Sacred Bhandara: Recalling Guru Bachans. {20.}
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Radhasoami!
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Love All Compassionately; Hate None.
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“Aur jo zyaada premi hain, wah sab jeevon ko preetham ki ansh samajh kar pyaar karenge. Parmarthi log duniyadaron se nafrath nahin karthe, balki unki buri haalath dekh kar unpar taras khathe hain.”
---- Param Guru Maharaj Saheb Ji; Part II, Pages 82-83, Bachan No. 74.
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Its simple translation into English may be rendered as follows:
“Those who are more devoted regard all living beings as specks of the Beloved and love them. The spiritually inclined don’t hate the worldly people, but upon perceiving their miserable condition, merely pity them.”
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Radhasoami!
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Deplorable Effects of Religious Divisions. {22.}
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Radhasoami!
To begin with making a banal observation, there are several major religions in the world.
In addition, there are thousands of minor religions as well as millions of sects & branches of the existing religions.
Everyone remains free to believe in the god of her or his choice.
So far, so good.
However, I fail to fathom how religious diversity gradually gets converted into hatred among the followers of diverse religions.
I can never understand how apparent devotion to one’s religion can possibly take the form of violence against the believers of other religions.
Religious plurality is a fact of life, but it need not lead to dividing humanity against itself & in such deplorable manifestations & consequences as terrorism & wars.
You would agree with the essence -- if not all -- of this, wouldn’t you?
What might emerge as the only possible solution to this virtual collective failure of all the world’s existing religions?
The true goal of education and civilization ought to be a spiritually evolved human individual, with an enhanced consciousness, a nobler perspective, and a greater ability to love.
Can this reformed and ideal human be brought about by the present setup?
Not really, since the inadequacies of the status quo cannot be wished away, & they can only perpetuate & compound themselves ad nauseum.
So, only an entirely new religion altogether can inspire a better – more spiritually evolved -- human, and do it meaningfully, effectively, & on a global scale.
Radhasoami!
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Radhasoami!
To begin with making a banal observation, there are several major religions in the world.
In addition, there are thousands of minor religions as well as millions of sects & branches of the existing religions.
Everyone remains free to believe in the god of her or his choice.
So far, so good.
However, I fail to fathom how religious diversity gradually gets converted into hatred among the followers of diverse religions.
I can never understand how apparent devotion to one’s religion can possibly take the form of violence against the believers of other religions.
Religious plurality is a fact of life, but it need not lead to dividing humanity against itself & in such deplorable manifestations & consequences as terrorism & wars.
You would agree with the essence -- if not all -- of this, wouldn’t you?
What might emerge as the only possible solution to this virtual collective failure of all the world’s existing religions?
The true goal of education and civilization ought to be a spiritually evolved human individual, with an enhanced consciousness, a nobler perspective, and a greater ability to love.
Can this reformed and ideal human be brought about by the present setup?
Not really, since the inadequacies of the status quo cannot be wished away, & they can only perpetuate & compound themselves ad nauseum.
So, only an entirely new religion altogether can inspire a better – more spiritually evolved -- human, and do it meaningfully, effectively, & on a global scale.
Radhasoami!
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