August 17, 2021--Connecting to Love
When you enter a beautiful forest,
you do not say “only the birch trees are beautiful”
or “the maples are better than the oaks.”
You admire the beauty and diversity
of all the trees in the forest.
People who think their religion is better than other religions
are missing the beauty of diversity.
Each religion has a unique character
that enables it to speak to certain people and not to others.
If we don’t respect other traditions, we will weaken our own.
Our narrowness and prejudice
will be obvious to all who listen to us.
Only by treating people of other faiths with love and acceptance
will we give our tradition a good name.
Indeed, only by connecting to the core teaching of love
within our tradition
can we pass that teaching on to our children.
A barren tree will make no fruit.
A religion that does not help its followers connect to love
will not prosper.
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