| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| SARVA DHARMA SAMABHAVA : UNITY OR CONFUSION OF RELIGIONS | |
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view of Sarva Dharma Samabhava has been turned into a political
principle in modern India. It has come to dominate the thinking of
the country and has been turned into the main tool of trying to
harmonize different, often conflicting religious communities.
However other countries in the world, notably nearby Pakistan and
Bangladesh, have not taken it up. Religions espousing an exclusive
or final revelation like Christianity and Islam have almost
uniformly opposed it.
They do not think that their religion is just one among many but is the only, the last or the highest. They do not recognize genuine diversity in religious beliefs but divide the world into the true believers and the unbelievers. The disharmony between religion remains and in many instances has grown worse. Nor has this idea served to create an equality of views even within Hinduism where different sects still compete with one another.Therefore, one is compelled to examine this issue further. Is the equality of all religions a spiritual principle that is fundamentally true or a wishful statement designed to try to create harmony in spite of actual differences between groups? Can such mere wishful thinking eradicate real differences and contrary beliefs? And is it the real meaning of Sarva Dharma Samabhava? |
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