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Creeds, Sects are Bodies and
Religion is the Soul
Imagine a place where there is only one tree, one leaf, even only one fruit and one flower on that tree with only one bird on it; well, you cannot call it a garden, because it doesn't have the richness of a garden.
The butterflies of various colours will augment the beauty of that garden which has in it thousands of plants, trees, creepers and thousands of flowers. The wasp will be humming. Thousands of birds will be attracted to go there from a great distance, and all the birds will be inclined to migrate there.
The trees may be different in the garden, but the treeness is only one; there may be different chirpings of the birds, but the sweetness is only one; the smells of different flowers may be varied, their beauty is only one. That is the real richness of the park.
Similarly, religions may be many, and the sects of those religions, their creeds, flags or 'gachcha' may also be many, but the inner core, or element of them is only one; and if we accept this, there will be unity even in diversity, and that unity only will be protecting and nurturing the religious traditions.
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