The Parliament of the World's Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the global religious and spiritual communities and foster international engagement and its guiding institutions in order to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world.
According to the parliament of religions, We live in a world of difference. Yet, we are interdependent. Nowhere is learning to live with the difference more important than religion.
Too often, religion is misused as an instrument for division and injustice, betraying the very ideals and teachings that lie at the heart of each of the world's great traditions. At the same time, religious and spiritual traditions shape the lives of billions in wise and wonderful ways. They gather people into communities of shared beliefs and practices. When these diverse communities work in harmony for the common good, there is hope that the world can be transformed.
This shared commitment has opened the way for a new era of cooperative action among the world's religious and spiritual communities as well as civil and political societies. The well-being of the Earth and all life depends on this collaboration.
The Parliament of the World's Religions is of a just, peaceful and sustainable world in which:
Religious and spiritual communities live in harmony contributing to a better world from their riches of wisdom and compassion.
The richness of human and religious diversity is woven into the fabric of communal, civil, societal and global life.
The world's most powerful and influential institutions move beyond narrow self-interest to realize common good.
Religious and cultural fears and hatreds are replaced with understanding and respect.
The Earth and all life are cherished, protected, healed and restored.
All people commit to living out their highest values and aspirations.
People everywhere come to know and care for their neighbors.