RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY
ALL RELIGIONS SHARE A COMMON
ROOT, WHICH IS LIMITLESS
COMPASSION FOR THE SUFFERING
OF OTHERS.  IN SO FAR AS LOVE IS
ESSENTIAL IN EVERY RELIGION,
WE COULD SAY THAT LOVE IS A
UNIVERSAL RELIGION.  BUT THE VARIOUS
TECHNIQUES AND METHODS FOR
 DEVELOPING LOVE DIFFER WIDELY
BETWEEN THE TRADITIONS.  I DON'T
THINK THERE COULD EVER BE JUST
ONE SINGLE PHILOSOPHY OR
ONE SINGLE RELIGION.  SINCE THERE
ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PEOPLE, WITH A RANGE OF TENDENCIES
AND INCLINATIONS. IT IS QUITE FITTING
THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
RELIGIONS.  AN THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS
OF THE RELIGIOUS PATH SHOWS
HOW RICH RELIGION IS.

H.H. THE XIVTH DALAI LAMA