If the external aspects of Religion are not as they might once have been, don’t get upset, but consider it to be natural; whatever has a beginning grows, flourishes for a while, then decays and dies. Why should Religion be an exception?

     Instead of complaining so much about the representatives of Religion or its state of decay, try to discover the purpose of Religion, and how it might still be of use to you. What is on the outside is not always indicative of what is on the inside.

The Container

is not the Contents;

Buddhism is not

Buddha-Dharma,

and Buddha-Dharma

is not Dharma,

but only an indicator.

Look deeper!