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Chapter VII - The
Role of Religion
A Christian thinks, "There will be peace if all people embrace
Christianity". A Muslim thinks, "There will be peace if all
people embrace Islam". This is an erroneous notion. Why do
people in the world fight? Why do Catholics and Protestants
fight? Why do Saivites and Vaishnavites fight? Why do brothers
fight among themselves? The heart must change. Greed and
selfishness must perish. Then alone there will be peace in the
world.
People merely talk of religion. They are not interested in
practicing it, in living it. If Christians lived by the Sermon
On The Mount, if the Buddhists followed the Noble Eightfold
Path, if the Muslims truly followed the teachings of the
Prophet, and the Hindus shaped their life in accordance with
the teachings of the Lord, of saints and sages, there will be
peace everywhere.
Peace, to be lasting and constructive, must be achieved
through God. There can be no peace without the Lord or God.
God is Peace. Root yourself in Peace or God. Now you are fit
to radiate peace.
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