Article on factors that promote unity in diversity
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The outstanding features of Indian culture responsible for bringing unity in diversity may be summarized as follows:
(a) We Indians lay emphasis on spirituality, not on material wealth.
(b) Religion has the most important place in India. We believe in Karma and Sanskar. Performance of duty is our religion.
(c) Religion tolerance is the unique feature of religions in India. Hence there is no difficulty in coexistence of follower of different religion.
(d) Hinduism, which forms majority of the population, has the capacity to absorb all good cultures. It has either absorbed the immigrant cultures or has largely influenced them.
(e) We have a very broad outlook. We preach and follow religion and spiritualism without ignoring married life and worldly things.
(f) We firmly believe in freedom of thought and freedom of expression because such freedom enriches the culture which then becomes dynamic.