One God, Many Paths
| "In any way that
men love me in that same way they find my love: for many are the paths
of men, but
they all in the end come to me." (Bhagavad-Gita 4:11) |
My faith is Christian,
Episcopalian in particular. I admit to a healthy respect for and
appreciation of other faiths, both Christian and non-Christian; and I
wish that instead of fighting about which is the true religion, people
could seek the commonality of their faiths. I think they would be
surprised to find that they aren't so different after all.
| Scriptures
Bhagavad-Gita
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The Qur'an
Scrolls From the
Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship - An
exhibit from the Library of Congress
Cathedrals
I love
cathedrals! When I lived in Alexandria, VA, one of my favorite
places to visit was
the National Cathedral. Where else will you find a moon rock in a
stained glass window and a grotesque of Darth Vader carved into stone!
Washington National
Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St. John
the Divine
St.
Patrick's Cathedral
Churches
I've visited several
churches in my lifetime, and there are a few that stand out for me as
special places.
Grace Episcopal Church,
Haddonfield,
NJ
Kensington Community Church, San Diego,
CA
Mormon
Temple, Washington, DC
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Oaklyn, NJ
Trinity Church at Wall
Street, and St. Paul's Chapel
New York, NY
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| "...once we accept
religion, then we must follow it very sincerely, very genuinely.
Through that way, the different religious traditions can promote, can
achieve harmony." (His Holiness
the Dalai Lama, July 2, 2000) |
More Religion and Spirituality Sites
Beliefnet
Ontario Consultants on
Religious Tolerance
The Joseph Campbell Foundation
Metanexus
St. Francis of Assisi
The Episcopal Church
The Vatican
Yahoo
-- Faiths and Practices |
| Then I was
standing on the
highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole
hoop of the world.8 And while I stood there I saw more
than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a
sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of
all
shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the
sacred
hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as
daylight
and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to
shelter
all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was
holy.
8Black
Elk said the mountain he stood upon in his vision was Harney Peak in
the Black Hills. - "But anywhere is the center of the world - he added."
Black
Elk Speaks - Chapter 3: The Great Vision
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| You see, all religions have something valuable to teach, but
just like the Super Best Friends learned, it requires a little bit of
them all. (Stan Marsh) |
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April 19, 2010
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