“Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye, An Interfaith Bhajan (Hymn), Mahatma Gandhi, An Interfaith Prophet”

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Please see our full report attached (titled Interfaith Seminar Report Final). This “Interfaith Seminar” was held On Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 At Jewish Temple Tikvah New Hyde Park NY. Our mission was to have Interfaith dialogue among various faith’s Spiritual Scholars i.e. Hindu, Islam, Jewish, Christian, Jain, Sikh, Unitarian Universalist, Science of Spirituality, and Buddhist to foster interfaith harmony, understanding, and acceptance to break the walls of hate, violence, war, injustice and selfishness and to promote a just, sustainable and peaceful world. This dialogue clearly highlighted that there are more commonalities between all religions and faiths than differences and emphasizing on harmony of religions and unity of existence is the only way to make our world just, sustainable and peaceful for all. (Please see attached Interfaith Speakers and their Take Home Messages)It was attended by 180 to 200 people from various faiths and religions. Program’s email invitations were sent by various organizations of different faiths and cultural organizations amounting to 5000+ invitees. We were blessed that, Audrey Kitagawa, Chair, Dr. Bhadra Shah, Vice Chair and Bruce Knotts, trustee of the “Parliament of the World’s Religions” graced the occasion and praised our event. Audio/video of the Bhajan, “Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye” with lyrical meaning and translation as well as Bhajan Sung by artists from 124 countries were screened. With the overwhelming success and approval of this seminar, we have been invited to conduct the same seminar in various locations of the Tristate area in USA by several organizations. We have received numerous phone calls and emails from attendees offering their praise and feedback. Please see attached document,  (Testimonials from the Attendees of “An Interfaith Seminar”)