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Let all Faiths exist; let them flourish and let the Glory of God be sung in all

the languages and in a variety of tunes. Respect the differences between the

Faiths and recognize them as valid as long as they do not extinguish the flame

of Unity. The basic Truth in all religions, irrespective of country or race, is

One and the same. All religions exhort man to cleanse the heart of malice,

greed, hate and anger.

– Baba

‘There is only one Religion and that is the Religion of Love’ has been one of

the famous adages of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba whose Divine Mission is to

bring peace in the world and in the hearts of men. At a time when the world is

riddled with arson and violence in the name of Religion, where religious

fanaticism often thrusts communal clashes, when the human mind is

compartmentalized in the name of caste and religion, Prasanthi Nilayam, the

Divine Abode of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba witnessed an Interfaith Conference

– The Religion of Love in the immediate Divine presence of Bhagawan Sri Sathya

Sai Baba on 22nd and 23rd July 2005 coinciding with Guru Purnima Celebrations.

Participants in the Meet included representatives from the five major religions,

namely, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. They were Ahangame

Tudor Ariyaratne, the founder the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka

representing Buddhism; Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, an Islamic spiritual scholar,

who has set up an Islamic Centre in New Delhi representing Islam; Father Henry

Fehren, a priest of the Holy Catholic Church who conducts pastoral and

counselling duty in New York, representing Christianity; Rabbi David Zeller, an

internationally acclaimed singer, story-teller and writer and a pioneer of

Jewish spirituality and meditation, representing Judaism and P.S.Jayarama

Sastrigal, a Sanskrit Pandit and Scholar of repute.

Personal Profiles of participants:

Ahagammage Tudor Ariyaratne (Buddhism) is the founder of the Sarvodaya

Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka. A former teacher at Nalanda College, he had

conducted the first Shramadana work camp in 1958, eventually leading the

largest non-governmental organization in Sri Lanka. He had led tens of

thousands of family gatherings and meditations with millions of people. He has

Doctorates from Emilo Aguinaldo College, Philippines, and Sri Jayawardenapura

University, Sri Lanka. The seven volumes of his Collected Works provide a

comprehensive collection of his speeches and writings.

Dr. Ariyaratne, recipient of many awards, including the Mahatma Gandhi Peace

Prize, India, and the Niwano Peace Prize, Japan has been the President of the

World Parliament of Religions.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (Islam) is an Islamic spiritual scholar, who has been a

strong advocate of peace and who has set peace as life’s mission. He was a

visionary who understood the need to present Islamic teachings to suit the

modern world and present day language. Towards this end, he had established The

Islamic Centre in New Delhi, in 1970 and has been its president eversince. He

has over 200 titles in his credit as publisher and his commentaries of the Holy

Quran, in English and Arabic and an encyclopedia of the Quran, done under his

guidance is ready for publication.

Maulana has represented Islam and Spirituality at International Inter-faith

Islamic and Peace conferences on several occasions. He has won the prestigious

Demiurgus Peace International Award 2002, for his outstanding achievements in

strengthening peace among nations and developing a complete ideology of peace.

Father Henry Fehren (Christianity) was ordained as a priest of the Holy Catholic

Church in 1948 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. At present he conducts his pastoral

and conselling duties in New York. He was a faculty in several colleges and

universities in the U.S. and United Kingdom and has authored many books and

articles. On TV and Radio he expounds the universal tenants of love and mutual

acceptance of all others. He is a strong advocate of Universality of Godhood

and the commonality of all religious faiths. He was the recipient of several

awards from the Catholic Press Association and an award from the National

Religious Press.

Rabbi David Zeller (Judaism) is an internationally known singer, teacher, story

teller, and writer and a pioneer in Jewish Spirituality and Meditation. He has

established his spiritual teachings beyond the Jewish Religion to Christians,

Sufis, Taoists, Buddhists and Yoga communities. After organizational

development for the Kibhutz Movement in 1970 and living as a sadhu in India in

1971, he was professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology from 1975.

He founded the Network of Conscious Judaism in 1980 and directed the Shevet

Centre for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation in Jerusalem.

