Collective Glory of Human Society

"Those who impatiently preach to their followers, "Our god is the only god - others are false," encourage communal differences directly and indirectly. Such defective teachings, such baneful exhortations, have caused many bloody battles in the name of religion. Even today we find a reoccurrence of this distressing situation. The self-motivated and wicked intellect of a handful of religious leaders is at the root of these abominable incidents. One should always remember that all the great personalities of the different religious communities deserve equal respect. They are the collective glory of the human society. We may have built a new path of movement for the progress of society according to the needs of a particular age - a path which may be somewhat different from the one on which the great personalities trod - but that does not mean that we will not extend our respect to those venerable personalities."