Message
14 December 1973

Vidhana Soudha,
Bangalore-1
14 December 1973

I am very happy to learn that the Manav Kendra, in collaboration with many other social and religious association of prominence, is organising a World Conference for the Unity of Man during the first week of February, 1974.

The objectives of the conference are most praise-worthy in as much as they seek to promote peace on earth and goodwill among all men and also to evolve a synthesis of religion and science as they key to the understanding of the nature of the universe. I am glad that the conference is open not only to votaries of religion but also to rationalist thinkers.

As Charles Colton has so rightly observed:

Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it anything but live for it.

This is the root cause of the malaise afflicting contemporary society.

I extend my greeting to the organisers and participants and best wishes for the success of the conference.

Sd/-
D. Dev Raj Urs
Chief Minister