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REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND PERIODICALS 69 Steed and adopted by the Conference, the Programme of Joint Worship and a list of Members with their religion are included.
The Universal Religious Peace Conference designs, not to set up a formal League of religions but specifically :--
1. to state the highest teaching of each religion on peace and cause of war; 2. to record the efforts of religious bodies in furtherance of peace ; 3. to devise means by which men of all religious faiths may work together to remove existing obstacles to peace; to stimulate international co-operation for peace; 4. to seek opportunities for concerted action among adherents of all religions against the spirit of violence and the things that make for strife.
Prabuddha Bharata. ; Prabuddha Bharata, an English monthly started by Swami Vivekananda has entered into its 34th year and come out in enlarged form and with much improved get-up. At present it is in 52 pages of royal size and contains matter almost one-third more of what was in the last year. The February number of the magazine contains many interesting and readable articles. The opening article is an unpublished letter of Swami Vivekananda in which he dwells on some of the essentials of his faith. The thought provoking editorial contains an answer to the vexed question whether religion is to be shelved, if the country is to be freed from foreign dominance; the article is however likely to arouse much controversy. Notes of Conversations with Swami Turiyananda are profound and soul stirring. Sanskrit Culture in Modern India is the insertion of a speech delivered by M. M. Haraprasad Sashtri, M.A, C.I.E., Hon. D. Litt as the President of the Oriental Conference held in Lahore last November New Light on Dream Psychology deals with dream problem from Upanishadic standpoint. The Practice of Religion contains practical suggestion for the guidance of those who want to build their religious life. Persons interested in scriptures will find
the English translation of Ashtavakra Samhita, that pewerful Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
