Meet on Universalism and Peaceful Co-existance

New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) ''Religion unites, never divides'' are the key words of Sant Nirankari Mandal which organised a seminar on Universalism and Peaceful Co-existance here.

Luminaries from various religious ideologies attended the seminar and spoke on the ways and means to attain the goals of universalism and peace in this world.

Dr Karan Singh, chief guest and president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, said, ''Our society is facing the hurdles of complexities in the name of religion which, I think, is a harm to the original religion that speakes our universality.'' ''The existance of 'Brahma' is mentioned in the Upanishada and this 'Brahma' exists within every living creature. Religion is nothing but a system of judgement that helps to lead our life,'' he added.

Emphasising on the universality of God, he said, ''If we take water in a number of pots we can see the image of the sun as much of that number but in reality really it is the only one in the universe. Similar is the existance of divine power that may be God, Allah, or Ishawar.'' Dr Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed, founder president, Interfaith Communal Harmony stressed on the accountability of individual to Divinity and said, ''We are spending our energy and time to find out the modern ways of warfare but why don't we spend this find out the ways of peaceful living and universalism.'' Among others, Nirankar Rajmata Kulwant Kaur, president Life Positive Magazine D R Kaarthikeyan, Padam Shri Bekal Utsahi, practitioner of accupressure and alternative therapies Dr Ketan V Shah, Swami Dharmanand, Dr Gyan Money Saxena, journalist Suma Varghese attended the seminar. Satguru Baba Hardev Singh presided over the session.

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