Jointly Organized by:
Inter-Religious Organisation ( Singapore ) & World Religion Day Committee ( Baha'i Community of Singapore )The Aim of World Religion Day
The underlying purpose of World Religion Day, inaugurated over forty years ago and now regularly observed in over eighty countries on the third Sunday in January, is to foster the establishement of inter-faith understanding and harmony by emphasizing the common denominators in all religions.
The message of World Religion Day is that mankind, which has stemmed from one origin, must now strive towards the reconciliation of that which has been split up. Human unity and true equality depend not on past origins, but on future goals, on what we are becoming and whither we are going. The prime cause of the age-old conflict between man and man has been the absence of one ethical belief, a single spritual standard - one moral mode.
The history of man's cultures and civilizations is the history of his religions. Nothing has such an integrating effect as the bond of a common Faith. the history of religion shows that all religions had this unifying power - the power to instil in the hearts and minds of their adherents the fundamental verities, the vital spritual standards, and thus establish a unity of conscience for motivating man towards founding great cultures and civilizations.
Hence, through World Religion day observances dedicated towards encouraging the leader and followers of every religion to acknowledge the similarities in each of our sacred Faiths, a unified approach to the challeges that confront humanity can be agreed upon and then applied on an ever-expanding scale to permeate the every psyche of mankind, so that it can be made to see the whole earth as a single country and all humanity its citizenry.
HINDUISM
"If thou, Oh man! art really powerful by means of the possession of a wonderful temple ( the body ) with nine doors, use it profitably to thee and to others, or else thou art worth nothing."
**Atharve-veda, V, v.262
JUDAISM
"...there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion.."
**Ecclesiastes,VI.6
ZOROASTRIAN FAITH
"...Mithra's boons will come to him, as he follows Gods teaching and things according to God's teaching."
**Mihir Yast,XXXII.v.138
BUDDHISM
Wander in the human settlements for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, for the welfare and good of the devas and human beings."
**Mahavagga Mahakkhandhaka
TAOISM
"The compassionate can be brave, the economical can be genereous; those who dare not come to the front in the world can be perfect as chief vessels."
**Lao-Tze : Canon of reason and virtue, 67,v.3
CHRISTIANITY
"Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kigdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all those other things."
**Matthew, 6:33
ISLAM
"Help ye one another in righteousness and piety but help ye not one another in sin and rancour."
**Sura Al Maa-idah : Verse 2
SIKHISM
"That is being true when one receives true instruction. Shows true mercy and performs some act of charity."
**Guru Nanak : Asa Di Vaar
BAHA'I FAITH
"...Deny not My servant should he ask anything from thee, for his face is My face; be then abashed before Me." **Baha'u'llah : The Hidden Words, I.v.30
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