Reply #28: I was there. He did

[Jersey Ginny]

He said that it is best to view the common themes of the world's religions that they share: forgiveness, taking care of the poor, compassion. He said that "mischevious people" have strayed from their religion's basic human principles. He spoke of how he has met many christians who do better work with poor people than his own monks, who tend to "hide out" in the monestary. Basically, his message was that we can't make any headway with the religion problems of this world if we continue to think that one religion is better than another, and also that if we start finding common themes that will help with our mutual understanding.