I would not say that ethical behavior is not possible for the atheist or agnostic. It is. A couple of pretty good examples are Bertrand Russell and J….

It must have been providence that directed Joel Morwood to dig in the right place, for he struck a lode of pure gold, as wide (comprehensive) as it i….

One reason education undoes belief is its teaching of evolution; Darwin's own drift from orthodoxy to agnosticism was symptomatic. Martin Lings is pr….

Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection..

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 empiric….

Religion teaches us that our lives here on earth are to be used for transformation..

Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not a beautiful lake, and Sufis may be defin….

God enters our lives when through our creative interchanges we make history more just..

Beware of the differences that blind us to the unity that binds us..

Water is patient; it can stagnate and let itself be coated with scum if need be. It is as gentle as the morning's dew. It is non-confrontational, eve….

Historically, religion has given people another world to live in, a world more adaptive to the human spirit. As a student of world religions, I see r….

...like a magnetic compass turning north, I always tried to head in the direction of the better, which is the direction to God. ...the directions tha….

God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different….

God is defined by Jesus but not confined to Jesus..

It would be good if we bore one another's burdens..

I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and in my case, my religious upbringing was positive. Of course, not everyone has this experie….

When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states..

The notion that Western religions are more rigid than those of Asia is overdrawn. Ours is the most permissive society history has ever known - almost….

The word translated, koan, it means a problem. But it's a very special problem. And to strip it down to the way it works, you are given a problem whi….

I don't want to justify religion in terms of its benefits to us. I believe that, on balance, it does a lot of bad things, too - a tremendous amount. ….