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Religious harmony in India is a concept that indicates that there is love, affection in between different religions in India. The Indian constitution supports and encourages religious harmony.〔http://mobilepaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=6§id=edid=&edlabel=ETD&mydateHid=24-08-2012&pubname=Economic+Times+-+Delhi&edname=&articleid=Ar00601&publabel=ET〕 In India, every citizen has a right to choose and practice any religion. There are examples of Muslims and Sikhs building temples. In India, different religious traditions "live harmoniously. Seers of religions call for religious harmony in India. For popular film stars in India like Salman Khan, festivals of Hindus and Muslims are equal. According to Dalai Lama, India is a model for religious harmony. He mentions that "In the last 2000-3000 years, different religious traditions, including Buddhism, Jainism, flourished here." ==Historical Tradition== The ancient Indian scripture Rigveda endeavours plurality of religious thought with its mention "''ekaM sadvipraa bahudhaa vadanti ''" (Sanskrit: ''एकं सद्विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति'')– meaning wise people explain the same truth in different manners.〔Rigveda 1.64.46〕 Ashoka (304–232 BCE), in his 12th edict stated:〔Edicts of Ashoka, Trans. Ven. Dhammika, http://www.livius.org/sh-si/shahbazgarhi/shahbazgarhi2.html〕 "The beloved of the gods, king Piyadasi, honors both ascetics and the householders of all religions, and he honors them with gifts and honors of various kinds. . Whoever praises his own religion, due to excessive devotion, and condemns others with the thought "Let me glorify my own religion," only harms his own religion. Therefore contact between religions is good. One should listen to and respect the doctrines professed by others. The beloved of the gods, king Piyadasi, desires that all should be well-learned in the good doctrines of other religions. " Kharavela (193 BCE – after 170 BCE) was the third and greatest emperor of the Mahameghavahana dynasty of Kaḷinga (present-day Odisha). The main source of information about Khārabeḷa is his famous seventeen line rock-cut Hātigumphā inscription in a cave in the Udayagiri hills near Bhubaneswar, Odisha.The inscription states that the Emperor Kharavela had a liberal religious spirit. Kharavela describes himself as:〔Agrawal, Sadananda (2000): Śrī Khāravela, Sri Digambar Jain Samaj, Cuttack, Orissa〕 “ सव पासंड पूजको सवदेवायतन संकार कारको ” (Prakrit Language, Devanagari script) Translation: The worshiper of all religious orders, the restorer of shrines of all gods. The Grahapati Kokkala inscription dated to 1000-1001 CE equates〔Khajuraho, Kanhiayalal Agrawal, The McMillan Company of India, 1980, p. 141-146〕 in Verse 3 equates Shiva with Parama Brahma, Buddha, Vaman and Jina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religious harmony in India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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