Conference on World Religions 1994 07 NY Queens

Author(s): Council for The Conference on World Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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live" and "Paras Par Upgraha Jivanam" can inspire humanity in this direction. The United Nations Earth Summit held in Brazil last year highlighted the gravity of the environmental crisis which had brought the universe to the brink of disaster. The disturbance and upsetting of the nature's harmonious balance with all living creatures has come about due to human beings violent and abusive exploitation of nature's resources for destructive purposes. Nature's balance must be restored so that all forms of life can survive on the basis of mutually supportive and interdependent interaction and coexistence.
It has now been scientifically established that by misguided exploitation of nature's resources, human beings have endangered their own life quality, welfare and prosperity. The cult of violence and the instinct of trying to combat violence by greater violence is a self defeating culture which has eroded the very fundamentals of the civilization which human beings built up through hard work, ingenuity and creative instinct.
Therefore in the world of today Non-Violence is the sure and only durable answer to the crisis situation manifesting itself
in every sphere of life. Lord Mahavir introduced Non-Violence as a supreme religion. Mahatma Gandhi used it for political struggle. Now we must use it for saving the world from ecological crisis. Non-Violence is incomplete without giving up greed, while non-attachment and non-possessiveness are important supporting factors.
We are now going to set up in New York an international University of Non-Violence. This is an important step forward in educating the world opinion in favor of NonViolence. This would enhance worldwide awareness about the need for curbing violence and encouraging Non-Violent behavior in day to day life.
The dawn of non-violence shall usher in an era of peaceful co-existence, where the oneness of all religions becomes the foundation stone of the oneness of humanity
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Tell the truth boldly. All truth is eternal. Truth is the nature of all souls. And here is the test of truth.
Anything that makes you weak paysically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison. There is no life in it, it can not be true.
Truth is strengthening. Truth is purity, truth is all knowledge. Truth must be strengthening, must be enlighting, must be invigorating.
Swami Vivekananda.
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- H.H. Acharya Sushil Kumar Ji Maharaj