Hamid's space

"Now, it is also quite clear that different religious traditions – in spite of having different philosophies and viewpoints — all have a spiritual potential to help humanity by promoting human happiness and satisfaction. As a matter of fact, given the vast array of humanity — of so many different kinds of people, of so many people with differing mental dispositions — we need a variety of religious traditions and so it is far better to have this variety.

"Religions are like medicine in that the important thing is to cure human suffering. In the practice of medicine, it is not a question of how expensive the medicine is; what is important is to cure the illness in a particular patient. Similarly, you see, there is a variety of religions with their different philosophies and traditions. The aim or purpose of each religion is to cure the pains and unhappiness of the human mind. Here too, it is not a question of which religion is superior as such. The question is, which will better cure particular person.