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The need for spirituality is obvious. I think so long as there are human beings, some kind of spirituality is necessary. It may not be necessary for all human beings, but at least for millions of human beings. Therefore, there is today a very great interest in spirituality. "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, ...
