Ask Whether It Works, Not Whether It’s True
The ability of religious social practices to serve their purposes does not depend on their myths being literally true, or even believed.
Winton Higgins
Winton Higgins is an Insight Meditation teacher, writer, and scholar who lives in Sydney, Australia. He is a founding member of Sydney Insight Meditators. His book Revamp: Writings on Secular Buddhism was published earlier this year.
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