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stanzas on immortal love and devotion, and offered prayers for the peace and wellbeing of everyone in the universe, including all life forms.
“The happiness of the individual is only a part of the happiness of all. The universe is one ecological whole. What we do has an effect on the farthest corners of the world. That is why in our prayers we include all and exclude none. In this way, we do not deny to anyone the right to live and enjoy life, and in the process of wellwishing, blessings shower upon us from all directions and our life becomes a blessing to the world.”
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Journey Through Europe
During the Conference week, local Swiss and British newspapermen interviewed Gurudev. His message was broadcast by The Voice of America and the B.B.C. Before leaving Geneva, some of the delegates from Oxford and Cambridge Universities invited him to speak to their students and friends in England. Also, the Jains who had been studying or working in England for years and who still cherished the seeds of a quest sown in their childhood in India invited Gurudev to revive their quest and inspire them. Gurudev was glad to accept.
But first he consented to a journey through France. Gurudev and Shantilal set out with Swami Hamsānanda on what would be no less than a two thousand-mile trip through exhilarating Alpine scenery, winding autobahns lined with dark forests of pine and fir, foaming rivers rushing down to clear water lakes below. AH of nature seemed to be echoing the Navkāra Mantra to which each of them was deeply attuned.
They stopped first in Lyon, third largest city in France where Gurudev met many students of philosophy, many of whom had become vegetarians and were eager to hear
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