This scripture, a 700-verse conversation between the god Krishna and the warrior Arjuna, is part of the world's longest epic poem.
What are the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata?
This practice of abstaining from food or drink for spiritual discipline is observed by The Abrahamic Faiths and Hinduism.
What is fasting?
This term refers to the ultimate, formless reality underlying the entire universe in Hindu philosophy.
What is Brahman?
This Christian holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
What is Christmas?
This sacred text, divided into an Old and New Testament, is the central scripture of Christianity.
What is the Bible?
This contemplative practice of focused attention or mindfulness is central to Hindu and Buddhist life and has also shaped Christian contemplative tradition.
What is meditation?
Christians believe this figure is the Son of God, whose life, death, and resurrection are central to their faith.
Who is Jesus Christ?
This five-day Hindu festival of lights celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and Rama's return from exile.
What is Diwali?
These four ancient collections of hymns and rituals are considered the oldest sacred texts in Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
This Christian sacrament, performed with water, symbolizes purification and initiation into the faith.
What is Baptism?
This trio of Hindu goddesses represents wealth and prosperity, power and protection, and knowledge and the arts, respectively. This trio is represented by the concept known as Shakti.
Who are Lakshmi, Durga, and Saraswati?
This Christian holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion.
What is Easter?
One of these scriptures holds the Five Books of Moses sacred to Judaism; the other holds God's final revelation to Muhammad sacred to Islam.
What are the Torah and the Qur'an?
This Hindu ritual of worship involves offering a lit lamp, moved in a circular motion, before an image of a deity.
What is Aarti?
This patriarch, honored as the father of many nations, is claimed as an ancestor of faith by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.
Who is Abraham?
This vibrant Hindu spring festival, known for crowds throwing colored powder, celebrates the triumph of good over evil and the arrival of spring.
What is Holi?
This recurring global gathering, organized by a Chicago-based nonprofit, has drawn thousands of religious leaders to cities on four continents since its founding in 1893.
What is the Parliament of the World's Religions?
This term, appearing in the Rig Veda ("Truth is one, the wise call it by many names"), is frequently invoked in Hindu-Abrahamic dialogue as a scriptural basis for religious pluralism, though scholars dispute how directly it maps onto Abrahamic monotheism.
What is Ekam Sat?
1986, Pope John Paul II invited global religious leader to this Italian town to pray for peace, establishing a historic ongoing model for Interfaith Dialogue
What is Assisi
A Catholic priest and monk who spent much of his life in an ashram in South India, he blended Christian liturgy with Hindu forms of contemplative prayer and is often cited in discussions of "double belonging."
What is Bede Griffiths