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"Is there something I should do first? Is there any special way I should approach you?" she asked.
His answer melted her heart. "You do like a child. Child never asks if he can climb on mother's lap. He just comes over and climbs up!"
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On the final day of the Conference, the delegates were taken on a bus tour of Boston ending up at the State House where Governor Francis W. Sargent greeted them and received their blessings. Returning to Harvard, they initiated a Final Declaration to set up a 'Hot Line' for interreligious communication. Harvard's Reverend Mr. Price then conducted a joint ecumenical service in Harvard Memorial Church. The delegates offered prayers for understanding, openness of heart, and the restoration of peace on the planet, bringing the formal Conference to a moving conclusion.
The informal conference continued at schools, colleges, and churches along the East Coast. On October 15, Gurudev, Swami Ranganathananda and Swami Chinmayananda addressed students at the Greenwich Public Schools. In the evening, a rabbi, a Catholic priest, parents, and faculty members joined in panel discussions with them. Mrs. Hollister arranged for Greenwich radio announcer, Mrs. Betty Karp, to interview Gurudev.
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Betty was eager to learn what the basic principles of Jainism were. She asked him to explain the law of karma.
Gurudev answered, "The universe is governed by the law of vibrations. If we hate or act in a cruel way, we invite thousands of small particles from the cosmos to come and bind our spirit. When we act out of love and goodness, we build good vibrations and invite positive healthy particles from the universe. That creates a field of love and health around us. In this way, we determine our own bright future." "What is rebirth?"
"Rebirth is a chain of lives in which you reap the fruit of deeds you have sown in the past. When we commit a blunder, we suffer for that, but when the karmas are over, again we come to a higher awareness. We refine our desires, complete
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