Guest guest Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Read this article & many more on : Sai-Ka-Aangan Forum OM SRI SAINATHAYA NAMAH:Thegreatest contribution of Sai Baba to the modern world, torn bytheological quarrels, is the Harmony of Religions. Each great ancientreligions has three steps, namely, ritual, mythology, and philosophy.The first two are the externals of religion , and philosophy is itsbasis. There can never be any uniformity in rituals and mythologies.These are the abstract ideas of philosophy made concrete for the graspof ordinary minds. They are to be given up when the soul, through itspurity and discipline, is able to comphrend the essence of religion.Religious quarrels arise when we insist that the externals of religionare to be kept for ever. Swamy Vivekananda had told once"A man must be born in a church, but he must not die in a church."Therenever has been my religion or your religion, my national religion oryour national religion, but there is only one eternal religion of whichdifferent religions are but different manifestations to suit different temperaments. It is not the case that this religion or that religion istrue in this or that respect, but the fact is that all religions areefficacious of our mind. If one religion is true then all religionsare equally true. But if one religion proves false then all religionsfall to the ground. Men quarrels about religions because they emphasisepersonalities, words and explanations and never go to the fountainhead.We are quarreling about the empty baskets while the contents haveslipped into the ditch. Like the different photographs of a buildingtaken from different angles, different religions also gives us thepicture of one truth from different standpoints. Various religions arebut flowers of different colours which we should tie with the cord oflove into a beautiful bouquet and offer at the temple of truth.SaiBaba experienced the above truth and hence He never discriminated anyreligion. He considered all religion equally important for the smoothrunning of the society and humanity. His ideal was that ofacceptance. To Him, all religions are the revelation of God in Hisdiverse aspects to satisfy the demands of human minds. Sai BABA hastaught the world this philosophy about religion and the whole world isrunning on this principle.OM SRI SAINATHAYA NAMAH:Read more on : http://sai-ka-aangan.org/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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