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Indian Jain Muni inaugurates Parliament of World Religions 2015
Bhavya Srivastava
Updated 16 Oct 2015, 12:23:09
Salt Lake City: Indian Jain Muni Acharya Dr Lokesh inaugurated the Parliament of the World Religions, 2015 at Salt Lake City, USA, on October 15.
In his opening speech, Acharya Lokesh emphasized on the principles of non-violence and remembered Swami Vivekananda's speech of the first parliament in 1893.
Swami Vivekananda was chosen to speak on the first day of the Parliament of World Religions in 1893. His speech beginning with 'Brothers and Sisters of America' shook the entire world. After his historic speech, Swami Vivekananda roamed all over the world and he was looked upon as Spiritual ambassador of India.
Acharya Lokesh further said that war and hate has become the biggest enemy of humanity.
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/indian-jain-muni-inaugurates-parliament-of-world-religions-2015-26867.html
http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/parliament/salt-lake-2015