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94 : Śramaņa, Vol 62, No. 4, Oct.-Dec. 2011 tolerance. During course of her pilgrimage to Haj, the mother of Muslim ruler Sultan Mojadin of Delhi visited Stambhapur (modern Cambay of Gujrat). Vastupāla made her grand entry into the city. He himself washed her feet and stayed her in his palace for ten days.12 Badayuni in his Muntakhab-ut-Tawñrskh" reports that the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who had established the Din-i-Ilahi faith, decreed the following in AH 1000 (1551-1552 CE):"Hindus who, when young, had from pressure become Musalmans, were allowed to go back to the faith of their fathers. No man should be interfered with on account of his religion, and every one should be allowed to change his religion, if he liked. ...People should not be molested, if they wished to build churches and prayer rooms, or idol temples, or fire temples.” The observation of His Holiness Dalai Lamal4 regarding the tolerance of Indian religious outlook is also very significant.He remarks, "Major religions of the world like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism originated in India and it provided shelter to followers of religions like Zoroastrianism. These can be a model for rest of the world," he said. ... We have to consider human values and think about humanity as a whole. It is a universal responsibility.”All major religions essentially have great potential to bring genuine peace on this planet,” he said and urged people to promote secular values and religious harmony"."We have no difference. Emotionally, mentally and physically we are the same. For our own interests, we have to take care of six billion human beings,” he said. Ach. Mahaprajna's also has declared, ekkā manussa jāti. Thus,denouncing the division on the basis of caste, creed, colour etc.,certainly, the creation of man. Rev. Acharya Dr. Shivamuni Ji, the present head of Svetāmbara Sthānakavāsī sect also preaches the religious tolerance in thought and action when he instructs the participants (Jaina asa well as non-Jaina) of his Ātmadhyāna camp to bring before their closed eyes the figure of god, whom they worship, whom they adore. Thus, it can be said that Indian tradition
