Francis Clooney: Christianity and Hinduism

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Experiencing Christ’s virtuousness requires the believers to understand the Sermon on the Mount. Francis Clooney explained its importance of this excerpt by associating two religions, namely, Christianity and Hinduism. The excerpt is composed of many sections that explore various distinct spiritual learnings common between the two.
Initially, Clooney suggests that the association between Christianity and Hinduism began with the understanding that “The Sermon…is a prime teaching worthy of our meditation… (Clooney, 119).” Additionally, he reiterates Mahatma Gandhi’s, a principal personality in Hinduism, words, “Christ’s Sermon on the Mount fills me with bliss even today. Its sweet verses have even today the power to quench my agony of soul (Clooney, 119).”
The Sermon provides the believers a sense of peace by purifying one’s heart and calming one’s chaotic...