Hindu and Buddhist philosophies accept other thought and belief systems as valid for their respective followers which makes them doctrinally tolerant. These two philosophies which have common origin and retained their mutual and symbiotic relations, also believe, within and outside, in dialogue as the normal way to create and sustain human consciousness and avoid conflicts. Doctrinally tolerant and with propensity for dialogue both philosophies inhere their potential for conflict avoidance. Again both these civilizations regard nature as sacred, which makes them exceptionally environment conscious. Therefore, their nature-friendly tenets have the potentiality to preserve environment and ecology.
Appropriately titled "Samvad", a derivative of the Sanskrit word "Samvadam" [meaning "Dialogue"], the speakers at the conference urged open and truthful global dialogue on conflicts and environment.
All religions primarily promote peace and harmony yet conflict resolution ideas and structure are becoming weak and inadequate, needing an alternative approach. Conflict avoidance paradigm promoted in the Delhi meet rests on the view that Hans Kungs, a religious theologian of the Roman Catholic Church formulated which postulated, that peace among nations is not possible without peace among religions, peace among religions is not possible without dialogue among religions and dialogue among religions is impossible without investigating the fundamentals of different religions. Thus open and transparent philosophic dialogue, which is inherent in Asiatic traditions, forms the core of conflict avoidance paradigm suggested by Hans Kungs.
The identified objectives for the proposed conference are:
1. A conference titled �Samvad� held on 3-4 September 2015 in New Delhi was a profound, path breaking and landmark event which was perceived as having the potential to change the global discourse on the themes of �Conflict Avoidance� and �Environmental Consciousness�.
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INAUGURATION |
Interfaith Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security (Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness), 8.00 AM � 11.00 AM |
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1. All the people of the world have to cooperate and endeavour together, without any fear, in order to obtain harmonious social life with full security assurances.
2. we denounce all kinds of hate speech, false propaganda, conflict and war under the pretext of religion and strongly condemn those who provide support any such activities.
3. We, leaders of all religions of the world, resolve to be builders of the harmonious human society by religious teachings and involve ourselves in consolidating peace and security of the world.
4. We, members of different faiths, need to build mutual understanding, respect and trust among ourselves in order to obtain a peaceful, secure and prosperous human society.
5. We resolve to exercise restraint and refrain from interfering in matters of other religions and to cooperate in building bridges for world peace.
6. It is our inherent duty to conserve the environment before it is too late for the survival of humankind.
7. All religious leaders from India present at this Samvad II have unanimously decided to meet once in every four months (and as and when it is required), starting from 4 December 2017to build bridges and harmony.
8. We shall collectively initiate programmes to enhance environmental consciousness and undertake awareness/ protection projects.
9. To strengthen understanding and trust, we shall organize an interfaith camp for meditation.
10. All the spiritual paths and religious traditions are equally valid.
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