Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 23:11:58 GMT -6
Eradicating hate in the world will come with eradicating ignorance and mistrust and honoring the differences of others, a humanitarian from India told a gathering Monday night at the Faculty Club at Ohio State University.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation and the International Association for Human Values, shared his thoughts at "Creating a Culture of Peace,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. He said campus students must work harder to get to know hundreds of friends, not just a few, if they are to understand diversity on a broader scale.
"Diversity is the nature of the world, and God loves diversity," he said. "There was only one Lord Jesus, there are 72 sects of Christianity; there's only one Lord Buddha, 32 sects of Buddhism; one prophet Mohammed, there are six different philosophies of Islam; in Hindu, you can't even count.
This diversity, he said, is the richness of our planet. "We are to honor them, not just tolerate them," he said.
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/27/humanitarian-from-india-god-loves-diversity.html
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the Art of Living Foundation and the International Association for Human Values, shared his thoughts at "Creating a Culture of Peace,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. He said campus students must work harder to get to know hundreds of friends, not just a few, if they are to understand diversity on a broader scale.
"Diversity is the nature of the world, and God loves diversity," he said. "There was only one Lord Jesus, there are 72 sects of Christianity; there's only one Lord Buddha, 32 sects of Buddhism; one prophet Mohammed, there are six different philosophies of Islam; in Hindu, you can't even count.
This diversity, he said, is the richness of our planet. "We are to honor them, not just tolerate them," he said.
Read more: www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/06/27/humanitarian-from-india-god-loves-diversity.html