Buddhist Boot Camp
“Inspiring as the text may be, reading it is not the same as experiencing divinity firsthand.
Let’s take romance novels, for a similar example: they do a great job describing love as it was experienced by somebody else, but reading them or watching romantic comedies is quite different than actually falling in love.
Just as everybody’s encounter with love is different, so is each person’s experience of the divine—that is, their personal relationship with God.
Insight comes to different people at ...random ages in a multitude of ways. Your altar may have pictures of Jesus, the Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr., and Tyler Durden all at the same time, because they are not in disagreement with one another. In fact, as Desmond Tutu and Karen Armstrong constantly remind us, the world’s religious leaders are not at war with one another. And as the Charter for Compassion points out, the principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us to always treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves.MoreLess
Let’s take romance novels, for a similar example: they do a great job describing love as it was experienced by somebody else, but reading them or watching romantic comedies is quite different than actually falling in love.
Just as everybody’s encounter with love is different, so is each person’s experience of the divine—that is, their personal relationship with God.
Insight comes to different people at ...random ages in a multitude of ways. Your altar may have pictures of Jesus, the Buddha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr., and Tyler Durden all at the same time, because they are not in disagreement with one another. In fact, as Desmond Tutu and Karen Armstrong constantly remind us, the world’s religious leaders are not at war with one another. And as the Charter for Compassion points out, the principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us to always treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves.MoreLess
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