It Must Have Been Providence That Directed

So Always, If We Look Back, Concern For Face-to-face Morality, And Its Modern Emphasis On Justice As Well, Have Historically Evolved As Religious Issues.

If We Take The World’s Enduring Religions At Their Best, We Discover The Distilled Wisdom Of The Human Race.

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 Empirical Experiments. In The Modern West Knowledge Is Of Objective, Finite Particulars In Historical Time. India Recognizes That Kind Of Useful Information: It Calls It "lower Knowledge." Higher Knowledge (paravidya) Proceeds Differently, Or Rather It Doesn't Proceed At All But Enters History Full-blown On The Morning Of A New Creation.

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. But I Don't Think That The Final Justification Of Religion Is The Good It Does For People. I Think The Final Justification Is That It's True, And Truth Takes Priority Over Consequences. Religion Helps Us Deal With What Is Most Important To The Human Spirit: Values, Meaning, Purpose, And Quality.

I Think It Matters Almost Infinitely That We Practice One Of The Authentic Religions. But If You Mean Does It Make Any Difference Which. The Answer Is No, As Long As Each Is Followed With Equal Intensity, Sincerity, Dedication.