From: MarshaV (marshalz@i-2000.com)
Date: Thu Oct 14 2004 - 10:46:35 BST
Erin, You are correct, any of the religions that promote freedom from illusion.
MarshaV
At 04:01 PM 10/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Well other faiths have the notion of complete interconnectedness, too:
>Hinduism talks about the Net of Indra; Native American religions
>understand the sacred hoop.
>I think there other religions would argue they that promote freedom from
>illusion too.
>I can't remember where I read it but I even remember Dali Lama saying he
>thought Buddhism was the best religion but he thought it better if you
>stayed with the religion you understood/familiar with. I am not sure if I
>agree with the big D on that one but I can't say I agree saying that
>"other religions are inappropriate" either. Singling out one religion
>and labeling others as inappropriate seems a sure road to fundamentalistic
>thinking even with such a free thinking religion as Buddhism (which I also
>really like too).
>I think why I don't like singling out Buddhism is because of a book I just
>read (and liked),
>Life of Pi. I think it would be interesting to hear comments on that book
>in relation to this topic.
>For me two things come to mind: the part of the book where he upsets his
>religous mentors because he is going to worship at all the different
>religious places. His answer was "all religions are true" (can't
>remember who he was quoting Ghandi......
>Then another interesting part of his character was when he came across an
>atheist. It was interesting that agnosticism bothered him but not atheism.
>
>Erin
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