P.S.Jayarama Sastrigal (Hinduism) is a Sanskrit Pandit and Scholar. He received

his education at Vyakarana Siromani from Annamalai University and has been

conducting Hindu ritual worship for over fifty years. Titles conferred on him

include: Aanmiga Chemmal, Upanyasa Thilakam & Muhavai Periyavar. Sastrigal has

authored several books, including Deepa Sthrothram, 108 Sivarpana Vilva

Sthrothram and Ganapathi Suprabhatam and has several audio releases to his

credit.

Introductory Speech by Dr. Michael GoldsteinDr Goldstein, Chairman, Prasanthi

Council, the body overseeing the activities of Sri Sathya Sai Service

Organisations worldwide, in his introductory remarks said: Swami is the

incarnation of selfless love. He has graciously permitted to hold an interfaith

conference in His presence. Eminent speakers from five major religions have come

to speak to you – Buddism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism. What is

the meaning interfaith? Faith means religion; inter means between, indicating

the existing division. Hence, the term interfaith implies division of

religions. For us who are devoted to Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, there is

only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one God, He is

omnipresent. All the world religions are religions of love. The apparent

differences among different religions are one of emphasis and not of essence.

There are different languages, different rituals and practices. But, the

fundamental spiritual basis is one. Hence, our conference is really an intra

faith conference, not an interfaith conference. Spiritual truth is one. Intra

means within. Deep within, at the very basis of world religions, there is

spiritual truth. That is selfless love.

During the course of human civilization, our beloved Bhagawan in His many forms

incarnated on earth to save mankind from the process of self- destruction.

Hence, the advent of world religions. The lord God who is omnipresent, whose

nature is selfless love, and who is with us as Bhagawan Baba, intervened to

save man from his perverse propensities. The life and message of divine

incarnations were recorded and followed, and were institutionalized by mankind.

They became the religions of the world. However, all religions are the religions

of love. To live our lives as examples of selfless love, to serve our brothers

and sisters selflessly and lovingly is advocated by all of the world religions.

Is it not the purpose of all religions to bring us back to God? to bring us to

the realization of our divine heritage? Certainly these spiritual principles

are the basic of all religions.

Bhagawan said, the only redemption for man is the grace of God, which can be won

by constant remembrance of God and prayer from a pure heart. The purpose of this

conference of religions is to listen to the men of faith, representing the

religions of the world. They will speak to us in the context of their own

religion and demonstrate spiritual unity and truth and love in the diversity of

world religions. Let it not be an interfaith conference, because there is no

difference between the deep spiritual truth of all religions. Let this

therefore become an intrafaith conference. The divine truth is within all these

religions and within all of us. The divine truth is one.

on Islam…Maulana Wahiduddin Khan started his speech with a prayer. He said: When

I reached this international village, my first encounter was with Mr. V.K.

Kapur. He told me a very beautiful story. He said that he was travelling from

Jalandhar to Delhi, and suddenly he got a heartstroke. His heart was badly

damaged. Fortunately, after this he met Baba, and what happened was a miracle.

Baba put his hand upon his heart and miraculously he was in complete health.

Now he is leading a normal life. He is in normal health without visiting any

doctor or any hospital. There may be many people who would have told you such

stories. Really it is a miraculous city. This is my first visit to this place.

I find it to be a spiritual city. Everywhere I find peace, spirituality, love

and harmony. I remember the words of Swami Vivekananda. Hundred years ago, he

said, that it is my dream that India will soon emerge as a spiritual country, a

spiritual land. I think that India is emerging in this international city. Here

Swami Vivekananda’s dream is being fulfilled.

