In the broadest definition, religion means a person’s own belief system, paradigms individually unique. That means that everybody has a religion, which suggests that there must be as many religions as there are people. How we use the word more commonly is to indicate something organized, something traditional, and something indicating belief in the supernatural. What would a world without religion be like?
The Spirit of Harmony-Lessons from Chinese Spirituality.
Chinese spirituality is ancient and multifaceted, from folk religions to Confucianism. An old Buddhist saying goes “One mountain peak but many paths”, so we will explore a few of those paths and the enduring effect on the Chinese people and culture.