The Notion That Western Religions Are More

I Am Profoundly Moved And Persuaded By The Near-death Experience.

When I Read The Upanishads, Which Are Part Of Vedanta, I Found A Profundity Of Worldview That Made My Christianity Seem Like Third Grade.

In India There Was A Sense Of Time That Does Not Tick With Modern Clocks, Just As There Is A Knowledge That Is Not Gained Through Science And Empirical Experiments. In The Modern West Knowledge Is Of Objective, Finite Particulars In Historical Time. India Recognizes That Kind Of Useful Information: It Calls It "lower Knowledge." Higher Knowledge (paravidya) Proceeds Differently, Or Rather It Doesn't Proceed At All But Enters History Full-blown On The Morning Of A New Creation.

Daily The World Grows Smaller, Leaving Understanding The Only Place Where Peace Can Find A Home.

First Of All, My Persuasion Is What Really Breeds Violence Is Political Differences. But Because Religion Serves As The Soul Of Community, It Gets Drawn Into The Fracas And Turns Up The Heat.