Master Chin Kung talks about world peace 2

 2. Multiple religions come from the same source

 　　 Cingkong began to study the Buddha education at the age of 26, and guided his life with the holy scriptures of Buddhism. At the age of 79, he has experienced 54 springs and autumns.  Later, I extensively studied and studied the classics of other religions.  I used to study the Christian "Bible" with my heart, and selected an excerpt from the "Bible Quotations" for Buddhists' reference. During the Buddhist teaching training class held in Singapore, I used to study the Catholic Rosary and in Singapore  The Catholic Church gave a report on the study of the "Rose"; in September 2004, I was in Hong Kong to explain the study experience of the "Quran" of Islam...

 　　 Through studying the scriptures of multiple religions, I realized that the root of all religions is kindness and fraternity.  Buddhism talks about great mercy, Catholicism and Christianity talk about God loving the world, Islam says God is merciful, and so on.  Although different religions have differences in name and appearance, their purpose is to be kind and fraternity, and the goal is to make all sentient beings free from suffering and happiness, and live in a beautiful and peaceful world with physical and mental stability.

 　　 Jingkong realized that although every religion talks about the creation of the universe, although there are many kinds of names, but in fact, there is only one true god in the universe (Buddhism called the equality of mind, dharma, and reality).  This true God has perfect wisdom, merit, and supernatural powers, and the suffering of sentient beings can be saved by the kind of body that should be saved.  In Buddhism it is Buddha and Bodhisattva, in Christianity it is God and Jesus, in Islam it is God and Muhammad, etc.  The sacredness of each religion is the incarnation of the only true god in the universe.  The different incarnations of the true God are for skillful and convenient cultivation, adapting to different races, regions, cultures, and beings of different roots, so they have different external forms and different art teaching methods.  It turns out that we are from the same source!  It turns out that we are all one!  Therefore, we have every reason to let go of all prejudices, misunderstandings, confrontations and conflicts, arm in arm, and sincerely cooperate and help each other heart-to-heart, so as to bring peace and happiness to mankind.  This is the most basic idea for us to learn and receive the "religious education of love".

 　　 After we understand these principles, it is inevitable that religions live in harmony, learn from each other, cooperate with each other, and teach together.  We work together to guide all believers and restore the original goodness of kindness and fraternity.  The unity of religions leads to world peace, and the education of religions leads to social stability. In this way, we will transform the earth, our world into a paradise, into a world of bliss, and into a heaven.

 　　 During his stay in Singapore, Jingkong established friendly exchanges and harmonious relations with the nine major religions in Singapore.  The nine major religions have all been to our lecture halls to preach. Our believers listened respectfully. We also went to lecture halls of other religions. They also respectfully welcomed and learned from each other.  At the New Year’s prayer meeting, we prayed for world peace together.  And fund each other's charity and relief work.  They also organized a joint delegation to visit China in 2000, which increased mutual exchanges and friendship.  In 2003, when the Australian Buddhist Pure School of Buddhism was established, the nine major religious groups in Singapore came to Australia to congratulate us.  President Nathan of Singapore was very impressed with the unprecedented harmony and unity of the nine major religions in his country.  During my six invitation visits to Indonesia in 2004, I introduced this experience to the leaders of the Indonesian government and their religious leaders, which also aroused their great interest.  I was invited as an honorary advisor to visit Cairo, Egypt, and the Holy Catholic city of Vatican, Italy, together with the Indonesian religious delegation, and met with Pope John Paul II, the elder of the University of Alazia with a thousand-year history of Islam.  John Paul II).  In December 2004, they invited me to be a consultant to visit China. Leaders of various major religions in Indonesia, Indonesian government officials and former President Wahid all participated in this visit.  These exchanges have enhanced the friendly exchanges, understanding and mutual assistance, and peace and unity between Chinese and Indian religions.