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| June 7, 2010 | Welcoming Pope's call for interfaith dialogue, Hindus urge him to take the lead | |
Nevada (US): Hindus have welcomed Pope's call for inter-religious
dialogue. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on his Cyprus visit on Saturday, reportedly
called for dialogue between Christians and people of other faiths. Hindu statesman
Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that serious and honest
interfaith dialogue was the need of the hour and Pope should take the lead in
organizing one. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued
that Pope Benedict, being the leader of the largest religious organization of
the world, should invite leaders of major world religions and denominations to
Vatican and initiate the dialogue. Religion was the most powerful, complex and
far-reaching force in our society, so we must take it seriously. And we all knew
that religion comprised much more than our own particular tradition/experience,
Rajan Zed stressed. After intensive deliberations, this meeting of world religious
leaders should come up with a concrete plan about the common religious concerns
like human improvement, peace, ecological responsibility, social & economic development,
etc. Maybe this gathering could become an annual feature after that, Zed added.
Rajan Zed further says that in our shared pursuit for the truth, we can learn
from one another and thus can arrive nearer to the truth. This dialogue may help
us vanquish the stereotypes, prejudices, caricatures, etc., passed on to us from
previous generations. As dialogue brings us reciprocal enrichment, we shall be
spiritually richer than before the contact. Pope Benedict heads the Roman Catholic
Church, which is the largest of the Christian denominations. Hinduism, oldest
and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh
(liberation) is its ultimate goal. |
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