The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising 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.
Albert Einstein
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in the 5th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following his death, and advanced into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two thousand years. Today, Buddhism is divided into three traditions, Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Buddhism is a world wide religion that continues to attract followers worldwide, with around 376 million followers.The reason for the widespread appeal of Buddhism is that the content......
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