Peacemaking - A Vision Shared - from the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding


Baha'i: "We call upon the manifestations of the power of God…to bestir themselves and do all in their power that haply they may banish discord from this world."
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p 130 [14]

Buddhism: "Bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) of great strength delight in reconciliation of conflict."
Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti 8

Christianity: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Hinduism: "May we agree in mind and thought, may we not struggle with one another, in a spirit displeasing to the gods!"
Atharva Veda VII, 52.2

Islam: "Make not Allah's name an excuse in your oaths against doing good or acting rightly or making peace between persons."
Qur’an 2:224

Judaism: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."
Talmud, Gittin 59b

Secular Humanism: “There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”
Bertrand Russell, Russell-Einstein Manifesto

Sikhism: "Now is the gracious Lord's ordinance promulgated, no one shall cause another pain or injury; all mankind shall live in peace together."
Adi Granth, Sri Raga, M.5

Taoism: "If problems are accepted, and dealt with before they arise, they might even be prevented before confusion begins, in this way peace may be maintained."
Tao-te Ching 31