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The effects of World War I and II, especially the destruction caused by atom bombs were so horrible that the world realized it should never happen again. It was with this thought that the countries of the world got together in New York in 1945 to form the United Nations Organization or UN. The main aim of the UN is to make sure that there are no more wars and to work for peace all over the world.
However conflicts and wars continued in the world even after the UN was formed. The UN even wanted a separate army well equipped to crush any power which attacks any country and uses modern weapons. In this regard, a form of membership and request for help in this cause was sent to Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj of Shahjahanpur, UP, India. He wrote back a significant response to the United Nations expressing His views on the problem of world peace.
Letter to UN by Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj
Dear Sir,
I am glad to receive your bulletin1 and I pour forth2 my warm thanks for the awakening for peace created among our brethren of the World. The idea of peace common in all minds, though shattered3 by the self of the individual mind, is working on individualistic4 basis to gain one’s own end on account of the narrow mindedness of people. To dissipate5 the idea or individual self and to work harmoniously for the common good is the demand of the time. The conferences and meetings held for the purpose may only be like a spark to offer a temporary glow to the scattered fragment of peace. Their cries in the wilderness6 will not carry far on the path of success because of the material agony7 of faith working at the bottom.
What we, therefore, require at present is only to improve the morals and to discipline the mind. We must learn how to create within the heart a feeling of universal love which is the
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