I think it's essential that we all approach spirituality and
religion with humility.
Not exact matches
If so,
religion must be a large experience in which we grow in knowledge as we grow in
humility and courage, in which we deal
with life and not abstractions, and
with God as the environment in which we live and move and have our being and not as an ecclesiastical formula....
It must be
with humility, then, that the social scientist approaches the topic of
religion from a larger, global perspective.
Perhaps, however, it is legitimate not merely to argue against his conclusions but to urge against his position from the start the general principle that an outsider can not understand a civilization or a great
religion unless he approaches it
with humility and love.
Science and
religion will be hopeful, useful, and life - giving only if we learn to read them
with new
humility — as tales, as limited human renderings of the Truth.
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With disarming honesty,
humility, and respect, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has explored the relationship between
religion and science and suggested the way in which they can affirm and qualify each other's insights.
Shenism is closely linked to Taoism which combines elements of Hinduism (multiple dieties and festivals)
with the ethics of Buddhism (compassion, moderation,
humility)- although organized Taoists would, on the whole, distinguish themselves from those who follow folk
religions.