Buddha, Hinduism, Mithraism, Baha'i, & etc.The Only Love – Gita-Bible Comparisiondattaswami1 wrote:The Only Love – Gita-Bible Comparision
Luke—14:26 to 27
“If any one comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple’’.
The knowledge is compared to a sword. Bhagavatgita says “Chhitva Jnanasinatmanah”. This means that the ignorance should be cut by the knowledge, which is like a sword. The bonds with wife or husband and children are due to ignorance. Such bonds should break when the Lord in human form competes with them to conduct His test. Lord comes in human form in every human generation to preach and give His direct presence. If the Lord comes in only one human generation, God becomes partial to that human generation because other human generations are not blessed with such opportunity. To see, to touch, to talk and to live with the human incarnation, He comes down as per the prayers of the devotees. The Lord comes to preach and so He will not enter the statues or animals or birds. Veda says “Na tasya pratima asti’’ which means that God will not enter the inert statues.
Jesus also said "Love your neighbor as yourself", which contradicts your interpretation of Luke 14:26. Jesus did not teach we should hate anyone since if we hate anyone including ourselves we cannot love others as we love ourselves. Luke 14:25-27
Verse 26. [And hate not] The word "hate," here, means simply to "love less." See the meaning of the verse in Matthew 10:37. It may be thus expressed: "He that comes after me, and does not love his father less than he loves me, etc., cannot be my disciple." We are not at liberty literally to "hate" our parents. This would be expressly contrary to the fifth commandment. See also Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20. But we are to love them "less" than we love Christ; we are to obey Christ rather than them; we are to be willing to forsake them if he calls us to go and preach his gospel; and we are to submit, without a complaint, to him when he takes them away from us. This is not an uncommon meaning of the word "hate" in the Scriptures. Compare Malachi 1:2-3; Genesis 29:30-31; Deuteronomy 21:15-17.
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)
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