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
greatly to preserving the unity and stability of the nation, the author of Mahabharata has called Dharma “the supporting pillar of public life”. A religious life should not be confined simply to either temple or a mosque, nor to religious rituals only. But it should be ingrained into man's total personality and practical dealings. Dr. Radhakrishnan has said, “Religion is not a particular belief, or a particular feeling or a ritual; but it is ever changing life. Man's religiousness is not tested by his intellectual beliefs, but by his character and his attitudes. We recognise a man not by seeing his views but by the fruits or results of his views.”
Knowledge, devotion, non-attachment and morality are the four organs of a religious life, as declared by Sri Sahajanand Swami, of Swaminarayan Sect. In the words of Bhagwan Mahavir, Ahimsa (or non-violence), self-control and penance are the three base-pillars of Dharma. In fact, the ultimate aim of all religions is to make man better and more virtuous. Dharma should properly be a factor in maintaining the unity of human society. By means of the feelings of “equal respect and love for all religions”, this task can be done in the best way.
Let the following well-known prayer as composed by respected Santbaalji be the medium of welfare, auspicious and the bliss-provider for mankind and it is the only correct religious feeling :
"May all be happy in all the way. Let all the men behave balanced way
May the divinity everywhere spread and let the peace extend far and wide."
Aum ! peace : peace : peace : !!
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