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Address by Sant Kirpal Singh ji The other day in the World Religions' Conference when my turn came to pray, I just prayed "O God, the whole world is afire. There is no way out. It is beyond us to escape by ourselves. We are dreading tha destruction of all humanity. O, God, send us help to get out of the
debacle. The true desire of a spiritual man is,-peace unto all under Thy • Grace O Nanak!"
This awakening which is not a sudden phenomenon has come up only by the Grace of God. All people are now for it. Without that there is no way out for humanity. I will thank you all, and the foreign delegates specially, because they have come from so far and all others here in India, who are after the same tong.
I think the purpose is all clear. The resolution which was passed was based on this very thing. Of course the words were not very clear in the beginning. They were further elaborated just to cover the true import of things. So I would heartily thank you with a few words, that the joy that I feel because of your gracing this humble cottage, which is the common ground for all, to get the Reality, for which I sat at the feet of my Master whose name was Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj. It is at his injunction that this common forum for all religions was formed. It was his clear instruction that there should be kept here no form or ritual of one religion or the other. All should remain in their own religions and with all their ways of accosting each other, they should, while conforming to ethical life develop spiritual life. So here you will find that I have got no Church or anything of that sort. People who ask me, “What temple you have raised," I tell them that human body that you are carrying is the true temple of God and besides, there is earth below and sky overhead. We have just got a simple shed here to afford protection from Sun and rain.
So this is our ultimate goal. We have love and respect for all great Masters who came in the past and for all religions and for all countries. I take up here the scriptures of all of them, one by one, and explain their right import. One thing more before I end my speech, that it is not the job of one man. Those who have been selected from other countries, it is their job to recruit people, I should say, to the army of God, based on three things that have been placed before you; Love, Truth and NonViolence. These are the basic principles of all religions and also develop spirituality within us which consists in knowing our own self by practical self-analysis and in knowing. God.
I would just quote one instance and finish. I won't take long. Christ says, "Except ye be born anew ye cannot enter the kingdom of God." Nicodemus a very learned man was amongst the audience. He came up to Christ and said, "Well Master ! how can we re-enter the wombs of our
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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