Religion

We live in a world where religious has an affect on most of our lives.

One of the issues with this, however, is that there are many old manuscripts that have simply been disproved by modern scientific discoveries.

Most religions, however, regress this fact. They put the manuscripts before the scientific evidence to the contrary.

The Dalai Lama, however, sees things differently. As well as studying Buddhist manuscripts, he is aware of the latest scientific discoveries and developments.

Whenever we think of prayer, we think of kneeling, bowing our heads, reciting scriptures of visiting holy places.

Saint Francis, however, saw prayer in a different way.
He saw prayer in a much more general way. Saint Francis believed that doing anything that pleased God was prayer.

This could range from looking and appreciating the beauty in a flower, helping others who were less fortunate or, quite simply, making other people happy.

Buddhism is a religion based on the value of life.

Its main premise is that everything has come from God and, thus, must be respected equally.

Everything from an ant to an elephant should all be respected with an equal dignity.

The philosophy behind this is simple.

Buddha once said that if one wanted to appreciate an orchard of apple trees, one first needs to appreciate the seed that it came from.

There are two different styles of religion. The first is a doctrine based religion where the individual adapts himself to the faith. The second is an individualistic type of religion in which one adapts the faith to suit them.

In truth, religion is similar to a shoe.

If a person had one shoe and expected everybody's foot to fit into it perfectly, this would simply not happen.

Similarly, with religion, everybody cannot fit into the idealistic concepts that are the foundation of their beliefs.