On a recent trip visiting family on the west coast, I awoke to prism rainbows throughout the room that drew me to the window where I found these garden images each at their peak in the morning breeze and light.
I settled along the deck to read the Dhammapada translated by Easwaran. From its pages comes this sentiment: "Truth is one - the wise call it by different names." I enjoy reflecting on the sentence - it seems to bridge western and eastern philosophies.
Houston Smith, my favorite comparative religion author, happened to be listed in reviews of Easwaran's book. In one of Smith's own books he quotes Plotinus in a discussion of music and sound saying, "the soul that beholds the beautiful becomes beautiful."
