Glimpses Of World Religions

SR No.: 032397
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Navbharat Sahitya Mandir
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 228
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 26 MB

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Glimpses of World Religions
may be anything - it may be Shankar, Brahma, Vishnu or Jineshwar !"
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Anandghanji also speaks in the same way. "There may be differences of vessels as many as you like! but the material - the origin is only one - clay; in the same way, there may be as many names of God as you like - Rama-Raheem, Krishna-Kareem ! But really, all of them are incarnations of virtues."
The religion or Mazhab teaches lessons of unity, peace and good deeds in the society. They propagate principles of truth, non-violence, justice and love; in the sectarian quarrels, or secularism, these virtues themselves are covered down. No religion tells us to fight. In Islam Dharma, it is said that each and every human being is the son of Khuda or God. You will not find, anywhere, such references that people of only some religions are the sons of Khuda and the rest are not. According to Islam religion, there are one lakh and twenty four thousand prophets (or messengers of God) and each of them has been deputed by God in each community and each country. Not only that, but the noble sentiment which tells that Muhommad Paigambar Saheb and these prophets are one and the same this sentiment commands respect.
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The seeds of synthesizing or compromising lie intact in all the religions; what is needed is only to visualize it by cultivating liberal outlook. Dharma should be always present to become an instrument of unity. Swami Vivekananda has rightly said, "All of us welcome the significance of all religions. In our sub-continent no persuasion or insistence of any kind is attempted. In fact, in all religions, the element of compromising is more, and that of opposing is less." In the Vedas also, it is asserted that truth is one, but the learned exponents who know it, describe it in different names.