The topic for this morning is Islam and the concept of love and peace. I am a

student of Islam and I have studied Islam in detail. I can say with conviction

that Islam is a religion of love, peace and harmony. You know the most sacred

book in Islam is Al Khuran. Khuran contains 6500 verses. I can say that 99 per

cent of those verses pertain to love, peace and harmony, either directly or

indirectly. This is the basic teaching of Islam. The very first verse of Khuran

is about love. This verse introduces God as one of love and compassion. The

prophet of Islam said, “Adopt the attributes of God in your life.” It means

that we have to adopt the values of love and compassion in our life. This is

the basic message of love. The most important message of Islam is that one’s

behaviour should be human friendly. Two basic principles of Islam is one should

be God-worshipper and man-well-wisher. Well-wisher means one who loves. So, love

is the basic quality expected of a Muslim. Islam promotes culture of Love and

love contains all human values like compassion, tolerance etc. The Prophet of

Islam says, “God gives to love what He does not grant to hatred.” Love makes

you powerful and hatred makes you weak. Islam promotes only love culture and

not hate culture. Islam says, “Do good deed in return to enemy’s bad deed. You

will find that your enemy becomes your best friend.” It means that every enemy

is your potential friend. What a beautiful idea! This is a great teaching. See

your enemy as your potential friend.

I would like to narrate a story from the life of the Prophet of Islam. The

Prophet was born in Mecca in 570 AD. He lived in Mecca for nearly 30 years.

Then he migrated to Madina, another city of Arabia. One day the Prophet saw a

funeral procession passing through a street in Madina. The Prophet was seated

at that time. On seeing the funeral procession, he stood up in respect. One of

his companions remarked, “O prophet! It is the funeral of a non-Muslim.” The

prophet replied, “Was he not a human being?” It means that, although there is

difference in religion, in culture, in race, the prophet found a commonality

between himself and the non- Muslim and that was love. Love is greater than

everything. There may be differences in religion, culture, etc.; but, there is

no difference in love. You can love everyone. Love is the greatest binding

force between human beings. All are brothers and sisters. This is the true

message of Islam.

on Buddhism…This is a great moment in my life. In 1982 July, I came here and sat

at the feet of Baba and I still remember the advice He gave me. He emphasized

both science and spirituality. And that was a great inspiration to my work.

Everyday I am with hundreds of people belonging to all religions. But with all

of them we are able to work with great spirit of brotherhood. Today, I am asked

to speak a few words on Buddhism and Love. In fact, the more you study religions

in depth, it is nothing but love. Lord Buddha in his discourse said, “In the

same way the mother loves and protects her one and only child, even at the risk

of life, protect all beings.” In other words, we are asked to love all beings.

This love and kindness towards all beings and nature ignites within us a

certain divine force, which is demonstrated by Sri Baba. He is showing clearly

that religion is nothing but love. Under His guidance we are learning this

truth. This is a unique opportunity we have in this world today.

If love can manifest in every human heart, what will happen? Every individual

will look at the rest of the beings with great love and kindness. We see around

us so much of suffering. So many are hungry and poor. Love and kindness (called

Mettha or Mitri) can be translated into action. Most of you are young. Go in

search of those who are suffering and try to remove the causes that lead to

their suffering. Give water to those who do not have water to drink. That is

compassionate action. In every sphere of life, be it mental, physical or

spiritual, we can always translate love into action. Our entire ‘psycho-sphere’

is filled with organized hatred and ignorance. The result is, most of the

resources in the world are spent today for evil and not for good. Therefore, if

we can create a very very powerful spiritual force and get linked to the Divine

being we have in our presence, then we can build in this world a

‘psycho-sphere’ filled with selflessness and love. That is the kind of love we

need today. We have no time to lose. Lord Buddha repeatedly said, May all

beings be happy. He said, hatred never ceases by hatred. Hatred ceases only by

love and forgiveness.

In today’s world, there are a number of religions. When religions lack

spirituality, there arise a lot of troubles. All over the world we have

problems because religions deviated from their original path. What our great

teacher Baba is trying to do is to bring back the lost to their religions so

that the religions don’t have to fight with one another. Please remember this –

There can be only one Buddha and one Baba for many thousands of years. We have

to make them live in our hearts.

I first met Him in 1982 and spent over one and half hours in His presence. He

explained to me my weaknesses and without my telling Him, He gave me guidance.

Every day whatever good I do, I pass the credit to Him. As the 80th Birthday of

Bhagawan is coming, we all have an obligation. Have that divinity in your heart.

