In this small but precious book, the author presents 64 religious principles that he claims are held to by most world religions, showing the unity there is among those who believe in God. In the introduction the Dalai Lama says that all the major world religions have a similar aim and the same potential to be a great help to humankind. Each of them contains such qualities as generosity, love, compassion and respect for others. The book consists of 64 small segments, each of them beginning with a religious principle such as "The Golden Rule", "Love Thy Neighbor," "There is One God," "The World is Our Family", "Preserve the Earth", "Speak Truth", "Be Slow to Anger"...and 57 others.
Following each religious principle there are several sayings, taken from the sacred scriptures of the different world religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Confusianism, Sikhism, Taoism, Bahai and others, even from "African Wisdom" and several tribes of Native Americans. It is interesting to see how similar, and in some cases almost identical, these sayings are. Jeffrey Moses spent over twenty years in researchng them all, and in the Annotations at the end of the book he gives the specific source for the sayings.
Oneness is both an inspiration and an eye-opener. It is short and easy to read. Try it and see!
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