\u201cI have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter much. Far more important is that they be a good human being.\u201d. . . \u201cThat is why I sometimes say that religion is something we can perhaps do without.\u201d <\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dalai Lama, who is in Washington, DC for a ten day event, has written: \u201cI have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter much. Far more important is that they be a good human being.\u201d. . . \u201cThat is why I sometimes say that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[46,93,158,323,361],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-buddism","tag-dalai-lama","tag-hindu","tag-religion","tag-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"\n
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