Never allow any ill will and selfishness to come in your way. Also believe that

we can put an end to violence and build a new world. Young people must take the

leadership.

Lord Buddha said, “Abstain from all evil. Cultivate good. Purify your mind. That

is my teaching. And that is the teaching that Bhagawan is giving us. Let us all

join together and spread this message everywhere. In my own country, you know

that there had been a war going on. When I came in 1982, Bhagawan told me,

“From next year, there will be terrible violence in your country.” I asked,

“Can’t we avoid it?”. He said, “No, the kind of collective bad karma you people

did, will have its consequences. But I will come one day.”

So, it is my fervent hope and also my greatest wish that, Sri Sathya Sai Baba,

coming to Srilanka will not only usher peace into my country, but to the world.

Lord Buddha said, “Love all. Do compassionate service to all. That is Karuna.

Learn to get the joy of living. That is Muditha. When you get the joy of living

by doing good things, some people will praise you and some will blame you.

Accept both name and blame with equanimity. With this four characteristics,

namely, Mettha, Karuna, Muditha and Upekha, you can rise to the level of

divinity.” Lord Buddha’s teachings are very much on these lines, never dividing

people based on caste, creed and religion.

In the divine presence of Bhagawan, let us all resolve that by purification of

our heart and mind and by serving everybody irrespective of who that person is,

let us build a new society where Dharma rules and not armaments.

on Christianity…Father Henry Fehren who chose to speak on the theme Non-violence

said that our past was not negative and that we had learnt from it how to

distinguish between love and religious hypocrisy. His speech began with a

flashback of an inspiring story of a woman in the US, Ms. Dorothy Dey, who was

an ardent follower of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba and a strong advocate of

Non-violence who had spent the whole of her life doing works of mercy in New

York City. She had established a House of Hospitality in New York for the poor

which had become a Centre of Non-violence. She had even established a Weekly

Paper, Catholic Worker, and sold it for a penny a copy. Even after she was

diseased some years ago, the ‘Catholic Worker’ was still going strong. It is

still being sold for a penny a copy even after sixty years and there are number

of ‘Houses of Hospitalities’ all over the United States advocating Non-violence.

Now, Ms Dorothy is on her way to being declared a Saint of Non-violence by the

Vatican.

He said, for him, who was ordained to the Holy Catholic Church 57 years ago, Sai

Baba was a great inspiration and his trip to India was a pilgrimage. Referring

to Sai Baba’s teaching All people are One Family of God, he pointed out that

“Sai Baba does not condemn any religion”; instead, says, “we can learn from

them, find spiritual good in them. For every person there is something hollow

which cannot be filled except by God. There are different traditions of the way

by which people try to satisfy their religious longing. We must be open…open our

eyes…and be willing to learn and realize that we are all made in the Image and

likeness of God. When we try to make God into our Image and likeness then we

will have trouble. When we think we have God in our pocket we are most likely

to do evil in the name of God”.

Referring to Bhagawan’s teachings Father Ferren said, “His teachings are highly

impressive. I have come to learn. We are all open minded and willing to learn

which certainly enrich our spiritual lives. It is God who has given us

identity…He has created us and we have not brought ourselves into this world.

We do not need anything more than God. Despise and stain others is an insult to

God for they too are children of God and God loves them and God is in them.

Jesus said I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Sai Baba teaches God is

in each one of us and therefore to offend anyone amounts to offend God. We must

see God in other people. So we cannot do evil to someone in the name of God. If

everyone understands this there will be peace in the world today.”

Mentioning Sai Baba’s teachings and various incidents in the illustrious life of

Jesus Christ, Father Fehren drew the point that real love is something which

prompts one to love against hatred, love against indifference without any

expectations. He said, “Over and over, over the years, Jesus taught love and

exemplified it and he knew that his unlimited love for everyone would cause his

torture and death, and yet his love was unlimited. During his agony in the

garden in the night before his crucifixion, Peter, James and John, his close

disciples fell asleep and yet he loved them; Peter publicly denied him…yet he

loved him. Judas betrayed him…yet he loved him. Love was never easy or

effortless. Scourging at the pillar, crowning with thorns, abjured by soldiers

and bystanders, the crucifixion, nailed to the cross for three hours, naked,

and hanging there, did Jesus condemn anyone? No, He still loved them all…and

from the cross he prayed, Father! Forgive them for they know not what they do.”

