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Life Is Sacred, That Is To Say, It Is The Supreme Value, To Which All Other Values Are Subordinate.

One Of The Strongest Motives That Lead Men To Art And Science Is Escape From Everyday Life With Its Painful Crudity And Hopeless Dreariness, From The Fetters Of One's Own Ever-shifting Desires. A Finely Tempered Nature Longs To Escape From The Personal Life Into The World Of Objective Perception And Thought.

The World Is Not Threatened By Evil People, But By Those Who Allow Evil To Take Place.

The Scientist's Religious Feeling Takes The Form Of A Rapturous Amazement At The Harmony Of Natural Law, Which Reveals An Intelligence Of Such Superiority That, Compared With It, All The Systematic Thinking And Acting Of Human Beings Is Utterly Insignificant Reflection. This Feeling Is The Guiding Principle Of His Life And Work, In So Far As He Succeeds In Keeping Himself From The Shackles Of Selfish Desire. It Is Beyond Question Closely Akin To That Which Has Possessed The Religious Geniuses Of All Ages.

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. Buddhism Answers This Description.