Saturday, September 29, 2001

Every language has a word for Peace. Each of the World's Great Religions has much to say about Peace:

CHRISTIANITY: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God."

CONFUCIANISM: "Seek to be in harmony with all your neighbors...live in peace with your brethren."

BUDDHISM: "There is no happiness greater than peace."

HINDUISM: "Without meditation, where is peace? Without peace, where is happiness?"

ISLAM: "God will guide men to peace. If they will heed Him, He will lead them from the darkness of war to the light of peace."

TAOISM: "The wise esteem peace and quiet above all else."

SIKHISM: "Only in the Name of the Lord do we find our peace."

JUDAISM: "When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him."

JAINISM: "All men should live in peace with their fellows. This is the Lord's desire."

ZOROASTRIANISM: "I will sacrifice to peace, whose breath is friendly."

BAHA'I: "War is death while peace is life."

SHINTO: "Let the earth be free from trouble and men live at peace under the protection of the Divine."