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same goal. Religions are different roads converging on the same point. In fact, from one point of view, there are as many religions as there are individuals. If such a view were accepted world-wide, it would lead to an attitude of tolerance which would greatly strengthen the forces of non-violence in the world. So long as there are different religions, every one of them may need some distinctive symbol. But when the symbol is made into a fetish and an instrument in an attempt to prove the superiority of one's religion over others, intolerance, animosity and quarrels result. The symbol is then fit only to be discarded.
The term Dharma means that which supports.' Dharma or religion was understood and proclaimed by the ancient rishis to be a guide to and the formative principle of all our activities. During the past few centuries human intelligence has become disciplined and sharpened and man has used it to become the master of nature with its vast resources of energy and power. This has happened, however, in the absence of a spiritual or religious and moral orientation. The result has been a sharpening of man's animal appetites and the deepening of his inner conflicts and tensions leading to hatred, violence and war. Hence, there is a need to match the growth of man in the tangible fields of his physical or scientific and intellectual life with a corresponding growth in the invisible realm of his spiritual life. This is the form that evolutionary advance should take in the remaining years of the twentieth century. It is only when man's life energy is given a spiritual direction that he
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