Documents 1, 3, 4, and 7
Documents 1, 3, 4, and 7 follow a general pattern of emphasizing
the importance of worldly surroundings. The “path” focuses on balance and experience as the goal. Rather than emphasizing a
supreme dictate, the documents stress an evolving understanding
of “man’s” relationship to the reality of his
surroundings. In terms of how we define religion, the ideologies associated
with the south and east Asian geographical regions seem to be more
philosophical and flexible to interpretation.
GROUPINGS