\u201cI believe that humans can get by without religion, but not without inner values, not without ethics. The difference between ethics and religion is like the difference between water and tea. Religion-based ethics and inner values are more like tea. The tea that we drink is made mostly of water, but it contains other ingredients as well \u2013 tea leaves, spices, perhaps a little sugar, and, at least in Tibet, a pinch of salt \u2013 and that makes it more substantial, more lasting, something we want to drink every day. Yet no matter how tea is prepared, its main ingredient is always water. We can live without tea, but not without water. Likewise, we are born without religion, but not without the basic need for compassion \u2013 and not without the fundamental need for water.\u201d<\/p>\n
Excerpt From: Dalai Lama, Franz Alt. \u201cAn Appeal by the Dalai Lama to the World – Ethics Are More Important Than Religion.\u201d iBooks.<\/p>\n
The Dalai Lama brings it to a simple analogy: Water is the main ingredient of tea even if we might be overwhelmed by the taste of the tea. But is the analogy right when applied to describe the relation between ethics and religion? A great question for a moral factory workshop!<\/p>\n
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