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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sachith19920726" data-source="post: 16958803" data-attributes="member: 330471">“Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected  in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God,  avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual;  and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all  things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. “If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. “A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe’;  a part limited in time and space.  He experiences himself, his thoughts  and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical  delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison for  us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few  persons nearest us.  Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison  by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures  and the whole nature in its beauty.  Nobody is able to achieve this  completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of  the liberation and a foundation for inner security.” -Albert Einstien </blockquote>

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