A devotee in a conversation with Swami Chinmayananda

Devotee : “Swamiji, who is the founder of Christianity?”

Swami Chinmayananda : “Jesus”

Devotee : “Who is the founder of Islam?”

Swami Chinmayananda : “Mohammed”.

Devotee : “Who is the founder of Hinduism?”

Swami Chinmayananda : “……………..”

Devotee : “What Swamiji, your religion doesn’t have a founder?”

Swami Chinmayananda : “There is no one particular founder for Hinduism as it’s not an outcome of one personality’s knowledge. Let me put the same question to you. Who is the founder of Chemistry? Physics? You cannot answer, because these are sciences that had contributions from plenty of scientists. In Hinduism, our Rishis were the scientists”.

Devotee : “…”

Swami Chinmayananda : “If you ask a Christian to give a book on Christianity, he gives you Bible. If you ask a Muslim to give a book on Islam, he gives you Quran. But if you ask me to give a book on Hinduism, I will say, “Welcome to my Library!”