World Religions Conference November 1957

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

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Dr. Radhakrishnan Vice-President of India superiority to others, such a man cannot be regarded as authentically spiritual.
The test of religion is universal love. If you are able to have it, you are a religious man, If you cannot have it, you may mutter any number of mantras, visit mosques, churches, but the heart of the matter is not in you. If you are able to grow into this kind of universality, it may not be possible for you to call yourself, religious. Satya and Ahimsa, Truth and Love, these are inward aspects of religion. Everyone must try to eliminate all things which are shutting him out of the invisible splendour that is shining in the heart of every man. It is when you break down the obstacles that the Divine in you reveals itself. There is no one who is bereft of the Divine; there is no human being, however low he may be considered, who has not got the invisible arms of God sustaining him, supporting him. Unless we are able to admit that the essence of religion consists in perpetual self-examination; perpetual conquering of our lower passions, establishing, so to say, a kind of conquest over our appetites, becoming Budhas or Jainas or Gianis, conquerers of one's own appetite, it is not possible for us to call ourselves religious people. What is it that is preventing the world from becoming a peaceful soul? It is pride, it is love of power, it is an organisational, national kind of selfishness. These are the forms of corporate selfishness which are preventing us from reaching the ultimate aim of transforming this world into a happy human home. If this conference makes you respectful towards other religions, other human beings and makes you feel that there are no chosen races, no chosen nations, no chosen individuals, but each one has in him the possibility of growing into the Divine, he should have done a great work.
The late Maulana Abul-kalam Azad Union Education Minister.
The late Maulana Abul.kalam Azad, the Union Education Minister, and a great authority on Muslim Religion, in his brief speech said:
The aims and objects for which we have assembled here, are fairly clear and need no comment. No human being desires that there should be no peace or that anarchy should reign. Lawlessness and massacres are not the things that ordinarily fall within the range of human ambitions. The craving for peace ard tranquility is inherently ingrained in Man. Every religion has tried to advance the cause of peace. Every saint, every philosopher has advocated peace. Thus, there cannot be two opinions on the subject of peace. Every human being longs for peace and tranquility, this is what we see and witness around us. But the tragedy of human life is that when the time comes, we are
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