"'Having yarned with a lot of outsiders, I knew our gods did not rule the universe.'" (p. 148)
The pagan attitude. As a matter of fact, Larreka had come to doubt whether the gods "'...were more than a story.'" (ibid.) But, even if they are real, they do not rule the universe.
Buddhism spread to different countries, leaving the local gods in place. A Christian who visited our particular Buddhist Priory was told that she would continue to believe that and the monks would teach her how to meditate.
I say that thunder is Thor passing overhead and know that this language is mythological but also that we would not be human beings without imagination, myth, story and fiction.
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Kaor, Paul!
And I believe there is one, supreme, and universal God, creator of the universe.
Christianity has its own monastic and contemplative traditions, as exemplified by the Benedictines, Trappists, Carthusians, etc.
Ad astra! Sean
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