Which religion is best
There is nothing wrong with following a religious doctrine, so which religion is best? The issue lies with the people in charge. The best religion is any you have affinity with, once you remove the veil of language, culture and rituals; they are pretty much all the same.
- each housed the power of God, in totality.
- each could save the people they came to save,
- each taught the truth and took on the karma of those they taught (and suffered for it).
- each liberated their followers from suffering
- each taught the true method for eternal liberation (according to the era they existed) and
- after they died each left behind an empty shell called religion, their ‘ism’ (well actually, it was their sincere followers who created the religion with good intention. But when alive, all great masters taught disciples to go within for the truth and stay away from all forms of external worship. Intellectualism takes us away from God)
When the master dies, the disciples still have the key because it was already granted. But anyone else cannot have a key, they may know of it but Heaven will not recognize them because they were not introduced by the living-master (like no valid visa). They may have some blessing but not the same as the original disciples that met and were initiated by the, living-master.
The master (when alive) gave profound discourses to teach the followers whom could understand fairly quickly since they were already a little awakened. Most of the teachings were done silently via a sort of heart to heart or master to soul transmission. Just by deep meditation the disciples gained wisdom.
Non-enlightened priests, monks, leaders or religious-clerics interpret the divine teachings of the long-dead masters and decide what they mean for you and I. The rest is history (as they say in the movies)! We have such bizarre situations now with religious leaders behaving more like dictators or high priests making statements about God to keep their flock in fear and more importantly, under control.
God is love, nothing but pure unconditional divine merciful love.
If we practice with a real master, a living one, then we will understand the true meaning of most religious doctrines. We will see the beauty in them as we ourselves become beautiful noble beings. And furthermore, we will have the highest and most noble respect for all past, present and future guru‘s because we will know who they really are; God personified.