Annie Besant was a veritable power-house of energy which flowed in many directions and into many fields of activity: education, welfare of women and children, social reforms, politics and religion. And yet there was a unity of purpose in all the work that she undertook. That purpose was the betterment of humanity and promotion of peace and goodwill in the larger life.
The will to serve arose from a deeper spring within her: the perception of the oneness of all life and the exuberant, utterly selfless love which welled up from that vibrant perception. Naturally, with this background, religion played an important role, that is, true religion, rightly under-stood and rightly lived. One, therefore, notices in the writings and speeches of Annie Besant great stress being laid on religion pure, unadulterated religion.
For, if the core teachings of religions are properly grasped and translated into everyday living, life tends to change for the better for all concerned. Time and again, she emphasized that the basic teachings of all religions are the same; that all the great leaders of religion had spoken of the oneness of God, or of the Divine Principle; of the unity or brotherhood of humanity; and of the moral and ethical values in life that naturally flow from that sense of unity.
An attempt has been made in the following pages to present briefly to the reader Annie Besant's inspiring thoughts on the Brotherhood of Religions and what should follow from a perception of such brotherhood, for she did not believe in a mere theory or philosophy of religion.
Religion, she stressed, must reflect itself powerfully and beneficently in every sphere of our lives as human beings.
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