The Perennial Philosophy
The world's major religious traditions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Native, and indigenous religions) have varying beliefs and traditions at the institutional level (externalized religion, holy books, buildings, teachings, theologians), so they appear to be very different from one another. As you move toward the contemplative level of these religions, they begin to converge - they become more and more similar in nature (inner religion, direct experience, meditation and prayer, mystical theology, mystics).
That's because the mystical experiences of these religions, the very core upon which these religions are based, point to the same absolute truth (or one aspect of that absolute truth). Whether you want to call that a union with god, nirvana, the god head, liberation, eternal bliss, enlightenment, spiritual awakening, brahman or something else, they are pointing to the same thing. I’m not talking about visions of angles - I'm referring to the subjective experience of oneness with all that is, an awareness of their oneness with the infinite, a deep interconnectedness, and ego dissolution.
All the great spiritual leaders - buddha, Jesus, Rumi, Krishna, Hermes, Dali Lama, Mohammed, and so on were pointing at the same thing: Absolute Truth.
"Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language" - Meister Eckhart
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