Forgiveness is part of love and if we do not forgive we do not love, said Father

Henry.

Sai Baba did not found any religion with concrete set of laws, instead, with a

great blessed vision, He advised all to keep our own religion…and to realize

who we were and that God was living in everyone.

Recapitulating his past, he illustrated from his own life as to how God worked

mysteriously over the years right from his school days to help him to finally

become what he is now. At every juncture in his life, where he was forced to

face obstacles, he was mysteriously helped by the unseen presence of God. He

added, “I have had too many blessings…including the invitation to come to

Puttaparthi. Seen in misfortune, our lives could be a blessing if only we let

God have His way. “One cannot compete with the Wisdom of God who is within

us…who fills us…who loves us. Man proposes and God disposes.”

Concluding his inspirational and enlightening rhetoric, quoting St.Paul from his

first letter written to the Corinthians, Summon all after us, "If I speak in the

tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a

clanging cymbal; If I have prophetic powers and understand all wisdom and if I

have faith to move mountains but have no love...I am nothing; if I give away

all that I have…and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have no love… I gain

nothing. Love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It

does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not

rejoice in wrong-doing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things,

believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But

as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as

for knowledge, it will come to an end...And now faith, hope, and love abide,

these three; and the greatest of these is love”, Father Henry said neither God

nor Love can be defined.

onJudaism…Profoundly thanking Bhagawan for all the spiritual guidance He had

imparted 33 years ago when he visited Prasanthi Nilayam, Mr. Zeller said, it

was so special to be back here and that he was immensely benefited by that

guidance from Bhagawan which helped him to go back to his path, his tradition.

Addressing the gathering, separately to his Brothers and Sisters from India,

Brothers and Sisters from all the world traditions, cultures and religions and

from Israel, he said all are brothers and sisters as all are children of the

same God.

Strumming his guitar, this internationally acclaimed singer mesmerized the minds

and conquered the hearts of one and all with his rapturous, spontaneous and

mellifluous singing that must surely have taken the gathering to the ecstatic

heights of the Kingdom of Peace and Bliss. One would wonder whether the Gods of

the highest heaven would also be watching this graceful artiste through the

holes of heaven, if there be, when he was heard in his sweet voice, singing his

heart out, praying to the Lord, in His immediate physical presence. He sang…

“This is the House, the House of the Lord…I wish the best for you!!!”

Because of my brothers and friendsBecause of my sisters and friendsPlease let me

ask, please let me singPeace to you!

Because of my brothers and friendsBecause of my sisters and friendsPlease let me

ask, please let me singPeace shalome to you!

This is the house, the house of the LordI wish the best for you!This is the

house, the house of the LordI wish the best for you!

While extending his special greetings and honours to the representatives of all

major religious faith, referring to the conference organized here, he said that

for him it was one of the miracles in the world today that in the name of

Peace…in the name of Love, we could be together, hear each other and open our

hearts.

Drawing a parallel between the human body and the body of human kind, Mr. Zeller

said, just like the body becoming healthy due to the harmonious function of all

the organs, the body of human kind will be healthy when all the cultures,

traditions and religions recognize each other and play their roles for the

health, peace, wholeness and love of the entire humanity, all forms of life and

creation.

Referring to his visit to Calcutta, ten years ago, representing Judaism in the

World Parliament of Religions, he thanked Bhagawan for nudging and guiding him

back to his own tradition and also India as a whole, the only country,

according to him, in the entire planet earth that allowed his people, the Jews

to live in peace for 2000 years.

Speaking about God and the Divine mystery of creation, he posed a question based

on His religious philosophy: Why was the world created? When God is infinite…God

is alone. It was for the sake of relationship, for the sake of love that God

created this world. Because God wanted so much to have someone to give that

love to, that God was willing to give up that infinite Oneness.

