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Minister of Information and Broadcasting,
New Delhi
The minister of information and broadcasting thanks You for Your letter dated 16.11.1973, and is happy to learn that Manav Kendra is organising a World Conference of Unity of Man in February, 1974, and bringing out a souvenir also.
He sends his best wishes on the occasion.
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K.P. Ghatnekar
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Deputy Minister for Labour,
New Delhi
I am glad to learn that Manav Kendra, in collaboration with many other social and religious associations, is organising a World Conference for Unity of Man.
History abound in cases where religions has unfortunately been misused to cause strife and bloodshed whereas True Religion is based upon noble conceptions of man’s inheritant virtues. Even today most of the irreligious acts are performed in the name of religion. Man in the 20th century can very well boast of economic and political advancement, having attained almost all material pleasures of life, but moral values seem to have been corroded, social religion is only a way of communication with God and there is Unity in almost all religions in advocating the basic moral principles. With all the economic and material development and rather because of it, what mankind requires today is sustenance and rejuvenation of moral principles. The ethical aspects of modern life have to be stressed if humanity is to be saved from the degeneration that the current trend will take it into. It is, therefore, bounden duty of all people, truly religious, to save mankind from narrow-minded religion and bring about understanding and harmony at the level of man. I am happy that this is the objective of the proposed conference.
I, therefore, wish complete success to the organisers of the conference in the attainment of their objective.
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Balgovind Verma
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Chief Minister of Rajastan
Jaipur
I am happy to know that Manav Kendra in collaboration with many other social and religious associations is organising ‘World Conference for the Unity of Man in the first week of February, 1974 and a souvenir on this occasion will also be published. I hope a large number of delegates from all over India and abroad will participate in the said conference.This conference will be able to highlight the essential Unity of the basic moral principles contained in almost all religion, and the convention will go along headway to enable all mankind on the good service to fellowmen.
I send my good wishes for the success of the conference.
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Harideo Joshi
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High Commissioner for the
People’s of Bangladesh
New Delhi
I am exceedingly pleased to learn that the Manav Kendra, in collaborations with some other social religious organisation in India and abroad, has undertaken to organise in Delhi and Inter Religious Convention for the Unity of Man. I have no word to express my gratification on so noble a venture. At a time when the entire world has taken a drift to extreme materialism, when humanity as a whole has fallen prey to the resultant ills of that extremism and when morals and values handed into man from generation to generation, through centuries, have suffered a serious setback, how well timed and how befitting it is that the Manav Kendra should take initiates to organise a World Conference to hammer on the basic integrity of rather disintegrated mankind of today. It is also very much in fitness of things that India, the land of Mahavira and Buddha, Rama and Krishna, Khwaja Moin-ud-Din and Baba Farid, Kabir and Nanak, Chaitanya and Paramhansa, should offer the venue for such self-realisation by man when humanity itself is faced with a challenge all around.
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A.R. Mallick
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Dr A.S. Khalon
Dean College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
Punjab Agricultural College, Ludhiana
I would like to congratulate You for organising such a Conference of the Unity of Man. I do this for the simple reason that even the developed countries, which have secured very high levels of income through a marriage of science and technology, have started realising that the value system of their society will ultimately determine how rich the culture of their country is. At least in the Indian situation, I have no doubt in my mind that our greatest loss is not just low agricultural situation, I have no doubt in my mind that our greatest loss is not just low agricultural production stone of any production but the loss of human values which are the foundation stone of any progressive and liberal society. I hope Your conference will serve the purpose of enthusing a core of such persons who would carry the message of this conference to all corners of the country.
With regards,
Yours sincerely
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A.S. Kahlon
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Secretary Office
of H.H. Dalai Lama
I am extremely delighted to learn about the forthcoming conference for Unity of Man at Delhi.
It is of great importance to draw the attention of all the participants in the conference about the present secular nature of political and constitutional basis of Bangladesh. Secularism primarily intends at separation of institutional religions from the state and as such it not only implies neutrality of state before all religions and equality of all religions before law, but also inherently signifies full freedom to preach and practise any religion with liberty to criticise any religion and also to refrain from being a member of any religious community including the right to hold and propagate a sceptic and agnostic view on life. If the aforesaid proposition is accepted as basis of all religious teachings and motivations humanity can come together earlier much nearer. Let secular India as the land of all faiths with a tradition of religious tolerance and synthes is kindle the light for a new brave world.
