World Religions Conference November 1957

Author(s): Sushil Muni
Publisher: Achal Singh Seth

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Objects of the Conference of purpose and ideology. Religious Precepts and Mandates have therefore endured through ages and ages.
The Gita says, "whenever there is recrudence of evil and surfeit of tyranny and cruelty, I am born to set right matters" The Holy Quran also bears testimony, “Lo, we have sent this with Truth, bearer of glad tidings and a warner; and there is not a nation but a warner (Prophet) hath passed among them" (Sura 35, verse 25. 313). Further in the Quran, there is a verse, "O mankind, Lo, we have created ye man and woman, and have made nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo, the noblest of you in the sight of Law is the best in conduct." Christ, (In John 4:16) says" If a man says, I love God and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not the brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen." Lord Budha, Shraman Mahabir, Confucious, and Zoroaster have bestowed on mankind similar Messages. This lays a foundation of Common Platform for all men of the world who follow different revealed Religions to meet together and devise ways and means for the establishment of World Fraternity, Unity is already discernible even in diversity among Religions, the Basic Principles of Truth being identical. Variations there may be in the textual contexts, codes and disciplines of conduct, rituals and ceremonies; differences there may be in their mataphysical conceptions but they all impel man and human conduct in the same direction. Religion tends to nurse and nourish all-pervaisive, all-embracing faculties and leads man towards better goal, and a greater goal. Merging individual Self into the collective Self and bearing love and sympathy for the fellow-man, bringing him joy and sharing his sorrows is what is given to man. Truth Non-violence, Patience, Tolerance and Deep Meditation are basic tenets of Religion.
"Religion" thus is the spiritual song of the soul. An inner urge or Intuitive impluse for progression, and march upwards is peculiar fto the sentient beings. Religion is manifestation of that inner urge. This impluse has been the propelling force since the early days of human evolution and has been upbringing, maintaining and sustaining aesthetics, purity and piety. Different religions are but different phases of the One Basic Truth. Superštitions and heretic faiths are Thought Sensations accruing from the partial manifestation of the Supreme Truth.
World Religion or Universal Religion is a skillful and delightfu ! Blending of all these ideals. It is represented by the Anekantvada of Shraman Mahavir, Vibhajvada of Budha, Advaita Vendanta of Shankaracharya, All-encompassing Compassion of Christ and Universal Brotherhood of Prophet Mohammed. Kabir's Realisation of the Absolute, Guru Nanak's Cordial Fraternity, Paramhansa Ramakrishna's Unity and Gandhiji's Sarvodaya also are Manifestations of the Eternal Religion. ...i
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