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Thanksgiving
men could sit together for the attainment of self-knowledge and God-knowledge, which was the common goal of all religions.
It was nearing afternoon when the visitors took their leave after spending the best part of the day in the Ashram.
The informal function at the Sawan Ashram provided the much needed relaxation to the delegates from the formal meetings and discussions of the World Religions' Conference. It also cleared the air by removing all doubts and dissentions resulting from differences of opinion and restored the unity of spirit so esential for the great task ahead of fulfilling the mission of the Conference.
Thanksgiving
The World Conference of Religions in Delhi ended with great success. The credit of its success does not go to any particular india vidual. In fact it is the result of direct and Indirect co-operation of all. Many of my friends, colleagues and leaders of various communitiés doubted very much the success of this international venture, the basis of which happens to be Dharma or faith. They not only doubted its success but expressed their sense of no confidence in it. They were of opinion that religious conferences cannot produce as much effort and zeal as is produced by the political conferences. That is why they thought that gathering In such conference would be very thin. But in my mind there never was such a doubt or any lack of confidence regarding its success. Muni Shri Sushil Kumar ji had been anxiously preparing for this conference for years. He has dedicated hs life for this great cause. Inspired by the cause he called meetings at Ujjain, Bombay and Bhilwara. Here is Delhi, the work he did for the conference was a great sacrifice for a great ideal. Day in and day out he always thought of this unification of Dharma. His meetings with individuals and speeches that he gave produced such wonderful result as cannot easily be produced by any other means. We cannot pay off his debt for the work he has done for the welfare and betterment of man at large, merely by expressing, in words our sense of gratitude. No words of gratitude will do for the great work he has undertaken.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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