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238 / JAIN STUDIES AND SCIENCE
It freely gives its love to one and all.
When its work is done, it falls away quietly.
Try to be like the flower, egoless despite all its qualities."
What a beautiful message for all generations of this nation, on integration of minds and formation of universal mind. We have a tradition of experience with noble leadership, indomitable spirit and universal mind.
At this point I recall a sutra from the Holy Quran:
"O' Prophet, you proclaim to the people Who do not accept your preaching, What you worship I do not worship And what I worship, you do not worship......
The result of your actions belongs to you,
The result of my actions belongs to me."
The gist of this verse is peaceful coexistence. We all are destined to reap fruits of our own deeds.
The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi goes like this:
Lord, make me an instrument of peace; Where there is hatred let me sow love; And where there is anguish, equipoise; And where there is doubt, faith; And where there is despair, hope; And where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. Oh Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek ... to be consoled as to console; ... to be understood as to understand;
... to be loved as to love.
... it is in giving that we receive; ... it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; ... it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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