I wish the conference great success.
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Syed Muhammad Hussain
Senior Advocate in Supreme Court
and President of Bangladesh Branch,
World Association of world federalists
Amnesty international
International league and parliament Asson
Etc. etc.
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Siri Singh Sahib
Sikh Dharma Brotherhood
Los Angeles, California, USA
How I wish I could attend the World Conference of Unity of Man. As a former secretary General, and present parliamentary adviser of the World Association of World Federalists, it is not hard to imagine how near to my heart must be the aims of the conference.
I believe that the religions of the world have so much in common that every step towards unity of action means for me a step towards the brotherhood of man. This would be made effective by the disarmament of ‘sovereign’ states, the establishment of a common government of man, and the keeping of the world peace by world authority, leaving the nations to develop their own distinctive characteristics without the fear of world upheaval. May the conference lead appreciable to this goal.
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E.L. Mallaieu, QC, MP
Parliamentary adviser,
World association of the World Federalists
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3-2-2 Tsuruma, Yamato Shi,
Kanagawa ken, Japan,
Representative of Raja Pratap’s
World Federation Center for Japan
I heartily wish the World Conference of Unity of Man a success. God bless all of you. Man wants and needs the happiness blessed by God. But the mankind’s history is, in a sense, the history of war. The only means of rooting out war consists of pure mutual Love and confidence.
Man must recognise how much the life and soul is valuable. We should worship our own sacredness in us with folded Spiritual Hands one another. Love for humanity has no frontier. The problem of poverty may be settled by clean politics. The hatred feeling in man, however cannot be eradicated by it. Only just religion can lead to settle it.
Truth, is One, but everywhere. God is God. We, Japanese look at beautiful Mt. Fuki as the incarnation of God soul, not as the lump of basalt and gavels.
To climb Mt. Fuji the climber are quite free to choose which starting point to climb, to reach the holy top. Any quarrel cannot be found about it.
Nothing is more miserable than fighting of war caused by religious quarrel. People must be harmony to live, much more religious enthusiast. We must devote ourselves to prevent the destruction of mankind, and to establish the Eternal World Peace.
I do hope Your conference held in February, 1974 will bring it to the world as well as Asia.
Yours sincerely
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Chisema Nishimura
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National spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of India
Bahai’s House
6, Canning Road
New Delhi-1
Once again I received Your letter with printed letter and the proposed program of the conference that is being organised by You.
I am sorry that You put my name as one of the signatories and that too wrongly because Baha is not any sect but is now recognised as a world faith in almost all the countries of the world. You should have at least consulted or contacted me before putting my name as one of the signatories.
As I wrote to You earlier, in case You want the representative of the Baha faith to participate in the conference, please let me know if You would like to have one of the speakers on Unity of Man as explained by the founder of the Bahai faith.
In case You are bringing out any further circular or printing any leaflet and if You include my name, kindly see that it is put under Bahai Faith.
Thanking You,
Yours sincerely
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R.N. Shah
Secretary
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Sir Adrian C. Boult
38, Wigmore Street
London, WIH 9DF
Of course I am happy to support your conference, and send all good wishes the world needs every possible elements towards better understanding and better feeling.
Yours sincerely
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Adrian C. Boult
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Headquarters
The world fellowship of Buddhists
33, Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok-11, Thailand
Telephone 511188-90
Dear Friends in the Dhamma
We refer to Your letter dated 17th November, 1973 and would like convey hereby our Princess President regret in not being able to attend the forthcoming convention due to the fact we are also planning in February a seminar in Bangkok under the theme of the Buddhist higher Education. This will certainly keep her bust both before and after the abovementioned theme.
But the purpose of our convention is highly commendable and it has gained our full sympathy. We are sure, it is going to be a memorable occasion not only for the participants but also others who sincerely wish for, as the conference implies, the Unity of Man.
