Chennai:
Spiritual
gurus from different religions paid tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th
birth anniversary as they stressed on the need to unite mankind through harmony
of religions.
Speaking
at the Parliament of Religions, which was held to mark the 119th
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s historic address at the opening session of
the world parliament of religions held at Chicago, spiritual gurus from Hindu,
Muslim, Christian, Jain, Sikh, Buddhism preached the need for unity among
mankind among diversity in beliefs.
Swami
Brahmeshnandaji Maharaj said it is pointless to speculate on the possibility of
one religion for all. “Nor can a world religion emerge and become acceptable to
all from an agreement among a group of well intentioned individuals. Instead of
searching for common points among religions, we must seek unity in diversity to
accept diversity itself as the essential ingredient of unity,” he said.
Speaking
on the occasion, Dr Priyadarshana Jain, head of the department of Jainology,
Madras University, hailed Swami Vivekananda and said he was a bridge between
east and west and took spirituality, mortality and great culture of universal
brotherhood to the West.
She
said the unity of mankind can be achieved when one nurtures the universal
values like spirituality, non-violence, compassion, tolerance, respect for
others’ views, non-attachment in all walks of life.
Nanak
Singh Nishter, director of International Sikh Centre for Interfaith Relations
said how common meal in Gurudwara brought about an egalitarian human
revolution. He said by respecting other religions one could stand for
integration of human beings by staunchly following his own religion.
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