Convention of religions in India (report of the first convention of religion in India 1909)

The book contains the proceedings of the convention of religions in India which was held at Calcutta in 1909 to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Swami ivekananda. The proceedings were published by S. N. Sen on behalf of The Vivekananda Society the same year. Apart from the report of the proceedings, the chairman's speech, the presidential speech and four other speeches-all on the theme of religion-there will be found in this volume essays on lsraelltlsrn, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Brahmotsrn. Christianity, Islam, and Sikhism. The essays are noted for the clarity of exposition and lucid style. The essayists are of the opinion that if one religious faith is different from each other, the difference is superficial, because
all religions proclaim the faith in one eternal changeless being. But the irony is that the practitioners of religions in all ages and in all countries have emphasized the differences more than the essential unity; and, in consequence, discord in the name of religion has divided one sect from the other, and peace and harmony which is the desideratum of all religions, have remained an unattainable ideal.