Universality of Yoga, another chapter from Yogananda's Man's Eternal Quest start with an emphasis on what a true religion is. All religions which are practiced today are based on Man's beliefs. The code and the conduct of the religion comes from people who call themselves the authority of it. Early literature including great epics were written in Sanskrit. The beauty of the language lies in its grammar and vocabulary that a same sentence can be interpreted differently.

Rodney Lingham in his website www.geocities.com/rigvedsamhita has serious of articles on the right interpretation of Rig Veda from a spiritual perspective. This throws great light on what our ancient sages wanted to convey to the future generations. Mastery of Sanskrit language is not the only qualification to understand and throw ideas on religious principles from vedas.

Yogananda clearly points out that any religion should be based on science and not mere human beliefs. The science should be able to reveal the true identity of the almighty or GOD.
This would throw light on the universality of all religions helping the man kind to setup an universal brotherhood under the fatherhood of the almighty. Yoga is that science which can help the mankind understand the purpose of his / here existence in this world and his true identity.

In most of his works, Yogananda never misses the point that we humans have been created as an image of GOD. But as we start our worldly journey we associate ourselves only with the body and forget our true nature. During the beginning, that is before big bang happened as the scientific community would like to callit, there was Universal consciousness, the spirit, as the living creatures were formed, Universal consciousness came upon the creatures as Krishna consciousnes or the soul. Eventually with the human being started disassociating themselves from the soul and started believing more in the body consciouness.

Yoga is the true science to take the journey backward from body consciouness to Universal Consciousness. Any Master who has done it himself only would be able to guide us in that path. Infact it was the first question which Swami vivekananda asked Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, " Sir, Have you seen GOD ? If yes the can you show it to me ? ".