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Dharmasthala: Speakers Stress on Harmony, Peace at All-Religion Meet

  •   Thu, Dec 13 2012 11:30:25 AM

Dharmasthala: Speakers Stress on Harmony, Peace at All-Religion Meet
 
Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (PS)
 
Beltangady, Dec 13: Former Lokayukta of Karnataka Justice N Santhosh Hegde opined that quarrel on the basis of religion and nationality is caused by lack of knowledge among the people to understand the essence of any religion.
 
He spoke after inaugurating the 80th All-Religion Meet held as part of the Lakshadeepotsava celebration at Amrithavarshini Hall, Dharmastala here on Tuesday December 11.

"No religion teaches one to hate others or oppose their ideologies," he said, "The youth need to be motivated and inspired not to go in the way of hating another religion. The basic idea of any religion is to imbibe peace and tranquillity and be the mantra of the land," he asserted.
 
He added that the value of peace should be taught in every educational institution and said till now he was fighting only against corruption, but henceforth he would fight to restore peace also.
 
Dr Prasanna Venkatacharyar Chathurvedi Swamiji of Shree Ramanujam Mission Trust, Chennai, presided over the programme. "Corruption, though it may give temporary happiness to the one who practices it, will lead to catastrophe in the end. Detachment from the materialistic world is the true doctrine of any religion," he said.
 
Fr P K Jacob of Kalaghataki, Dharwad, delivered a talk on ‘Harmony in the eye of Christianity’ and said that religion is one, and god too is one. "But followers are different, and practices are different," he asserted.
 
B K Nyama Gowda, lecturer of Kusumavathi College in Chikkodi, spoke on harmony in the view of Jainism. He said that religion and faiths may vary, but harmony should not be tampered with.
 
Abdul Salam Puttige, editor of Vartha Bharathi spoke on ‘Harmony in the view of Islam’ and said that failure to regard human relations is evident in recent years. "The foundation of truth has to be strengthened so as to strengthen humanity," he stated.
 
Shree Kshetra Dharmastala Dharmadikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade welcomed and delivered the keynote address and stressed on the need of devotion.

S Prabhakar and D Surendra Kumar were present among others.

An attractive Rathotsava was also held as part of the celebrations.
  

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  • Judith DSouza, Karkala/Mumbai

    Fri, Dec 14 2012

    Justice Santhosh Hegde's visualization and TIMELY concern is appreciated.
    Those corrupting minds are emboldened because all righteous and influential have not spoken against them.
    Fight to restore peace in our state is MOST IMPORTANT to prevent further damage, as hardliners have spoiled peace and harmony prevailed for generations in the state.
    "Kumbharanige Varusha, Kolige Nimisha"

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  • nagesh nayak, banglore

    Fri, Dec 14 2012

    WE NEED PERSONNEL LIKE DHARMADHIKARI SHREE VEERNEDRA HEGGADE FOR PEACEFUL SOCIAL LIFE.

    POLITICS SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM RELIGION FOR HARMONY .

    RELIGION HEADS , RELIGIOUS PLACES SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE LINE OF POLITICS.

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  • Lawrence Saldanha, Kanajar/Kuwait

    Fri, Dec 14 2012

    Dear friends, most religions are practised with their external conflicting symbolic worship methods rather than deep eternal values, which are common to all. In most cases, religious propagators are responsible for misleading people with divergent ideologies. We are treating religions as political parties of vested interests rather than values of selfless service to the mankind. Time has now come for all of us to remove our external cover and see each other internally.

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  • paul d`souza, balakunje

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Again tomorrow if any political party wants to show bit of stunt to reshuffle within the people & says go & throw stones to church ,temple or mosque, We obediently do that. Thats what we are...! It is not a knowledge. It is our birth right. At least if we cant do good one must keep quite instead doing EVIL work.

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    The 80th All-Religion Meet held as part of the Lakshadeepotsava celebration at Amrithavarshini Hall, Dharmastala is indeed a welcome move during such charged atmosphere in our region. We are lucky to be the intelligent species among other animals on this wonderful earth. The religion is a very private affair and all the religion teaches to be a good human being. Of late, in this advanced inter-connected knowledge sharing world, there are so many sects and sub-sects in every religion but the difference in them should not spoil the peaceful atmosphere of the region.
    May God bless us all to become a better human being and to give us the patience to tolerate the complex behaviour and attitude among different people amongst us!

