When you delve deeper into Hinduism, you soon learn it is more a way of life defined by moral codes (Dharma) for each one’s station in life, which is largely decided by birth, than a religion. The axiomatic assumptions made by Hinduism are:

• Karma- every action has a consequence and you can never escape the consequences of your action. Good consequences for good action and bad consequence for bad action
• Re-birth – if you escape the consequence of your actions in this birth you will experience it in your next.

Within these parameters, Hinduism becomes a quest for understanding the nature of God. There are three streams of thoughts in this search:

• Dvaita – Dualism; God and You are different (Judaism and Islam follow this thought)
• Advaita – Non-Dualism; You and God and Others are the same in different forms (Buddhism pioneered this concept followed by Hindu Philosophers such as Shankaracharya)
• Vishistadvaita- Modified dualism; You and God are different but of the same unity; think of a necklace – the beads make up you whereas the string makes up God ; however both combined makes a unity that is a necklace. Christianity would fall within these parameters. The Christ within you reconciles you to God to make one Perfect Whole.

Thus any religion can be interpreted through Hindu view of our Spiritual Existence. Here I would like to interpret Christianity in the language of Hindu thoughts. This is an interpretive exercise to understand Christianity more in depth.

An ideal Christian would do following things:

Golden Command:
1. Love God with all your soul (Christianity is a Bhakti Marg -Songs, prayers, dances, and verse are performed to celebrate the closeness to God)
2. Love others especially the weak and the vulnerable whether they are Christians or not and treat them with love and respect the same way as you would like to be loved and respected by others.
The Great Commission:
3.Witness to every one that the God loves every one and if they reject the message turn and walk away to a place that welcomes that message.
These in essence are the responsibilities of a Christian.

The Christian at the same time believes:
1. God exists.
2. God loves all people
3. God is perfect and imperfection has no presence before God.
4. All people are imperfect in words and deeds.
5. Imperfections in deeds and thoughts have real consequences.
6. God sent Jesus to bridge the imperfect with the perfect.
7.Jesus took the consequences of the imperfections through his acceptance of the savage Roman punishments and the sacrifice of his life on the cross.
8.Jesus stands as the door for the people who believe to come to the presence of the God as he resolves the people's imperfection with his blood.

Christianity is thus based on Karmic doctrine. Only in Hinduism you carry your karma from birth to birth without end. Unless you stop doing either good or bad you cannot escape this cycle in Hinduism. Christianity cuts the loop by offloading the Karma at the feet of Jesus who carries the consequences for you.