Interfaith Dialogue Promotes Proximity

deep feeling of repentance in human nature. After making a mistake, a person always falls into remorse. If the other party does not stop the action of human nature by making another mistake, then this nature will continue to work; it will feel ashamed and engage in the work of reconstruction. We arrived in Amrawati on December 20, 1992, during the Shanti Yatra. After the usual pedestrian march, we stopped at a place during our journey. A large gathering had gathered there. Acharya Sushil Kumar and Swami Chidanand appealed to the people to maintain peace while they made their speeches. When I stood up, I saw the environment of hatred and scenes of destruction all around. Tears flowed from my eyes. When I began my speech, these words came out of my mouth: “Why was the Shanti Yatra undertaken? This Shanti Yatra was undertaken so that the fire that the fire brigade could not extinguish could be extinguished by the tears of saints and the fakirs.” It is a coincidence that after returning from the Shanti Yatra, The Times of India (December 29) carried the news referring to Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. Swami Vivekananda delivered a sermon at the conference of Chicago in 1893. On its seventieth anniversary, a ceremony of national consciousness was held in Kanyakumari. Prime Minister Narasimha Rao participated in it. While speaking, he said, “The country is now in crisis. In this crisis, we need the help of spiritual and religious leaders. Because they can understand the people’s emotions better than politicians. If this happens, this country will become a better place to