So you can be sure to will enjoy our wholehearted support even though our president is forced to absent herself from it however, in spite of this fact, or perhaps because of this fact, we have become more interested in giving You whatever support is possible. And in this regard we would like You to contact our regional centre at the following address:
WFB. Regional Centre,
Asoka Mission,
P.O. Mehrauli, New Delhi-30
This is so that they will authorise their delegates to attend the function on our behalf.
But above all, we should like also to hear more from You about the forthcoming convention. We hope, therefore, that You will provide us with more, information and development along with the some relevant photos so that we, and also others of our friends of the dhamma, enjoy and appreciates Your attempts as well, in the meantime, we have passed on Your circular to the editor of our Review, who will find room for its inclusion in the pages of his journal. With more information from You, we shall be very willing to let the world know of Your noble undertaking.
Looking forward to hearing from You again,
Yours in the Dhamma
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Aiem Sankhavasi
Hony. Secretary General
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The Infinite Universe
The heavenly bodies, nebular and solar systems, galaxies, visible and invisible spheres and planets, are all created by the supreme will of the Almighty Lord, and continue their pre-ordained revolutions with infinite regularity and precision.
If we write a long figure on a ribbon many kilometres long, and take each unit of this figure as one million years, it will not suffice to reach back to the Beginningless Beginning of existence. If we go into the reverse and take the same figure backwards, it will not suffice to imagine the Endless End of Eternity. Now, reduces the life maximum lifetime of human beings with these unlimited figures; this reduces the life cycle of humanity to less than the time interval needed for a spark to ignite, flash and disappear.
The binding force is Love, which is also the maker and the creator and sustains all. It is through Love that we can find Unity.
Major General M. Mazhari of Iran
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Proclamation on the Brotherhood of Man
Our help cometh from the Lord –
We are all God’s children, sons and daughters of the Lords walking on Earth – each having a mission to fulfil.
Let us have deep faith trust in Him; He will honour us with His infinite Love and wisdom; and will grant us happiness and peace of mind. Let us read the Holy Scriptures with an open mind; the Bible is God’s word – written by inspired men; it is the greatest, most valuable book ever produced. It contains light to direct us; it contains comfort to console us; it contains food to sustain us; it contains knowledge to teach us; it is verily a guidebook to save us; read it frequently and prayerfully; let its holy doctrines and precepts become part of your own life.
Only then can all things work together for the utmost good of all mankind.
By thus placing yourself into the hands of the most high and accepting His infinite Love and wisdom His strength and His Power there can be establish a new and better world to bring along lasting peace on earth and brotherhood of man.
Let us, therefore begin now right now to proclaim and do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord.
Become a vessel of service for our creator.
It does not matter, where you worship Him, whether in a church, tabernacle, synagogue or temple.
As you let God take charge of your life you will be led into the right Path and will soon become an example for others, the link that will start a chain reaction in your fellow men for the good.
Dr Ingrid Sherman
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Concept of the Manifest Master
He that is One from beginning to end, He is my Guru.
Gurbani
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Sadho so satgur mohi bhawai
Oh brother, my heart yearns for that True Guru, Who fills the cup of True Love, and drinks of it Himself, and offers it then to me. He removes the veil from the eyes, and gives the True Vision of Brahma. He reveals the worlds in Him, and makes me to hear the Unstruck Music: He shows joy and sorrow to be one:
Kabir says:
Verily has no fear, who has such a Guru to lead him to a shelter of safety.
Satgur soi daya kar din
It is the Mercy of my True Guru that has made to know the unknown; I have learned from Him how to walk without feet, to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to drink without mouth, to fly without wings; I have brought my Love tasted of the sweetness of the nectar; and without whom that joy can be uttered?
Kabir says:
The Guru is great beyond words, and great is the good fortune of the disciple.
Bhai re koi satgur sant kahawai
He is the Real Sadhu, Who can reveal the form of the formless to the vision of these eyes; Who reaches the simple way of attempting Him, that is other than rites or ceremonies; Who does not make you close the doors, and hold that breath, and renounce the world; Who makes you perceive the supreme spirit of Union in the midst of all enjoyments. The infinite dwelling of the infinite being is everywhere: in each, water, sky, and air; firm as the thunderbolt, the seat of the seekers is established above the void. He Who is within is without: I see Him and none else.
Hundred poems by Kabir
(translated by Rabindra Nath Tagore)