05-07-2020, 01:41 AM
(05-07-2020, 12:49 AM)Navaratna Wrote: There's other deities that have important roles but that imagery sounds identical to me.
This is just a thought in passing, but for many years I had read a variety of spiritual teachers say that all religious paths are equally valid. Of course, this was often said as a peacemaking gesture in a climate of religious contention, but it always bothered me because I observed that some religious paths are far more flexible or efficient or sensible than others. It bothered me until I read a quote from Anandamayi Ma to the effect that, all religious paths are equally valid because each one leads you to the same place: your inner self. I thought that was a cool way of looking at it.