Sunday, May 15, 2011

Which religion is bad?

The answer is NONE.
There is no such thing as a bad religion, but there are a lot of charlatans in Malaysia who think they know what's best for their own religion, although they have not been chosen by God.
And by doing so, they DISCREDIT their own religion.
They THINK they are God's messengers, but their actions and words merely demonstrate that they know NOTHING.
And by keeping their minds closed, they become even more "unlearned".

We should all learn from this story.

Sakka asked the Buddha: "Do different religious teachers head for the same goal or practice the same disciplines or aspire to the same thing?"

"No, Sakka, they do not. And why?

This world is made up of myriad different states of being, and people adhere to one or another of these states and become tenaciously possessive of them, saying, 'This alone is true, everything else is false.'

It is like a territory that they believe is theirs.

So all religious teachers do not teach the same goal or the same discipline, nor do they aspire to the same thing.

"But if you find truth in any religion or philosophy, then accept that truth without prejudice."


- Digha Nikaya

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