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From: alan@allegra.UUCP (Alan S. Driscoll)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Buddhist relationship to other religions
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Date: Tue, 15-May-84 18:47:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 15 18:47:30 1984
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> The attitude that the Buddhist king Asoka espouses is one of mutual
> respect between followers of different faiths.  What he seems to be
> saying is that one should not act as if one's religion (in the
> sense of how one perceives God and man's relationship to God) had
> an absolute monopoly on the truth.  We are all believers in God, he is
> saying, and we can learn from one another.  If we attempt to do so,
> then we will enhance our own understanding of and appreciation for
> God.  Larry, you should remember that we are called upon to love
> our neighbours--how can you do that without respecting them?

Thank you for expressing this thought so well.  As one modern Yogi put
it, "No religion has a patent on God.  No sect has a copyright on the
truth.  God is beyond all paths."

ONE TRUTH, MANY WAYS.

-- 

	Alan S. Driscoll
	AT&T Bell Laboratories