Are we truly here from millions of years?
The scriptures speak of cosmic ages. Science speaks of deep time. Where do the two narratives meet — and where do they break?
The God of India
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A film by Sangram Vajre
The Inquiry
The Seven Most Provocative Questions
In writing this book, Sangram wrestled with seven questions about faith, the Hindu scriptures, and the Bible — questions that make the head spin and invite a deeper dig.
Why are some stories universal?
A flood, a sacrifice, a virgin birth, a dying and rising god. Threads that run through every ancient tradition — coincidence, or a single origin?
If idolatry is not in the Rig Veda, where did it come from?
The oldest verses point to the formless. The temple came later. What was lost — or found — in the space between?
If Sanskrit is not the original language of the world, where did it come from?
Once called the mother of all tongues, now traced to a branch of a larger family. A question of roots, and what we inherit.
Is India a land of immigrants and not uni-source?
Waves of peoples, languages, and gods arriving across millennia. The land remembers more than one beginning.
How can there be 33 million gods and still growing?
A pantheon without end. Each deity a doorway. When does multiplicity become a question of the One behind the many?
Is Abraham the father of all faiths that believe in One God?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam — and beyond. A single patriarch, a single promise, carried across the world.
The Method
PLAN: A way to talk about History
PPeople
Did you know historically people of India are made up of DNA that is from outside India?
LLanguages
Did you know the oldest language, Sanskrit, has Iranian (middle east) roots?
AArchaeology
Can Hindu epics be historically verified?
NNarratives
If the ancient world is connected, then why not our faith?
P
Ancient DNA shows present-day Indians descend from multiple ancestral populations that mixed over thousands of years. All Indians are migrants and mixes. (2018)
L
The Rigveda was composed in Vedic Sanskrit—a language with deep linguistic roots shared with the ancient languages of Iran.
A
You can test history today that is in the Bible. While the epics and Rigveda had horses and chariots but Indus Valley was pre-horse society. Can both be true?
N
Several stories like the flood, wars, sacrifice system, strict rituals, priests, temples and even names like Noah (Manu), Abraham (Ram), Sarah (Sita) mirror what's written in the Old Testament. What if we are more connected than we thought?
A Reader's Response
The Challenge with Gospel in a Hindu Worldview
Tension
10 Similarities and Differences.
10 Shared themes (esp. OT and Hinduism)
- 01Eternal (nature of existence)
- 02The Flood (Noah and Manu historical accounts)
- 03Temples (sacred space, worship)
- 04Priest (lineages and continuous functions)
- 05Altars (as central points of worship)
- 06Wars (depicted with horses and chariots)
- 07Strict rituals (food, lifestyle, marriage)
- 08Sacrifices (offering food, hair, animal)
- 09Good vs. Evil clash (prominent epics)
- 10Ultimately only one True God
10 Key differences (Hinduism vs Christianity)
- 01Many Paths vs Narrow Path
- 02Many Ways vs The Way
- 03Many Truths vs The Truth
- 04Many Lives vs The Life
- 05Feelings vs Evidence
- 06Many gods vs One God
- 07Many Books vs One Book
- 08Many works (Karma) vs Grace alone
- 09Man Becomes God vs God Becomes Man
- 10All-Inclusive vs All-Exclusive
The Challenge
All-Inclusive
Belief System
- Karma (what I did)
- Rebirths (many lives)
- Dharma (duty & right action)
- Moksha (liberation from life)
- Many (ways, forms, and gurus)
All-Exclusive
Belief System
- Grace (what Jesus did)
- Resurrection (one eternal life)
- Personal Relationship (with God)
- Salvation (freedom in Christ)
- Jesus (the way, the truth, and the life)
A Living Testimony
High Tech Prayer Breakfast
Sangram Vajre shares his testimony in his own words.
Voices of Readers
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Sacred Details
A labor of love, written for family.
Sangram Vajre came to the United States at twenty-five with $350 in his pocket and a master's degree ahead of him. He went on to lead marketing at Pardot and co-founded a multi-million dollar company and is the author of WSJ best-selling book on go-to-market, called MOVE.
Yet he would tell you his business accomplishments fall far short of the honor of calling Jesus his Savior. He is a husband to Manmeet and father to two children. At the height of his career, the search for answers began. This book is the result.
“My goal transformed from becoming the CEO of a billion-dollar company to positively impacting a billion people. The difference is Christ.”