I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.
Religion is not an experiment, it is an experience of life through which one is part of the cosmic adventure.
The self identity of Man is transcultural, and thus cannot have any single point of reference. Pluralism is not synonymous with tolerance of a variety of opinions. Pluralism amounts to the recognition of the unthinkable, the absurd, and up to a limit, intolerable. Reality in itself does not need to be transparent intelligible.
God is so great that the greatness precludes existence.
"thanks" in MaoriGrateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events.
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