*ଭାରତର ଧର୍ମ*

ଭାରତ କଣ ଓ ଭାରତର ଭୂମିକା କଣ ? ଏହା ବିଷୟରେ ରବୀନ୍ଦ୍ରନାଥ ଠାକୁର ଲେଖିଛନ୍ତି -

"To feel unity in diversity, to establish unit amongst variety - this is the underlying Dharma of Bharat. Bharat does not regard difference as hostility; she does not regard the other as enemy. That is why without sacrifice or destruction she wants to accommodate everybody within one great system, that is why she accepts all ways and sees the greatness of each in his own sphere. 

Because of this virtue in Bharat we shall not get freightened considering any society as our enemy. Each fresh conflict will enable us to expand ourselves. The Hindu, the Buddhist, the Muslim and the Christian will not fight each other and die in Bharat -- here they will find a meeting point. That meeting point will not be non -- Hindu, but very specifically Hindu. However foreign may be her body parts, her life and spirit will be of Bharat.

If we keep in mind this device dispensation for Bharat, then we shall have a fixed target, our difference will be removed, and we shall know about that deathless force in  Bharat. We have to remember that we shall not only receive the European knowledge as pupils, the Bharatiya Saraswati will make all factions and conflicts bloom like a hundred petal lotus and will remove it's fragmentation. The main duty of the Bharatiya genius is to bring about unity. Bharat is not one to keep others at a distance or to forsake others. Bharat will one day indicate to this contentious, divided world how to accept all, receive all, how to establish each within one great."

୨୯. ୪. ୧୮