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#37 The Universal Worship (3)
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Religious Gathekas
#37 The Universal Worship (3)
The service of the Church of All is a universal worship. In this service a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, and a Hindu service--all services--are included. Therefore the blessing of Christ is given from the altar to the seeker of Jesus Christ's blessing; the one who seeks the blessing of Moses is given the blessing of Moses; the one who seeks the benediction of Buddha, there is the benediction of Buddha.
But those who seek blessing from all of these great ones who have come at different times are blessed by all. This service, therefore, is the fulfillment of the desire of Christ; this is, therefore, the service which Moses would have had if he could; and this is the service which Muhammad had intended, for Islam was meant for all religions in the world. No great teacher ever came on earth with the thought of dividing people into different sects and communities.
Our movement, therefore, is busy rendering our service to God and humanity in this direction, without any intention of forming an exclusive community, but to unite in this service the people of all different religions. This movement, in its infancy, is commencing its work, but its culmination will be a world movement. It is the world message and that religion which will be the religion of the whole humanity, a religion which does not distract the mind of any person from his own religion, but makes it more firm and enlightened and more sympathetic to his own religion. It is a religion which teaches tolerance towards the faith of another, a religion which opens a person's heart to words of wisdom, no matter what direction they come from.
This is not only a church, but this is a school where we can learn the lesson of tolerance, learn to adhere to all teachers and to respect all scriptures. This lesson teaches us that we need not give up our religion, but we must embrace all religions in order to make the sacredness of religion perfect.
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