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As The Twentieth Century Began, Science Equaled A Materialistic Worldview. As The Twenty-first Century Began, The Worldview Of Science, At Least Of Physics And Astronomy, May Have Traded Place With That Of Religion. Consider Einstein's Famous Equation E = Mc2. Nothing Of Matter Dies But Continues On In Another Form, Elsewhere. The Church Divines And Theologians For Two Thousand Years Have Devised Arguments And "proofs" Of Immortality But Nothing Equal To This.

At The Center Of The Religious Life Is A Peculiar Kind Of Joy, The Prospect Of A Happy Ending That Blossoms From Necessarily Painful Ordeals, The Promise Of Human Difficulties Embraced And Overcome.

After His Great Awakening, The Buddha Continued To Meditate And To Devote Himself To Others; Otherwise His Vision Would Have Receded Into A Pleasant Memory.

The Proper Response To A Great Work Of Art Is To Enter It As Though There Were Nothing Else In The World.

The First Koan Do Not Have Rational Answers. They Are Techniques Devised Over The Millennia For Triggering An Actual Experience.