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| +Religion / [Theosophy] |
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| +[Swami Sivananda] : ESSENCE OF RELIGIONS: While conversing with some of his disciples, the |
| +Master drew an analogy between the various limbs of the body and the |
| +different religious beliefs and cults prevalent in the world. |
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| +He said, "Just as one identifies oneself with the different limbs of |
| +the body and feels that he includes the legs, hands, stomach, etc., so |
| +also he should feel that all the different religious cults such as |
| +Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Advaita, Dvaita, Vishisht Advaita, and the |
| +various religions, such as Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, etc., are |
| +like the different limbs of the body of religion. For religion in |
| +essence is only one--the religion of truth and love. We should embrace |
| +all religions as our own, even as we feel that all the limbs of our |
| +body are our own. This is the philosophy of the body. There should be |
| +no fights and quarrels among religious sects." |
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