What is religious diversity according to a Buddhist perspective?
During the Buddha’s time, there were a lot of religious teachers and spiritual leaders who taught and practised different doctrines. The Buddha even answered questions about criteria for consideringiii which belief to be true by letting human beings themselves try and experience it. When they realise such truth does not introduce suffering, then they may follow it. Above all, it is noted that the teaching of interconnectedness of all things (paticcasamuppada) is always stressed in Buddhism. For our context of religious diversity, the word ‘interconnectedness’ may refer to a number of things, that there is more than one, therefore it may also imply a sense of ‘diversity’. Put in another way, the concept of diversity is not unusual to Buddhism. ‘Diversity’ could also include both similarities and differences. This is also true and is a common ground for both Buddhism and Christianity. Moreover, Prof. George Lindbeck mentions the interrelationships of religions in several ways such as ‘co
