Gandhi All Religions Are True

By M. K.   GANDHI

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HIS coll collec ectio tion n dea deals   with   Oa Oandlu ndlup' p'ss view viewss on the the fund funda amenta entall unity unity and and equa equali lity ty of reli religi gion ons, s, the the  broth  brother erho hood od of mao, ao, and and the true true natur nature e and and purp purpos ose e of religi religion on.. Acco Accord rding ing to. Gandh andhiji iji,, all all the grea greatt relig religion ionss of the the world orld - Hind Hindu uism ism, Buddhi ddhism sm, Chris Christia tianit nity y, Isla Islam m, Juda Judais ism m, Zoroa oroast stri ria anism nism,, etc. etc. - are tru true more ore or less. less. "Mor "More e or less" less" beca becaus use e relig religio ion, n, as conc conceiv eived  ed  by   man, can can neve neverr be perfe perfect ct even even as man man,, being being man, an, can can neve never  r  be perf perfec ect, t, perf perfec ectio tion n bein being g the the excl exclu usive sive attrib ttribu ute of  God alon alone. e. And And so, so, says says Gandh andhiji iji,, "if  "if  all   faiths faiths outline outlined  d   by man   are are impe imperf rfec ect, t, the the ques questio tion n of com compara parativ tive e merit erit does does not not arise rise.. All faith faithss cons constit titut ute e a   revelation of Truth, Truth, but but all are. imperfect imperfect and    liable liable to   error."  No one, one, how however ever,, bas bas a   monop monopoly oly of   Truth. As   Henry "it   is inher Polak Polak has has obser observed ved,, "it inheren ently tly unli unlike kely ly that that any any  peop  people le has has rece receiv ived ed at anyo anyone ne time time or   throu through gh anyo anyone ne Teach eacher er all all the the Truth ruth..   Truth is like like the fire fire at the hear heartt

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a many-f ny-fa aced ced jew jewel. el. Each Each angle ngle show showss a diff differ eren entt aspec aspectt nod a differ€~ differ€~lt lt colou colour." r." Imper Imperfec fectt hum humans ans that that we are, are, we can can see see Truth Truth only only infragm fragments ents and and act act accor according ding to our our limited ited ligh lights ts.. The rea reality lity is   kno know wn only only to   God. As suc such, Cand Candh hiji iji enjo njoins ins upon us the the duty duty of being ing humble   and toleran iVe must tolerant. t. iVe ust not," not," he says, says,   "like the frog in.the the well ell who ima imagine giness tha that   "the   univers universe e ends ends with with the   walls   surrou surroundin nding g his well, well, think that that our our religio religion n all the   others others are alon alone e repr repres esen ents ts the whole hole Trut Truth, h, and  and  all the   world  false. A   reve revere rent nt study study of the other other relig religion ionss of  the would ould show show that that they they are are   equally true true as   our-owee-drcugh

all are are necessarily necessarily imperfect." imperfect."

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impossible, aod so does all effort to convert other  to   one's faith."

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