Humanity needs a religion not for giving them a dream for their next life or providing them with some dogmatic ideas to follow, in such a way that they surrenders their human intelligence and becomes a nuisance to their fellow beings. A religion should be reliable and reasonable method for people to live here and now in the present moment as cultured, understanding beings, while setting a good example for others. Many religions turn humanity's thoughts away from themselves towards a supreme being, but Buddhism directs humanity's search for peace inwards to the potentialities that lie hidden within themselves.
Reality and Truth are not something a person can find by searching outside of themselves because in the final analysis humanity is reality and reality is humanity.
Therefore, true religion, or True Spirituality, is not something found outside of ourselves, is not something we acquire, but the cultivation and realization of wisdom and compassion that we develop within ourselves.
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