Peace is in every religion

Although I am a Buddhist monk, I always enthusiastic to learn another religions because I

understand religions is to understand the minds of each other. In Summer 2006, I have goo
Major world Religion course which I have been interested and waiting for long time. When
session of class, I felt good to make decision to study this class because the instructor's cha
sincere, confidence and kindness. He said that no one can change the belief of each other. E
belief but everybody can learn another belief which is their information of universe. What
process of teaching was very impressive. He motivated student to study hard and do good
planning was run regularly and properly. His process of teaching inspired me to study hard
can. He was very kindness and fun when he gave the simile to clear the point he set. Befor
over soon, I wish to write my overview all religions I studied in this course.
Over viewing through the major world religions, we find that all religion has the doctrine o
the statement that every religion is going on the way for the same goal, that is peace. Its na
but its essence is same. When I saw Sikh people reading their scripture and participating th
ceremony, they feel calm and delighted. When I saw the monks in Jainism walking or mov
manner because they follower the principle of nonviolence strictly. I can touch their mindf
when the people come to the temple or gather in some place, they always mindfully move,
that peace is every step. They also believe that whenever they walk with mindfulness and a
they are walking on the way to heaven on earth. They have free time from working, they a
They realize that the peace of mind can be collected. Every time, they are aware of what th
their mind will be united with their bodies, they feel peace and ease. Peaceful mind is the f
Buddhists. They extend the peaceful mind from the chanting room to the working place. T
because they can realize peace through their experience. I always work with the people fro
especially Christianity. When I participate some meeting, they will have some moment of p
love and believe, I can experience the surrounding of feeling peace from them. When I par
mass in the full rituals, I feel peace from the first step. On Saturday, July 22, I and my grou
the mass in St.Joseph Catholic church. At the first
step, I touch my feet on the land of Church, I felt warm because I saw many Christians wh
the rituals smiling to me. I heard the sermon on mount that you your neighbor as yourself.
them. They came to me and greeted me very warmly. They led me the gate, the way enterin
pointed the seat for me, I smiled to them and thank them. My friends from the group did no
yet come. I waited them for about ten minutes. They came and introduced me something th
came early had already given me some advice. Morell and Nardia Tvitian are the wonderfu
paid more interesting in Christianity they followers. Although I am a Buddhist monk, when
girls interesting in religions, I felt happy because I do believe by myself that every religion
people going to the same thing, peace and happiness. The religious people are the ones wh
mental and spiritual quality. The qualified people will make the society good and good soc
will make the people in turn. I would be good circle of goodness.
My group sat in the back row of desks. The rituals started by calling everybody prepared t
I can not understand what the announcer announced because of two causes; we were sitting
where most of the people sat over there. And another reason is that I can not understand m
English which is my second language. My native tongue is Thai. I just come from Thailand
tivitian was standing nearby me, she explained me the poem they prayed and the meaning
never known. I experienced that all praying made the people who were praying peace and
crying in some poem they prayed. They can experience the inner peace when they were pr
that time, the praying of singing to the supreme thing the people believe is the way to take
name of praying may be called in different name but the feeling of peace is rather same. B
chanting are repeating. They will put their mind on what they are chanting. In Christianity,
save them, who pray to him. When they believe the thing they worship will save them, the
cleansed. I explained in the Buddhist sense. Something may be wrong in the way of comm
the peace is same. I feel very peace from the beginning to the end. Before the mass was ov
Eucharist rituals that means, in my opinion, they welcome the perfect Jesus Christ, Bread m
meaning the blood. They are warm and confident when they feel they are with Jesus in eve
interpretation will not right but I have good intention and wish to do and try understanding
religion.
We came back and sat on the grass yard and discuss what we saw about one hour and we w
Nadir's mother came to pick up her daughters tried to call me to go with her because I cam
Church. I just said thank to them. They were really kind for me. I touched love and kindne
have the general conclusion that the rituals of religion can bring peace to the follower. So t
are the tradition that every religion has the weekly holiday. The main purpose is to put the
traveling. The need of peace is the universal one. When I saw the Muslim followers going
Moss or pilgrimages to Mega to worship the supreme thing they respected they are joyful a
are in trouble because many million people went to the same place but they are delighted a
rituals rightly performed bring them peace. From my study of the world religion, I found th
different place in the world can do the same thing just for peace. When the people get peac
inner happiness. To study the major world religion made me to explore the beautiful spirit
infinite time and infinite place. The world will be beautiful because we have different relig
Garden of follows, if we have only one kind of flower it is not splendid when we have a lo
more amazing and wonderful. Take the peace and the way of peace of every religion make
because peace is available in every religion
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