Q. How do you teach someone tolerance?
Gurudev: Tolerance itself is a negative word. You tolerate that which you don’t like. I think we need to move from tolerance to love. When you are unfamiliar with something, you don’t love it; you may even dislike it. You need to see it in a different light. Harmony and diversity should be our education; you should learn about every culture and tradition in the world, respect and honour all of them.
The day we educate ourselves in this sense, we will have far fewer problems and we would not have to tolerate anything.