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  • GERALD, MODANKAP

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    SHREE SHREE DHARMADHIKARI HEGDEJI GOD BLESS YOU

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  • Joe Britto, Nakre/Bangalore

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Indeed a welcome programme to repair and rebuild peace & harmony amongst all religions.It's heartening to see stalwarts as Justice Santosh Hegde and several others in the presence of Dharmadakari at this holiest of shrines and advocate and preach such noble thoughts and positive ideas . Apart from lack of knowledge, it is also the spirit of intolerance amongst groups that is the cause of friction. Respect for other persons belief and tolerance will lead to lasting peace which is the need of the hour if we want to progress as a nation. After all if a deeper analysis is made all men are equal and having similar body with 206 bones and with blood,veins & nerves. Minor differences like blood group, colour and other such genetic differences not withstanding, man/woman is but a tiny part of nature and his bounden duty is to live in harmony with his surroundings and leave this Heaven of an Earth in a better place to live in when he departs from this temporary abode.

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  • Fredrick Correa, Pernal/Mumbai

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children." Hosea 4 : 6 (Holy Bible). Many people, including highly educated people think that the religion of their birth is the best/true religion and look down on other religions. There lies their ignorance. We need to live our religion without looking down on others' religions. Most people do so without even going through the basic tenants of other religions. I am happy that I belong to a Inter Religious Dialogue Group where we meet regularly and share the rich treasures of our religions.

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Lack of knowledge among the people of faiths and coupled with dirty politics for VOTE BANK POLITICS main reasons.The Essence of Religion is universal brotherhood and peaceful coexistence.H.E.Dr Shre D Veerendra Heggde,Dharmadhikari,Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala is doing this yeomen service to the welfare of humanity for quite long time.ANNA DHAANA,VIDYADHAANA,AAROGYA DHAANA,(free medical facilities to the doorsteps of haves not)Besides SERVICE THROUGH SKDRDP which changed lifestyle and economic status of lakhs of poor people of DK/UDUPI in particular and most part of the Karnataka State in general. By all counts Shri HEGGDE is motivator and model to to generation next.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    “Naamawashesha” of one such Intellectual is really worth seeing. And it is perfectly applied on his forehead too. Is it tribute to Lord Venkata?

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Hats of to Shri. Justice Santhosh Hegde's for the introspection and asserting that that till now he was fighting only against corruption, but henceforth he would fight to restore peace also.
    He, his great wisdom and courage is true blessing to our Land.
    No amount of development will benefit the nation and humanity if there is no peace and harmony.
    We see Countries like Libya, Iraq Syria which was once highly developed but is it benefiting humanity today?

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  • Dev Sagar, Mangalore

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    People in general are not much interested in religious business. They have their own life and problems to worry about. The innocent and ignorant people are exploited by some politicians and anti social elements for their selfish ends. Another reason for hatred between religions is the result of mixing religion with politics by some politicians for vote bank and also due to some provocative speeches every now and then by some religious extremists. People get more involved in such unproductive and anti-social activities at the cost of over all progress of the country.

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  • Dr S Kamath , Mumbai

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Lack of knowledge is the cause yes but then somebody has to impart the knowledge to the people who has to do this naturally the Spiritual or Religious leaders have to do this job .The real flashpoint starts when those religious leaders are approached by Political parties and get influenced by those Political parties .without naming the religion there are instances where in religious leader d during election that his religion people will Vote one particular party only .Thus for the Political parties also it became easy Whole sale buying Votes that Retail buying .Politicians just Maskafied/?Bribed the religious leaders and garnered Votes .To summarise the whole story Politicians have spoiled the entire equilibrium

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  • Vikram, Abudhabi

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    Food for hungry people that is one of the biggest good work done by Dharmastala temple.. I salute for this wounderful work.

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  • manoj, jeddah

    Thu, Dec 13 2012

    It is better to organize programmes like this than religious sammelanas.Which brings communal harmony than communal riots.

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