Admitting that he could not be too serious, he said it was important to have

three Ls, i.e., to learn, to love and to laugh. To drive down to the point as

to how Bhagawan would take care of His devotees even at far away places, he

narrated his own experience in Puttaparthi, in his own genial humorous style,

when he had visited the ashram 33 long years ago as a yogi. He said he was

staying outside the ashram, bathing in the river. Having had the experience of

people taking care of sadhus, he was used to this kind of good practice. But,

to his great shock he found out Bhagawan’s saying that, we do not feed the

sadhus, you have got to work or do not eat. He had a little bit of money that

he was saving and thus managed to buy a banana, a little pea-nuts and tea. He

was doing okay, every morning he would come out for darshan. Prasadam would be

distributed - round biscuits - after Bhagawan came out of the room on to the

balcony. He was never impressed with the little round biscuits, and told

himself, ‘well this is not going to fill me up’. A man came with trays full of

biscuits, knelt down to the person beside him, lost his balance and the whole

tray poured into his lap. Yes, Bhagawan heard him; the thought that evolved in

his mind reached him and He responded. To top it all, the whole day everywhere

people, be it in the tea shop or in the canteen, would insist on him to have

more food or offer to pay on his behalf, saying you never had enough to eat. He

woke up in the middle of the night with stomach ache. When he was granted an

interview after a week or so, Baba referred to the stomach ache he had in the

midnight; He enquired about struggle in meditating and concentrating and a

rosary was materialized and given which really meant so much to him.

Acknowledging profound heartfelt thanks to Bhagawan once again for the great

opportunity granted to him to be here by keeping His heart open to all of

them…he said: ‘it means so much...it means so much to all of us’. He sang the

song ‘Shalome’ which means peace, ‘it really means wholeness. You can’t have

peace if you do not feel that you are all part of one greater whole’. He

lamented that what we call peace today is just a ceasefire. What we call Peace

of mind is just a ceasefire of our thoughts for a couple of minutes. It is not

real peace.

Shalome…Shalome…Shalome…Shalome (Sha…..aaa….lo…me…)Shalome…Shalome…Let there be

Peace…Shalome…Peace throughout the world…Shalome…Peace in every

heartShalome…God Bless You, thank you so much!Shalome…Thank you Swami, Thank

you Baba!Shalome…Thank you to the OrganisersThank you to everybody who did so

much to make it happenShalome…

On Hinduism…Paying obeisance at the Lotus Feet of Bhagawan and other Divine

Forms and to Lord Rama, whose mantra is the one that transports one from the

Samsara (worldly) to liberation, Shastrigal said, the purpose of any Jiva is

for realizing the ultimate reality of Godhood. We should always have love as

the first object of our lives and we are in the very presence of love and

divinity personified. This birth with which we have been gifted must be

considered as good fortunate as we are able to have darshan of Bhagawan who is

nothing but the personification of love, affection and kindness.

Referring to Bhagawan’s immediate divine presence, he said that we are immensely

benefited and are fortunate for we are receiving blessings from the deity who is

present before us through His darshan. ‘Rama’ is the Taraka Mantra, that

transports one from the worldly to liberation and here we are chanting Sai Ram,

Sai Ram for the divinity that is present before us. This is the one and only

mantra that exterminates all foes. The quintessence of the Veda and Upanishads

is Sai Rama Mantra. Sathya Sai Rama Mantra is the one that lifts up everyone

from the Samsara or transmigratory existence to the place beyond

spatio-temporal confines; it is the Mantra which helps you at the appropriate

time.

In the 86 years of life of Panditji, he had two miraculous cures from Bhagawan,

which otherwise would not have been possible. For the last fifty years it is

the opulence of Bhagawan that made him free from all ailments which he has been

suffering from. He owed his walking and talking in the Divine presence to the

Grace and Blessings conferred by Bhagawan.

With his profound knowledge in Sanskrit and understanding of Spirituality and

ritualistic worship, Panditji extolled the Divine Persona in Bhagawan by

composing instant verses praising His Divinity.

Concluding his speech Shastrigal once again thanked Bhagawan for having given

such a wonderful opportunity which he attributed to the merits of his past

lives.

 

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