Just A Thought ~ UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, real Taoism and Confucianism (if those latter two may be considered religions at all) are much broader than their Middle- Eastern counterparts (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), and do not divide humanity like they, although the names still do. Buddhism, for example, claims that everyone, and not just those who call themselves ‘Buddhist,’ has ‘Buddha-nature’ and can become enlightened; it doesn’t say you have to be a Buddhist for this, and that if you are not, you will not be saved and go to hell. We must go deeper than the exterior aspect of Buddhism, however, deeper than its religious façade, and realize the Dharma within; it is that which helps us see beyond divisions to our essential unity.