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According to the Latin root of the word,

‘religion’ would mean ‘to bind again’.

Now how does the concept of binding

or tying up come to be applied as the

common term for all our various

teachings? The common enemy of all

religious disciplines, the target of

all moral precepts laid down by

the great teachers of mankind, is

selfishness of mind. For it is just

this which causes ignorance,

anger and passion which are

the root of all the troubles

of the world.

根據拉丁文的字根,

‘宗教’ 的意思是 ’再度結合’.

然而, 該如何把這個結合

或是綁在一起的概念,

用一個相通的措辭來貫穿

這許多不同的教誨呢?

所有宗教戒律的共同敵人,

所有偉大老師們揭示的道德訓誡

所針對的就是人的自我中心.

自我中心就是引發無知, 憤怒與情慾

-- 這世間所有問題的根源.