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 at the root of all the troubles of the world.






WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT PRAYER???








                                                           "What if you slept,
                                            and what if,
                                           in your sleep
                                           you dreamed?
                                            And what if,
                                           in your dream,
                                        you went to heaven
                                         and there plucked
                                 a strange and beautiful flower?
                                            And what if,
                                        when you awoke,
                                        you had the flower 
                                           in your hand?
                                             What then?"