I see compassion, love and forgiveness as common ground for all different religions, irrespective of tradition or philosophy. Although these fundamental differences between different religious ideas, such as the acceptance of an Almighty Creator, every religion reaches up the same message: be a warm hearted person. All of them emphasize the importance of compassion and forgiveness.
In ancient times when the various religions were based in different places and there was less communication between them, there was no need for pluralism among the various religious tradition. But today, the world has become much smaller, so communication between different religious faiths has become very strong. Under such circumstances,I think pluralism among religious believers is very essential.
Once you see the value to humanity through the centuries of these different religions through unbiased, objective study then there is plenty of reason to accept or to respect all these different religions. After all, in humanity there are so many different mental disposition, are simple one religion, no matter how profound, cannot satisfy all the variety of people.
By H.H.The Dalai Lama
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