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SPIRITUAL-SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITY/235
The President's vision of transforming India into a country of the first order cannot remain confined to economic and industrial development. It will be possible only if economic and spiritual developments go hand in hand. It is a main duty of religious teachers that they take a wide-ranging view of their responsibility for the spiritual development.
I trust that this dialogue between religious teachers and the President of India, who is endowed with a scientific vision and is commiited to spiritualism, will prove to be significant in solving many problems of the nation. This guidance will effectively contribute to the solving of the problem of unrest in the world."
Acharya Mahapragya added, "In this council, poverty was discussed. I consider richness more dangerous than poverty." Dwelling on experimental techniques for bringing about change, Acharya Mahapragya said, "Change is brought about by reading books, but along with that we should have the empirical mode too. We underwent an experience, experimented with ANUPREKSHA, and also saw the results. In that mode, one is required to experiment with resolution, suggestion, etc. It goes a long way in helping a man bring about a change in himself.”
"We heard such excellent views of all religious teachers. All religions are so full of good things that I find it difficult to decide which religion is the best. But, despite these noble principles, violence is on the increase - this is the issue before us. There seem to be three main reasons for this:
There is a strategy of violence. There is no strategy of non-violence.
There is a network of violence. There is no network of non-violence.
There is a system for training in violence. There is no system for training in non-violence.
The President has a dream, we all share that dream: we must arrive at the conclusion that we should have a strategy of non-violence, have a network of non-violence and should start a training programme for non-violence. Merely speaking good words, giving lectures using charming language will achieve nothing. For this we should draw large scale plans for training through which students and youth, policemen and soldiers may be trained in nonviolence. We are working in that direction and we are confident that we shall succeed in this."
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