Krishna began teaching the Gita on life's battlefield
Arjuna listened after dropping his bow and shield.
Then the chariot driver delivered his immortal message
Saying the soul goes through many a passage.
The avatar showed how action became divine sacrifice
So that devotees could make earth a paradise.
Krishna’s cosmic form revealed to Arjuna divine grace
The Gita teaches meditation showing us God’s face.
Buddha sat motionless under the tall Bo tree
His mind had become totally desireless and free.
He reached within the world where illumination does shine
His self merged in eternity free from ignorance’s dividing line.
The master spread beyond India his message of peace
Man can experience nirvana when his thoughts cease.
The Buddha taught harmony to end within man’s mental storm
His wisdom liberates the seeker into truth beyond form.
Zoroaster became a prophet in Persia to teach
The Zend Avesta wisdom for man to reach.
Two opposing powers constantly struggle with the mind
Ahriman the evil impulse makes man spiritually blind.
Yet the greater light lives within the soul
Ahura Mazda inspires man to realize life’s goal.
Zoroaster shows the secret of lighting Spirit’s fire
He causes the soul’s flame to burn higher.
Moses led the people from slavery toward Israel’s promised land
He was a liberating instrument of the divine hand.
God’s servant meditated on Mount Sinai for forty days
He descended from the heavenly realms radiating divine rays.
He revealed the Ten Commandments to all
To teach mankind righteousness and justice was his primary call.
Moses’ divine mission was to rid man of moral imperfection
God’s voice revealed through him the Torah’s laws for perfection.
Jesus made the supreme sacrifice
To lead man into Heaven’s paradise.
To man love he taught
So souls in hatred would no more be caught.
Christ came to give man spiritual hope
He became our savior to free us from nature’s rope.
Jesus dwells in our hearts showing us the divine source
Soul in God’s marriage is the message of the cross.
Mohammed brought Islam with the sword
It teaches man to surrender to the Lord.
The Koran is the record of his divine revelation
It shows man justice in fulfilling every human obligation.
The Kaaba stone stands in Mecca symbolizing God’s unity
It calls man for pilgrimage to the prophet’s holy city.
Allah is man’s guiding light invisibly ruling over all creation
The faithful realize His presence in the mosque during contemplation.
