When my precocious nephew was about 10 years old and pondering aspects of his Catholic school training, he asked me: “What religion are you, Auntie?” Having long-ago rejected the Catholic ritual to embark on…how shall I put it…a less-structured spiritual quest, I was a bit stumped. Then I remembered what the Dalai Lama often says when he is asked the same question: “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
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