Religion

We thought we will use this short message by Aaron to touch on this.

Q: All religious systems claim to be truth. How do we tell which is really truth?

There is a Buddhist teaching that says one must not mistake the finger pointing to the moon for the moon itself. All religious systems of thought are fingers pointing to the moon. The written dharma is not the Truth; the Bible is not the Truth; the Koran is not the Truth. To bow, chant, bind one’s head and arm, or face east in prayer are not Truth. They are all fingers pointing to the moon.

As you regard these fingers, these paths, one will speak to your heart. It will call you to focus your attention in such a way that you finally begin to look beyond the finger and clearly see that to which it points. Then you will have found truth. You will continue to have deep love and respect for the religious path that allowed you to see truth. You will have come to the place where path and destination are one.