Not Rulers, But Saints Control Civilization, Says India's President

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President Pranab Mukherjee at Gaudiya Mission's 
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Museum,in Kolkata. (IE Photo: Partha Paul)

INDIA---The flow of civilisation has always been controlled and regulated by religious preachers, saints and social reformers, rather than heads of state and all-powerful emperors, President Pranab Mukherjee said Monday. "Through the ages, civilisation has been controlled and regulated not by formidable heroes, but by Hazrat Mohammad, Jesus Christ, Buddha, Sri Chaitanya," Mukherjee said after laying the foundation stone of the Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Museum of the Gaudiya Mission. He expressed the hope that the endeavours centring on the museum would not be limited to propagating Vaishnava ideals but lead to the birth of new ideas, thoughts and research. [link]