Religion –the Dharma, in context of adopting goodness, as it is the real meaning
and purpose of it, or in perspective of discharging one’s duty by her or his
righteous acts, or in the form of an injunction, the Shasana, is eventually committed to harmony. It is, in fact, the essence
of religion –the Dharma.
All religions established or developed
on this planet, from time-to-time, by making harmony as the nuclei of their
foremost fundamentals, in one way or the other call their followers to carry
out day-to-day practices accordingly. Along with giving a clarion call to
followers to make harmony the basis of their activities, at all levels and in
all walks of life, religions indicate practical and adaptable pathway to be
followed in this regard. In this very process, important, relevant and the most
valuable reality is that all religions make human unity, unity of all living
beings in a broad perspective, the basis of harmony. It is because in harmony,
the consonance is necessary for conduction of practices and their continuity in
diversities prevailed in the world as truly and beautifully revealed and
explained in the concept of Anekaantavaada, [अनेकान्तवाद] in
Jainism in particular, and also due to the
realty of ever existing law of change. Along with this, for the construction,
development and continuity of harmony, religions make laudable efforts on the
strength of the supreme human value of Ahimsa
–non-violence, which is, in its finest form, the revelation of pure love and
goodwill towards all living beings. Hence, Ahimsa
and unity, with Ahimsa remaining as
the supreme, natural and eternal value and the basis of unity simultaneously,
emerge as the two foremost fundamentals in religions for the development and
continuity of harmony.
Further, religion –the Dharma has, through the ages, been
directing and impressing the most the life of one and all –general and
particular. After passing through numerous stages of changes and development,
the role and contribution of religion in life remain important in present. In
current perspective when the fields of science, communication and information
technology are touching heights, one after the other in particular, and
resultantly development at all levels and in all walks of life naturally
multiplies every day and for prolonging the progress, harmony emerges as the
foremost and sound basis to succeed in real sense. In other words, taking one
and all within the ambit of development, a fair analysis and true development of
harmony prevailed in religions, which, to repeat influences the life of
everyone, on the basis of Ahimsa and
unity is necessary and inevitable. From this, not only the importance of
harmony in life will become apparent, but its necessity in continuously
increasing process of advancement, from local to global levels, when this
planet especially seems now converting rapidly into a global village, will also
become visible further to pave the way to proceed accordingly.
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