“Raja Raja Chola, in building the magnificent Brihadeeswara Shiva temple in Thanjavur, also incorporated sculptures of Vishnu as well as the meditating Buddha thus admitting to alternative viewpoints. When Shahenshah Akbar invited scholars of all manner of persuasion to debate the eternal verities in his court, he was only following older traditions of our Hindu and Buddhist kings, who encouraged and protected the spirit of enquiry.” - Raghuram Rajan, RBI governor.
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Accepting an alternative point of view, so long as it is not intended to hurt is a sign of strength & a source of enriched ideas.
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