"I do not believe that there is an easy answer to the question of how religions relate to one another. In my experience most Hindus believe and practise a facile syncretism which simply ignores essential differences. I don't think that anyone, Christian or Hindu, has the final answer. We are all in search. I would be inclined to say that Buddhists tend to be more objective and understanding than most people. But I think we all have to learn how to be true to our own religion while we are critical of its limitations and to be equally true to the values of other religions while we recognize their limitations."
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Bede Griffiths in a letter to Ram Swarup. Quoted from Goel, S. R. (1988). Catholic ashrams: Adopting and adapting Hindu dharma. Chapter 15 ISBN 9788185990156
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