Rethinking Theosophy of Peace: A Cross-Cultural Discourse on Interreligious Understanding and Religious Pluralism

This composition advances a model of integrative religious pluralism as a means of fostering interreligious understanding, wherein distinct traditions retain their particularities while aligning along certain shared metaphysical, ethical, and spiritual axes. The framework holds that three core elements are either implicitly or explicitly shared across the world's religious and spiritual traditions: first, the idea of transcendental unity, in which diverse paths ultimately point toward a common, ineffable ultimate; second, the golden rule of morality, a universal moral principle that calls on us to treat others as we wish to be treated-or at the very least, not to treat others in ways we would not accept ourselves; and third, the overcoming of ego-whether understood as moksha, nirvana, or salvation-as both a soteriological goal and a practical guide for living peacefully with others. Taken together with established scholarships, we aim to argue that these shared insights offer a strong foundation for interreligious dialog and a more harmonious coexistence.